The

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

men's tournament in

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began on 25 August and was ended on the 5 September 2021. The matches were played at the

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and the

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. This was the fourteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the

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in Tel Aviv. Twelve teams were separated into two groups of six with the top four qualifying through to the knockout stage of the competition. From there it would be a knockout format which would lead to the gold medal match.

Competition schedule

Qualification

Twelve teams qualified through the qualifying stage with the host nation in

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. The other eleven spots were spread out across four different events. Four spots was taken up by European teams, three by the Americas and Asia/Pacific and one in Africa.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

11th–12th classification match

9th–10th classification match

Quarter-finals

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7th–8th classification match

5th–6th classification match

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Rankings

References

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