Wheelchair rugby at the 2015 Parapan American Games
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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 nations) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Medal event
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
- "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "Wheelchair Rugby - Schedule & Results". toronto2015.org. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- Faris, Nick (7 August 2015). "Canada's wheelchair rugby squad has Parapan Am gold on their mind". nationalpost.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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