2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships

2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships
	Men's Gold Medal team – Australian Rollers
Venue	China Disability Sports Training Centre
Location	Beijing, China
Start date	23 October 2017
End date	28 October 2017
Competitors	14 teams (men's competition); 4 teams (women's competition) from 14 nations

The 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships for men and women were held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing, from 23 to 28 October 2017. The men's tournament was won by the Australian Rollers. Iran came second, and Japan overcame Korea in the bronze medal game to come third.[1][2][3] In the women's competition, China defeated the Australian Gliders in the gold medal match, while Japan defeated Iran in the bronze medal.[4]

Women's Gold Medal team – China

Women's Silver Medal team – Australian Gliders

Venue

Venue – the Multi-Sport Building at the China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities

The competition was held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing. This is a purpose-built centre for disability sports. Opened on 28 June 2007, it was the first facility in China entirely devoted to disability sports training, and is the largest of its kind in the world. The Chinese Paralympic team used it as its training and preparation centre for the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The entire complex is wheelchair accessible, with large elevators and wide halls.[5][6]

Format

The competition was held from 23 to 28 October 2017. Fourteen teams contested the men's competition. The teams were divided into four pools:

Pool A: Australia, Chinese Taipei, Iraq
Pool B: Japan, Hong Kong, Kuwait
Pool C: Iran, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand
Pool D: Korea, China, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan

The teams in each pool played a round robin competition. The top team in Pool A then played the second in Pool B, the top in Pool B played the second in Pool A, the top in Pool C played the second in Pool D, and the top in Pool D played the second in Pool C in the quarterfinals. The winners then played in the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinals played in the gold medal match.[6]

The prize for the top four teams was admission to the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg, Germany.[6]

In the women's competition, there were only four teams, so they formed just one pool, and went straight into the semifinals. Only two positions were available for women's teams from Asia-Oceania in Hamburg, where the women's competition will be held concurrently with the men's.[6]

Squads

Women's competition

Australia

Head coach: David Gould
Assistant coaches: Stephen Charlton
Physiotherapist: Anna Rich
Team Manager: Cathy Lambert

#	Name	Class.
4	Sarah Vinci	1.0
5	Cobi Crispin	4.0
6	Hannah Dodd	1.0
7	Shelley Cronau	3.0
8	Georgia Inglis	2.0
9	Leanne Del Toso	3.5
10	Clare Nott	1.0
11	Annabelle Lindsay	4.5
12	Shelley Chaplin	3.5
13	Georgia Munro-Cook	4.5
14	Ella Sabljak	1.0
15	Amber Merritt	4.5

Source:[7]

China

Team Manager: Chen Weidong
Coach group leader: Xu Yuansheng
Coach: Chen Qi
Coach:Han Yan

#	Name	Class.
4	Tianjao Lei	4.5
5	Xuejing Chen	1.0
6	Xuemei Zhang	4.0
7	Guidi Liu	4.0
8	Yongqing Fu	4.0
9	Haizhen Cheng	4.5
10	Suiling Lin	3.0
11	Jaimeng Dai	4.5
12	Tonglei Zhang	1.0
13	Yanhua Li	1.5
14	Meier Chen	1.5
15	Xiaolian Huang	2.0

Source:[8]

Iran

Head coach: Mehri Youssefzadehsani
Coach: Solkmaz Dehghan
Team Manager: Hourish Baradaran

#	Name	Class.
4	Roghayyeh Amiri	2.5
5	Maryam Dehghani Champirl	1.5
6	Mahsa Saadatzeidanloo	4.0
7	Nerda Fersati	3.5
8	Mardieh Khakbaz Alia Bad	1.5
9	Fattaneh Pourat	4.0
10	Zehra Habbibi Parali	2.0
11	Zeinhab Hassani	4.0
12	Somayeh Kohzadpour	2.5
13	Tahereh Ozhand	1.0
14	Fatemeh Kashmirimoghadam	4.0
15	Zohreh Karinovi	4.0

Source:[9]

Japan

Head coach: Kaori Tachibana
Assistant Coach: Kyoko Tsukamoto
Team Staff: Natsuki Ishida
Interpreter: Yurie Myamoto

#	Name	Class.
0	Momoko Suzuki	4.0
4	Amane Yanagimoto	2.5
6	Erika Yoshida	1.0
9	Chika Uemura	3.5
10	Mayo Hagino	1.5
12	Ikumi Fujii	4.0
15	Mari Amimoto	4.5
17	Tomoe Soeda	3.5
18	Chihiro Kitada	4.5
19	You Kitama	1.0
26	Mika Oshima	1.5
88	Rie Odajima	2.5

Source:[10]

Men's competition

Australia

Head coach: Craig Friday
Assistant coach: Brad Ness
Assistant/Technical coach: Shane Furness
Physiotherapist: Jesse Adams

