London 2012 Paralympic Games: Wheelchair Basketball

Prepare for frantic end-to-end action as wheelchair basketball comes to The O2 and Basketball Arena for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball at London 2012

Watch competitors battle it out for the two available gold medals in wheelchair basketball during the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Matches are played at The O2 and the new Basketball Arena.

With similar rules to basketball at the Olympic Games, wheelchair basketball allows athletes of varying disability to compete on the world's biggest stage.

Each competitor is given a separate point value depending on their disability, which means those with more severe disabilities are given more points for a score.

Wheelchair Basketball at the Paralympic Games

The United States continued their dominance of basketball at the 2008 Olympic Games with gold in the men's and women's competitions.

The US also picked up a gold medal in the women's wheelchair basketball competition at the Paralympics. Meanwhile, Australia beat Canada to the men's gold, with Great Britain taking bronze.