The 2023 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the

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in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3 to 9 October 2023. It was the fourth

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world championship for women in the under-25 age category. Ten nations competed: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, South Africa, Spain, Thailand and the United States. The competition was won by the United States, with Great Britain taking silver and China claiming bronze.

Competition

The 2023 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was the fourth

world championship for women in the under-25 age category. The event is held every four years; it was previously held in St. Catharines,

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, Canada, in 2011, in Beijing, China, in 2015, and in Suphanburi, Thailand in 2018. In 2023 it was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Ten nations competed: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, South Africa, Spain, Thailand and the United States. The teams were divided into two pools of five A draw ceremony was conducted on the second day of the

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in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in June 2023. The Australia, China, Great Britain, Spain and the United States were assigned to Group A, and Canada, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Thailand to Group B. The competition format called for the teams to play each team in their pool. Based on the rankings, the top eight sides then played a finals series.

Venue

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held at the Indoor

Huamark Stadium The Rajamangala National Stadium ( th, ราชมังคลากีฬาสถาน; , ) is the national stadium of Thailand. It is part of the Hua Mak Sports Complex, and is located in Hua Mak Subdistrict, Bang Kapi, Bangkok. It officia ...

but structural damage caused by adverse weather conditions forced it to be relocated to the

Teams

Head coach: Janna Mizens Coach: David Kelly

Head coach: George BatesCoach: Miguel Vaquero

Head coach: Akkapol KunpraditCoach: Aekkasit Jumjarean

Head coach: Marni Abbott-Peter Coach: Dylan Carter

Head Coach: Tomoe SoedaCoach: Sukemasa TokunagaCoach: Takahiro Tachibana

Coach: Jacob CountsHead coach: Ryan Hynes

Head coach: Qi Chen

Head coach: Lawrence "Trooper" Johnson Coach: Siphamandla Gumbi

Head coach: Dennis Nohl Coach:

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Head coach: Sonia Ruiz Coach: Jose Manuel Conde Moreno

Playoff round

Pool A

Pool B

Finals

Quarter-finals

5th-8th place

9th-10th place

7th-8th place

5th-6th place

Semi-finals

Third place

Final

Notes

External links

Official website

Youtube playlist
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