#	Name	Class.
4	Shawn Russell	4.0
5	Bill Latham	4.0
6	Samuel White	1.0
7	Shaun Norris	3.0
8	Kim Robbins	3.0
9	Tristan Knowles	4.0
10	Jannik Blair	1.0
11	Tom O'Neill-Thorne	3.0
12	Matthew McShane	1.5
13	Luke Pople	2.5
14	Brett Stibners	4.0
15	Michael Auprince	4.0

Source:[11]

Hong Kong

Head Coach: Swee Haw Chee
Team Manager: Chiu Wah Wong
Team Physiotherapist: Hong Ki Maggie Ho

#	Name	Class.
4	Chi Hung Lee	2.0
5	Alphonsus Gee Git To	4.5
6	Chun Man Chan	3.0
7	Chi Hang Cheung	1.0
8	Ho Yin DEnnis Chon	4.0
9	Cheong Chun Tang	2.0
10	Hai Poon	1.5
11	Wing Kin Chang	4.0
13	Kwok Leung Jam	3.0
14	Cheuk Ting Chung	4.0
15	Yan Keung Cheng	1.0
17	Xwok Gu Yeung	3.5

Source:[12]

China

Team Manager: Zhao Qian
Team Leader: Yang Weiping
Coach: Zhai Youngjun
Coach: Cul Manfeng

#	Name	Class.
4	Yinhai LIn	3.5
5	Huajun Tan	4.0
6	Jianchun Deng	3.5
7	Lei Yan	2.5
8	Chen Cao	2.0
9	Kunhong Huang	1.5
10	Lei Yang	3.5
11	Zheng Yang	4.0
12	Pengcheng Li	1.0
13	Hang Xu	2.5
14	Haiming Zhu	1.5
15	Yangdong You	2.0

Source:[13]

Iran

Head coach: Mohammadreza Dastyar
Coach: Maziyar Mirazimi
Wheelchair Technician: Feridon Kheshtzar
Team Manager: Habib Khomjani

#	Name	Class.
5	Hassan Abdi	2.0
7	Omid Hadiazhar	4.0
8	Vahid Saadatpoormoghadam	3.0
9	Faleh Ayashi	2.0
10	Mohsen Tolouei Tamardash	3.5
11	Mohammad Mohammadnezhad	1.0
12	Alireza Kamilifard	3.0
14	Abdoljalil Gharanjik	1.5
15	Adel Torfi Menshedi	4.0
23	Saman Balaghi Einalou	1.0
24	Mohammadhassan Sayari	4.0
33	Morteza Abedi	3.0

Source:[14]

Iraq

Head of Delegation: Khaid Al-Kaabawi
Administrator: Abbas Al-Kawaawi
Coach: Mohanad Al-Sammaraie
Coach: Qusay Al-Angurli
Therapist: Hakeem Al-Ismee

#	Name	Class.
1	Raad Al-Kahfaji	4.0
2	Thamar Mandeel	2.0
3	Alaaa Al-Baidhani	1.0
4	Ayad Al-Hameedawi	2.0
5	Issa Al-Yasiri	1.5
6	Heyder Al-Saraji	4.0
7	Ahmed Mushtaq	3.0
8	Dheyaa Al-Sudani	1.0
9	Layth Al-Attabi	4.0
10	Said Al-Taie	4.0
11	Alaa Abdullah	3.5

Source:[15]

Kuwait

Head of Delegation: Naser Alajmi
Team Manager: Mohammad Alainati
Head Coach: Hosan Galab
Assistant Coach: Ahmad Alshatti

#	Name	Class.
1	Nezar Mohammad	3.5
2	Yousuf Nasir	4.0
3	Mohammad Algharib	3.0
4	Ahmad Almutairi	1.0
5	Mohammad Aljail	1.0
6	Salaiman Alfahdli	1.0
7	Eisa Alfahdli	1.5
8	Majed Aldhaye	4.0
9	Atef Aldousari	1.0
10	Abdullah Alkaldi	TBC
11	Fahad Alajmi	TBC
12	Abdulrahman Abdulmataleb	TBC

Source:[16]

Saudi Arabia

Team Staff: Abdulalah Almuqrin
Team Staff: Ibrahim Younesbr
Team Staff: Ibrahim Bessai
Team Staff: Kaled Alabdali

#	Name	Class.
1	Abdulrahman Bin Shaylan	3.5
2	Fahad Bin Diran	4.0
3	Ali Albishi	3.5
4	Essam Buayti	2.5
5	Abdullah Alfifi	2.0
6	Mahdi Almakinah	1.5
7	Feisel Asiri	3.5
8	Musa Alzahrani	4.0
9	Safar Aldosari	1.0
10	Ziyad Alkhaldi	2.5
11	Mohammed Alqahtani	1.5
12	Mohammed Alyousef	2.0

Source:[17]

Afghanistan

Coach: Jess Markt
Coach: Qawamudim Chafori
Physiotherapist: Mohammad Ayub Rahimi
Physiotherapist: Mohammad Afzal Asiami
Senior Advisor/Manager: Alberto Cairo

