Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

{{Infobox Paralympic event

|event = Wheelchair basketball – Men

|games = 1996 Summer

|image = Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics).svg

|image_size = 100px

|caption = Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball

|venue = Forbes Arena and Omni Coliseum

|dates = 16 to 25 August 1996

|competitors =144

|nations =12

|gold = {{flagIPCteam|AUS|1996 Summer}}

|silver = {{flagIPCteam|GBR|1996 Summer}}

|bronze = {{flagIPCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}

|prev = 1992

|next = 2000

}}

The men's tournament was won by the team representing {{flagIPC|AUS|1996 Summer}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?competition=1996PG&gender=m&sport=basketball&discipline=&event=&eclass=|title=Wheelchair basketball: Men|accessdate=7 November 2012|publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}

Preliminary round

width=25\|Rank !width=150\|Team !width=25\|Pld !width=25\|W !width=25\|L !width=70\|PF:PA !width=25\|Pts !rowspan="7"\| !width=50\|ESP !width=50\|AUS !width=50\|GBR !width=50\|CAN !width=50\|MEX !width=50\|ARG
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Group A
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|1	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	5	4	1	315:269	9	{{n/a\|x}}	69:56	54:47	53:62	76:60	63:44
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|2	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}	5	4	1	306:250	9	56:69	{{n/a\|x}}	63:55	52:42	65:47	70:37
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|3	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|GBR\|1996 Summer}}	5	3	2	303:250	8	47:54	55:63	{{n/a\|x}}	56:51	52:46	93:36
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|4	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|CAN\|1996 Summer}}	5	3	2	279:229	8	62:53	42:52	51:56	{{n/a\|x}}	52:44	72:24
style="background:#ffcccc;" \|5	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|MEX\|1996 Summer}}	5	1	4	244:287	6	60:76	47:65	46:52	44:52	{{n/a\|x}}	47:42
style="background:#ffcccc;" \|6	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|ARG\|1996 Summer}}	5	0	5	183:345	5	44:63	37:70	36:93	24:72	42:47	{{n/a\|x}}

width=25\|Rank !width=150\|Team !width=25\|Pld !width=25\|W !width=25\|L !width=70\|PF:PA !width=25\|Pts !rowspan="7"\| !width=50\|USA !width=50\|FRA !width=50\|NED !width=50\|JPN !width=50\|SWE !width=50\|IRQ
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Group B
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|1	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	4	4	0	297:166	8	{{n/a\|x}}	72:43	53:42	80:32	92:49	DNS
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|2	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|FRA\|1996 Summer}}	4	3	1	207:211	7	43:72	{{n/a\|x}}	46:41	61:47	57:51	DNS
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|3	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	4	2	2	213:185	6	42:53	41:46	{{n/a\|x}}	72:42	58:44	DNS
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|4	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|JPN\|1996 Summer}}	4	1	3	173:260	5	32:80	47:61	42:72	{{n/a\|x}}	52:47	DNS
style="background:#ffcccc;" \|5	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|SWE\|1996 Summer}}	4	0	4	191:259	4	49:92	51:57	44:58	47:52	{{n/a\|x}}	DNS
style="background:#ffffff;" \|6	style="text-align:left"\|{{flagIPC\|IRQ\|1996 Summer}}	0	0	0	0:0	0	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	{{n/a\|x}}

:{{Color box|#ccffcc|border=darkgray}} Qualified for quarterfinals

:{{Color box|#ffcccc|border=darkgray}} Eliminated

:{{Color box|#ffffff|border=darkgray}} Did not start

Source: Paralympic.org {{cite web

|title = 1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby

|year = 1996

|publisher = Official Website of the Paralympic Movement

|url = http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?competition=1996PG&gender=m&sport=basketball&discipline=&event=&eclass=

|accessdate = 2012-11-07 }}

Medal round

{{8TeamBracket|seeds=no|byes=1

| RD3b=Third place

| team-width=220px

| score-width=25px

| RD1-team1 ={{flagIPC|ESP|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score1 =61

| RD1-team2 ={{flagIPC|JPN|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score2 =48

| RD1-team3 ={{flagIPC|FRA|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score3 =50

| RD1-team4 ={{flagIPC|GBR|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score4 =53

| RD1-team5 ={{flagIPC|USA|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score5 =61

| RD1-team6 ={{flagIPC|CAN|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score6 =49

| RD1-team7 ={{flagIPC|AUS|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score7 =46

| RD1-team8 ={{flagIPC|NED|1996 Summer}}

| RD1-score8 =44

| RD2-team1 ={{flagIPC|ESP|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score1 =44

| RD2-team2 ={{flagIPC|GBR|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score2 =50

| RD2-team3 ={{flagIPC|USA|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score3 =57

| RD2-team4 ={{flagIPC|AUS|1996 Summer}}

| RD2-score4 =63

| RD3-team1 ={{flagIPC|GBR|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score1 =63

| RD3-team2 ={{flagIPC|AUS|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score2 =78

| RD3-team3 ={{flagIPC|ESP|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score3 =60

| RD3-team4 ={{flagIPC|USA|1996 Summer}}

| RD3-score4 =66

}}

Source: Paralympic.org

Classification 5-8

{{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Fifth place|RD3b=Seventh place

|{{Wbk|JPN}}

|50

|{{Wbk|FRA}}

|61

|{{Wbk|CAN}}

|52

|{{Wbk|NED}}

|44

|{{Wbk|FRA}}

|68

|{{Wbk|CAN}}

|69

|{{Wbk|JPN}}

|49

|{{Wbk|NED}}

|73

}}

Source: Paralympic.org

Classification 9-12

{{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Ninth place|RD3b=Eleventh place

|{{Wbk|MEX}}

|{{Wbk|IRQ}}

|DNS

|{{Wbk|SWE}}

|52

|{{Wbk|ARG}}

|45

|{{Wbk|MEX}}

|49

|{{Wbk|SWE}}

|64

|{{Wbk|IRQ}}

|DNS

|{{Wbk|ARG}}

}}

Source: Paralympic.org

Ranking

class="wikitable"
Place !Team
{{Gold1}} \|{{Wbk\|AUS}}
{{Silver2}} \|{{Wbk\|GBR}}
{{Bronze3}} \|{{Wbk\|USA}}
4 \|{{Wbk\|ESP}}
5 \|{{Wbk\|CAN}}
6 \|{{Wbk\|FRA}}
7 \|{{Wbk\|NED}}
8 \|{{Wbk\|JPN}}
9 \|{{Wbk\|SWE}}
10 \|{{Wbk\|MEX}}
11 \|{{Wbk\|ARG}}
12 \|{{Wbk\|IRQ}}

class="wikitable"

Place

!Team

|{{Wbk|AUS}}

|{{Wbk|GBR}}

|{{Wbk|USA}}

|{{Wbk|ESP}}

|{{Wbk|CAN}}

|{{Wbk|FRA}}

|{{Wbk|NED}}

|{{Wbk|JPN}}

|{{Wbk|SWE}}

|{{Wbk|MEX}}

|{{Wbk|ARG}}

|{{Wbk|IRQ}}

References

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