Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby, , is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is currently practiced in over twenty countries around the world and is a Paralympic sport....

 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

2012 Summer Paralympics

The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...

is scheduled to be held in the Basketball Arena

Basketball Arena (2012 Olympics)

The Basketball Arena for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom will be located in the Olympic Park in Poplar, London...

 from 5 September to 9 September. There is one event, where 8 teams compete.

Qualification

A NPC

National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

 may enter one team. The host country directly qualifies, as long as it has a rank on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List http://www.iwrf.com/, closing 31 January 2012.

Also two qualification spots goes to the top two NPCs on the ranking list that are not otherwise qualified.

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2010 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships	21 September – 26 September 2010	Canada Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	1
2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Americas IWRF Americas Championship The IWRF Americas Championship or IWRF Americas Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone...	September 18 – September 25, 2011	Colombia Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...	1
2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – European IWRF European Championship The IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the European wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents...	October 1 – October 9, 2011	Switzerland Nottwil Nottwil Nottwil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.- History :Nottwil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as Nottewile. In 1275 it was mentioned as Otewile.- Geography :...	2
2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Asia, Oceania IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship The IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents...	November 2 – November 10, 2011	South Korea Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	1
Total			5

Qualified (per December 2010)

Americas	| Asia-Oceania	| Europe	| Automatic qualifiers
			– Paralympic host

External links

• International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)