The wheelchair rugby event at the 2015 Parapan American Games was run from 8–14 August 2015 at the Mississauga Sports Centre in Mississauga.[1] Six countries contested the gold medal which was won by the host nation, Canada. Despite being a mixed gender sport, Colombia were the only team to field a female athlete.[2] This was the first time wheelchair rugby had been contested at the Parapan American Games.[3]
The event was contested as a round robin competition in its first stage, with the first placed team playing the fourth and the second placed team playing the third in the semi-finals. The losing semi-finalists faced each other for the bronze medal.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medal event
First round
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
First round table
| Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| United States
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
317
|
147
|
+170
|
15
|
| Canada
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
330
|
172
|
+158
|
12
|
| Brazil
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
220
|
211
|
+9
|
9
|
| Colombia
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
215
|
248
|
-33
|
6
|
| Argentina
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
188
|
261
|
-73
|
3
|
| Chile
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
54
|
285
|
-231
|
0
|
Medal round
- Bracket
| Semifinals | | Gold medal match |
| | | | | | |
| August 13, 2015 - 17:45
| | |
|
| Canada
| 62
|
| August 14, 2012 - 21:00
|
| Brazil
| 35
| |
| Canada
| 57
|
| August 13, 2015 - 20:00
|
| | United States
| 54
|
| Colombia
| 28
|
| |
| United States
| 65
| |
| Bronze medal match |
| |
| August 14, 2012 - 18:30
|
|
| Colombia
| 50
|
|
| Brazil
| 48
|
References
External links
Wheelchair rugby at the Parapan American Games |
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