Separate men's and women's

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tournaments were held in 2014. The women's tournament was held at the

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, Canada between 20 and 28 June 2014. It was the largest women's wheelchair basketball world championship in history, with 12 national teams participating. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Medalists

Awards

Inge Huitzing (Netherlands) was named the

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of the tournament. She was the tournament's top point scorer with 175 points, an average of 21.8 points per game. Janet McLachlan (Canada), Katie Harnock (Canada),

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(United States),

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(United States) and

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(Germany) were named to the All Star Five. In addition, each team was asked to nominate a player from their team who exemplified the principles of true sport. The True Sport award recipients were: Leanne Del Toso (Australia), Perla Assuncão (Brazil), Katie Harnock (Canada), Yong Qing Fu (China), Emilie Menard (France),

(Germany), Clare Griffiths (Great Britain), Kyoko Miura (Japan), Floralia Estrada (Mexico), Cher Korver (Netherlands), Pilar Jauregui (Peru), and Kimberly Champion (United States).

Squads

There were 12 women's teams competing. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament. Athletes were given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14. Going into the tournament, the world rankings were: # # # # # # # # # #

Qualification

The 12 teams qualified in a series of zone championships. No championship was held for the Africa zone, so its spot was allocated to the Americas.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Finals

; 11th vs 12th place game ; 9th vs 10th place game ; 1st Quarterfinal ; 2nd Quarterfinal ; 3rd Quarterfinal ; 4th Quarterfinal ; 1st Consolation ; 2nd Consolation ; 1st Semifinal ; 2nd Semifinal ; 7th vs 8th place game ; 5th vs 6th place game ; Bronze medal game ; Gold medal game

Final standings

References

External links

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