The Chilean capital Santiago will host the seventh edition of the Parapan American Games in 2023. It will be the first time that the South American country stages the event.
Santiago 2023 will be held between 17-26 November and will feature 2,000 athletes from 33 countries, who will compete in 17 sports.
More information can be found on Santiago 2023's website.
Group Draw
The group draw took place on Thursday 17 August in Santiago, Chile.
Women's Competition
Group A: Brazil, Canada, El Salvador*, Colombia.
Group B: Argentina, Peru*, Chile, United States of America
*Mexico and Bolivia withdrew from the competition and were replaced by El Salvador and Peru.
Men's Competition
Group A: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Venezuela.
Group B: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States of America
Rewatch the draw as it happened:
Schedule
The men's and women's wheelchair basketball competition will consist of 42 games over 8 days between 18 - 25 November 2023.
The fixtures, results, and live scores can be found on the Santiago 2023 Parapan Am website - https://para.results-santiago2023.org/#/discipline/WBK/schedule/
Schedule & Results
Highlights
Watch highlights of the wheelchair basketball competition at the Santiago 2023 Parapan Am Games.
Men's Final Standings
- USA
- Colombia
- Canada
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Venezuela
- Puerto Rico
- Chile
Download the full Competition Statistics and Results
Women's Final Standings
- USA
- Canada
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Colombia
- Peru
- Chile
- El Salvador
Download the full Competition Statistics and Results
International Technical Officials
The International Technical Officials for Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games are:
Tournament Technical Committee
Technical Delegate Juan Magallanes (MEX)
Assistant Technical Delegate Maureen Orchard (CAN)
Tournament Technical Committee Members Ricardo De Souza (BRA) and Stephanie Gagne (GBR)
Classifiers
Anne Lachance (CAN) - Chief classifier
Karen Ferguson (CAN)
Jayne Chilutti (USA)
Kenny Mackay (GBR)
Doug Garner (USA)
Blanca Ramirez (COL)
Gustavo Pazinato (BRA)
Games Commissioners
Gibran Zamitiz (MEX)
Axel Coll (PUR)
Hugo Begazo (PER).
Referee Supervisors
Jorge Bestilleiro (ARG)
Sergio Giordano (CAN)
Jon Burford (USA).
Referees
Mati Quintana (ARG)
Cristian Colombatti (ARG)
Joao Fortes (BRA)
Gustavo Mathias (BRA)
Hugo De la Riva (BOL)
Sebastien Gautier (CAN)
Ardavan Eizadirad (CAN)
Enzo Fernandez (CHI)
Paula Castro (CHI)
Jose Mauricio Huertas (COL)
Mauricio Gamez (CRC)
Benjamin Ovando (GUA)
Juan Hernandez (MEX)
Diego Borghini (URU)
Darrell Hargreaves (USA)
Rocco La Macchia (USA)
Qualification for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
The winning team from both the men's and women's competitions will earn a ticket to the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games.
Second place in the women's competition will earn a place in the Repechage Tournament in Osaka, Japan, whilst second and third in the men's competition will earn a place at the men's Repechage Tournament in Antibes, France.
Qualification for Santiago 2023 Parapan Am Games
There will be 8 men's teams and 8 women's teams competing at the Santiago 2023 Parapan Am Games.
Qualified Teams:
Men's
- Argentina, Brazil, Canada, USA (Automatic Spots for Americas Teams participating at 2022 World Championships)
- Puerto Rico (Highest Place Central Americas Team at the 2022 Americas Cup)
- Chile (Host)
- Colombia, Venezuela (The two highest finishing teams at the 2023 IWBF Americas Parapan Am Qualification Tournament)
Women's
- Brazil, Canada, USA (Automatic Spots for Americas Teams participating at 2022 World Championships)
- Mexico (Highest Place Central Americas Team at the 2022 Americas Cup)*
- Chile (Host)
- Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia (The three highest finishing teams at the 2023 IWBF Americas Parapan Am Qualification Tournament)
*Mexico and Bolivia withdrew from the competition and were replaced by El Salvador and Peru.
