China host 2017 National Wheelchair Basketball Championships

China hosted 2017 National Wheelchair Basketball Championships between June 20^th – 26^th 2017 in the China Sports Management Centre Day of Disabled Persons.

155 wheelchair basketball players from 12 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the Hong Kong Region participated in the event.

The competition was hosted by the China Disabled Persons Federation, the Chinese Paralympic Committee and the China Disabled Persons’ Sports Management Centre. This the first domestic wheelchair basketball tournament that has been hosted in the new Paralympic Cycle.

In the men’s competition Beijing won the tournament, with Guangdong and Jiangsu finishing second and third respectively.

Whilst in the women’s competition the team from Guangdong won, with runners up Beijing and Yunnan.