July 22, 2016
Wheelchair Rugby Schedule For Rio 2016 Paralympics
Doug Coil
International Wheelchair Rugby Federation Release
The IWRF, in partnership with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee are pleased to announce the final schedule for wheelchair rugby. After consultation with the Olympic Broadcast Service, the schedule was developed to maximize national broadcaster’s interest in televising our sport. This is always against the need to ensure that team’s performance is not adversely affected.
Richard Allcroft, IWRF Technical Delegate for the Rio 2016 Paralympics said “we have spent several years working towards this point and it’s exciting to think that the sport will be back on the global stage.”
“Rio is an amazing city and the Brazilian people know how to create an atmosphere. I can’t wait to see the athletes in the stadium competing; the slot for Paralympic Champion is open and any of the top teams in the world could take that prestigious Gold medal home.”
The wheelchair rugby competition will feature 8 nations hailing from Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan, Sweden and the United States.
Play begins at 10:30 (BRT) on Wednesday, 15 September with defending Paralympic champions Australia taking on Great Britain, and host nation Brazil will face Canada to close out the first day at 19:15. The full competition schedule can be downloaded HERE and is displayed below.
For more information please visit www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/wheelchair-rugby
Note that times are local times and are an hour ahead of EDT.
Wheelchair Rugby
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Day 07 14 September, 2016 Wednesday | |||||
Session WR01 Start:10:30 End:14:15 Carioca Arena 1 10:30-12:00 Preliminary Match 1 Australia vs Great Britain 12:45-14:15 Preliminary Match 2 United States of America vs France Session WR02 Start:16:00 End:17:30 Carioca Arena 1 16:00-17:30 Preliminary Match 3 Japan vs Sweden Session WR03 Start:19:15 End:20:45 Carioca Arena 1 19:15-20:45 Preliminary Match 4 Canada vs Brazil |
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Day 08 15 September, 2016 Thursday | |||||
Session WR04 Start:10:30-End:14:15 Carioca Arena 1
10:30-12:00 Preliminary Match 5 Sweden vs United States of America Session WR06 Start:19:15 End:20:45 Carioca Arena 1 |
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Day 09 16 September, 2016 Friday | |||||
Session WR07 Start:10:30-End:14:15 Carioca Arena 1
10:30-12:00 Preliminary Match 9 France vs Sweden Session WR09 Start:19:15 End:20:45 Carioca Arena 1 |
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Day 10 17 September, 2016 Saturday | |||||
Session WR10 Start:10:30 End:12:00 Carioca Arena 1 10:30-12:00 7th–8th classification 4A vs 4B 12:45-14:15 Semi-final 1 Session WR11 Start:16:00 End:17:30 Carioca Arena 1 Session WR12 Start:19:15 End:20:45 Carioca Arena 1 |
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Day 11 18 September, 2016 Sunday | |||||
Session WR13 Start:09:00 End:10:30 Carioca Arena 1
09:00-10:30 Bronze medal match
12:30-14:30 Gold medal match 14:00-14-30 Victory ceremony |