The South African and Kenyan 3×3 women’s wheelchair basketball national teams will represent the continent after qualifying for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
3×3 wheelchair basketball will be the newest para-sport discipline featured at this year’s showpiece set to take place from 28 July to 8 August.
During the final draw conducted by both the Commonwealth Games and International Wheelchair Basketball Federations, Kenya, Canada and England have been drawn in Group A, while South Africa join Scotland and Australia in Group B.
The matches will be played in a round-robin phase followed by the semi-finals and final round at Smithfield, which will be the home for both wheelchair basketball and volleyball during the event.
“It’s great to see such a mix of nations in the line-up for the wheelchair basketball 3×3 competition in Birmingham 2022, from well-established to new upcoming teams,” said IWBF President, Ulf Mehrens.
“This is what we hoped 3×3 would bring to the game of wheelchair basketball, new opportunities for smaller and developing nations. As a relatively new discipline for wheelchair basketball, we are extremely excited to be able to showcase it at such a well-renowned multi-sport event as the Commonwealth Games and would like to thank everyone involved in CGF, Birmingham 2022, and FIBA for driving this forward,” Mehrens concluded.
Photo 1 Caption: The South African and Kenyan 3×3 women’s wheelchair basketball national teams will represent the continent after qualifying for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Photo: Wheelchair Basketball SA (Facebook)
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