Wheelchair basketball

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An exciting, action-packed, smaller format of the 5x5 game, 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball made history in Birmingham when the sport made its Commonwealth Games debut.

The inaugural 3x3 competition at the Commonwealth Games saw Team England’s men and women on the podium.

Both teams were bitterly unlucky to be knocked out in their respective semi-finals however rallied in the bronze medal matches, the men scored 21 points to see off Malaysia while the women beat Scotland to secure their own bronze medal.

Team England previous wheelchair basketball medals

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The scoring is slightly different to the 5x5 game with one point awarded for a shot inside the arc (also known as the “three-point line”), one point for a successful free throw and two points for a shot from behind the arc.

3x3 Wheelchair Basketball is quick and intense with games played for one period of 10 minutes, unless overtime is needed if the score is tied at the end of regular time. In overtime, the first team to score two points wins the game. The game could end before the end of regular time with the first team scoring 21 points or more winning the game.

There will be six teams competing in each of the men’s and women’s competitions from across the Commonwealth. Each team must include no more than four players with only three players allowed on court at one time.

Wheelchair basketball was hosted at Smithfield at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside running 3x3 basketball.