Wheelchair Basketball

Eligible Impairments: athetosis, ataxia, hypertonia, impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of motion, leg length difference, limb deficiency.

Description: wheelchair basketball is a team sport for athletes with a physical impairment of the lower limbs, though athletes may also have impairment of the upper limbs and trunk. Athletes with all impairment types compete together. There are eight Sport Classes, all of which are numbered according to the point score the player contributes to the team’s on-court total. Of the five players allowed on-court at any time the total point score cannot exceed 14. Therefore, there will always be a mixture of athletes with lower and higher levels of impairment playing at the same time.

Sport Class structure: 

• 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5: athletes are classified according to the extent that their impairment impacts on their ability to perform activities that are fundamental to the sport such as manoeuvring their wheelchair, passing, catching, dribbling, shooting. Athletes with Sport Class 1.0 have the greatest level of impairment, and 4.5 the lowest.