#	Name	Class.
1	Khujah Wasiquallah Sediqi	4.0
2	Mohammad Saber Sultani	3.0
3	Safi Mohammad	2.0
4	Mohamadullah Ahmadi	1.0
5	Sayed Nazir Qatali	4.0
6	Basir Ahmad Tajiki	1.0
7	Ramazan Karimi	3.0
8	Sakhi Mohammad Noorzy	3.5
9	Mohammad Alem Muradi	2.5
10	Abdul Ghafar Gharfoori	4.0
11	Sayed Wasim Sadat	4.0
12	Ghulam Haidar	2.5

Source:[18]

Japan

Head Coach: Shimpei
Assistant Coach: Kazuyuki Kyoya
Physical Coach: Masato Arima
Coordinator: Hiromi Kosugi

#	Name	Class.
2	Akira Toyoshima	2.0
4	Daisuke Tsuchiko	4.0
5	Renshi Chokai	2.5
6	Rin Kawahara	1.5
7	Takuya Furusawa	3.0
10	Tetsuya Miyajima	4.0
11	Kiyoshi	2.0
13	Reo Fujimoto	4.5
24	Naohiro Murakami	4.0
25	Kei Akita	3.5
55	Hiroaki Kozai	3.5
92	Takahiro Akeda	1.0

Source:[19]

Thailand

Team Manager: Phatharabhandhu Krissana
Head Coach: Aghacoucheki Abbas
Assistant Coach: Pittaya Prathin
Assistant Coach: Akapol Kunpradit

#	Name	Class.
4	Kwanchai Pimkorn	3.5
5	Somphong Thiyod	4.0
6	Niwat Gongta	3.0
7	Visut Suk-on	1.0
8	Surasit Nirat	1.0
9	Jakkapan Jansupin	1.0
10	Tawatchai Jaisin	1.5
11	Athin Singdong	4.0
12	Pongsakor Sripirom	1.0
13	Mathee Yenkuan	TBC
14	Nopaddol Wannaborworn	TBC
15	Aekkasit Jumjarean	TBC

Source:[20]

New Zealand

Head Coach: Shane Davies
Assistant Coach: Glenn McDonald
Team Manager: Michelle Davies

#	Name	Class.
1	Sheldon Larson	4.5
2	Ricardo Gozon	4.0
3	Miiarama Pepe	3.5
4	Luke McDowell	3.5
5	Ben Hekenui	4.0
6	Eamon Wood	2.5
7	Mark Sullivan	2.0
8	Paul Fallon	1.0
9	Travis Moffat	1.0
10	Kauri Murray	4.0
11	Reo Lewis	3.0
12	Slade O'Rourke St John	2.0

Source:[21]

South Korea

Coach: Sa Hyun Han
Assistant Coach: Heejun Kang
Trainer: Young Jun Kim
Team Manager: Seonyeon Lee

#	Name	Class.
8	Hee Yong Choi	2.0
39	Sangyeol Kim	TBC
16	Younjoo Lee	3.5
12	Seunghyun Cho	4.0
15	Kyung Min Chung	TBC
13	Sangha Baek	1.0
10	Dung Suk Oh	2.0
5	Jungsoo Kim	1.5
34	Dong Gil Yang	TBC
7	Taeok Kim	TBC
28	Donghyeon Kim	4.0
6	Woosung Wang	2.0

Source:[22]

Chinese Taipei

Head Coach: Chi-Yang Tsai
Coach: Hsin-Liang Lo
Coach: Pei-Ni Tai
Team Leader: Fou-Hwan Lai
Team Manager: Ting-Chi Pan
Wheelchiar Technician: Ken-Jung Chen

#	Name	Class.
0	Chun-Yi Lu	3.0
1	Chang-Chia Wang	2.0
7	Chung-Jen Chen	2.0
11	Kun-Tin Wang	TBC
14	Chia-Tung Chang	1.0
15	Yi-Chen Chen	2.5
21	Hang-Shiang Kao	3.0
22	Wei-Chun Chang	4.0
34	Chun-Nan Chi	2.0
37	Sheng-Han Tseng	4.0
66	Wei-Chang Tsai	2.5
99	Chuang-Yi Qiu	2.5

Source:[23]

Women's competition

Round robin stage

23 October 2017
12:45

China	53–44	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 12–6, 17–8, 12–22

Japan	86–15	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 22–2, 21–5, 17–4

Australia	75–59	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 18–14, 20–15, 13–16

Iran	22–79	China
Scoring by quarter: 2–15, 11–23, 5–25, 4–18

2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships

Venue

Format

Squads

Women's competition

Iran

Men's competition

Hong Kong

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Afghanistan

Women's competition

Round robin stage

Finals

Men's competition

Round robin stage

Finals

All Stars

Men

Women

Final standings

Men

Women

Notes