Wheelchair Rugby
At the Paralympics teams in the sport of wheelchair rugby are made up of mixed classification tetraplegic athletes of both sexes. Great Britain qualified via the Europe Zonal Championship and went on to finish fourth out of eight teams, losing the bronze medal playoff to Canada.
Squad list | Group stage | Semifinal (Classification round) |
Final (Bronze final) |
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Rank | Rank | ||||
From:
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New Zealand W 39–38 |
2 | United States L 32–35 |
Canada L 41–47 |
4 |
Germany W 39–35 |
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Australia L 37–43 |
- Pool B
Team | P | W | D | L | G | GA | GD | Score |
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Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 111 | 18 | 6 |
Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 116 | –1 | 4 |
New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 109 | 7 | 2 |
Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 126 | –24 | 0 |
Read more about this topic: Great Britain At The 2008 Summer Paralympics