2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships


The 2017 Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships for men and women were held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing, from 23 to 28 October 2017. The men's tournament was won by the Australian Rollers. Iran came second, and Japan overcame Korea in the bronze medal game to come third. In the women's competition, China defeated the Australian Gliders in the gold medal match, while Japan defeated Iran in the bronze medal.

Venue

The competition was held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing. This is a purpose-built centre for disability sports. Opened on 28 June 2007, it was the first facility in China entirely devoted to disability sports training, and is the largest of its kind in the world. The Chinese Paralympic team used it as its training and preparation centre for the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The entire complex is wheelchair accessible, with large elevators and wide halls.

Format

The competition was held from 23 to 28 October 2017. Fourteen teams contested the men's competition. The teams were divided into four pools:
The teams in each pool played a round robin competition. The top team in Pool A then played the second in Pool B, the top in Pool B played the second in Pool A, the top in Pool C played the second in Pool D, and the top in Pool D played the second in Pool C in the quarterfinals. The winners then played in the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinals played in the gold medal match.
The prize for the top four teams was admission to the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg, Germany.
In the women's competition, there were only four teams, so they formed just one pool, and went straight into the semifinals. Only two positions were available for women's teams from Asia-Oceania in Hamburg, where the women's competition will be held concurrently with the men's.

Squads

Women's competition

Head coach: David Gould

Assistant coaches: Stephen Charlton

Physiotherapist: Anna Rich

Team Manager: Cathy Lambert
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Team Manager: Chen Weidong

Coach group leader: Xu Yuansheng
Coach: Chen Qi
Coach:Han Yan
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Head coach: Mehri Youssefzadehsani
Coach: Solkmaz Dehghan
Team Manager: Hourish Baradaran
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Head coach: Kaori Tachibana
Assistant Coach: Kyoko Tsukamoto
Team Staff: Natsuki Ishida
Interpreter: Yurie Myamoto
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Men's competition

Head coach: Craig Friday

Assistant coach: Brad Ness

Assistant/Technical coach: Shane Furness

Physiotherapist: Jesse Adams
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Head Coach: Swee Haw Chee

Team Manager: Chiu Wah Wong

Team Physiotherapist: Hong Ki Maggie Ho
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Team Manager: Zhao Qian

Team Leader: Yang Weiping

Coach: Zhai Youngjun

Coach: Cul Manfeng
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Head coach: Mohammadreza Dastyar

Coach: Maziyar Mirazimi

Wheelchair Technician: Feridon Kheshtzar

Team Manager: Habib Khomjani
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Head of Delegation: Khaid Al-Kaabawi

Administrator: Abbas Al-Kawaawi

Coach: Mohanad Al-Sammaraie

Coach: Qusay Al-Angurli

Therapist: Hakeem Al-Ismee
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Head of Delegation: Naser Alajmi

Team Manager: Mohammad Alainati

Head Coach: Hosan Galab

Assistant Coach: Ahmad Alshatti
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Team Staff: Abdulalah Almuqrin

Team Staff: Ibrahim Younesbr

Team Staff: Ibrahim Bessai

Team Staff: Kaled Alabdali
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Coach: Jess Markt

Coach: Qawamudim Chafori

Physiotherapist: Mohammad Ayub Rahimi

Physiotherapist: Mohammad Afzal Asiami

Senior Advisor/Manager: Alberto Cairo
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Head Coach: Shimpei

Assistant Coach: Kazuyuki Kyoya

Physical Coach: Masato Arima

Coordinator: Hiromi Kosugi
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Team Manager: Phatharabhandhu Krissana

Head Coach: Aghacoucheki Abbas

Assistant Coach: Pittaya Prathin

Assistant Coach: Akapol Kunpradit
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Head Coach: Shane Davies

Assistant Coach: Glenn McDonald

Team Manager: Michelle Davies
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Coach: Sa Hyun Han

Assistant Coach: Heejun Kang

Trainer: Young Jun Kim

Team Manager: Seonyeon Lee
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Head Coach: Chi-Yang Tsai

Coach: Hsin-Liang Lo

Coach: Pei-Ni Tai

Team Leader: Fou-Hwan Lai

Team Manager: Ting-Chi Pan

Wheelchiar Technician: Ken-Jung Chen
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Men's competition

Finals

; 13th/14th
; 9–12
; 9–12
; Quarterfinal 1
; Quarterfinal 2
; Quarterfinal 3
; Quarterfinal 4
; 11th/12th
; 9th/10th
; 5–8
; 5–8
; Semifinal 1
; Semifinal 2
; 7th/8th
; 5th/6th
; Bronze Medal
; Gold Medal

All Stars

Men

; All Star Five
; Most Valuable Player
  • Omid Hadiazhar
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Women

; All Star Five
; Most Valuable Player
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