Team Canada

The Canadian Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team celebrates its gold medal victory at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Canada has been competing internationally in wheelchair basketball since the 1953 Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games. Over the years, the Canadian Sr. Men’s National Team has developed into a world leader and highly recognizable force in the sport thanks to numerous international successes that include three gold medals in the past four Paralympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2012) and a silver medal in 2008. Canada also won gold medals at the 2006 World Championships and a host of other competitions throughout the last decade and a half.

Today the [Canadian Sr. Men's National Team] is well established as one of the top teams in the world, and the Canadian High Performance program has emerged as the pre-eminent model for success. The team is comprised of a group of seasoned veterans and young, talented players that are selected annually to represent Canada in a number of international tournaments and competitions, with the ultimate goal of winning gold at marquee events such as World Championships (held every four years) and the Paralympic Games (held in conjunction with the Olympic Games every four years). 

Major International Success

Placement		Year	Event	Location
	Gold	2012	Paralympic Games	London, Great Britain
	Bronze	2011	Parapan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico
-	7th	2010	World Championship	Birmingham, UK
	Silver	2008	Paralympic Games	Beijing, China
	Silver	2007	Parapan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Gold	2006	World Championship	Amsterdam, the Netherlands
	Gold	2004	Paralympic Games	Athens, Greece
	Bronze	2002	World Championship	Kitakyushu, Japan
	Gold	2000	Paralympic Games	Sydney, Australia
	Bronze	1998	World Championship	Sydney, Australia
-	5th	1996	Paralympic Games	Atlanta, United States
	Bronze	1994	World Championship	Edmonton, Canada
-	4th	1992	Paralympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
	Bronze	1990	World Championship	Bruges, Belgium
-	5th	1988	Paralympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
	Silver	1986	World Championship	Melbourne, Australia
-	5th	1984	Paralympic Games	Stoke Mandeville, UK
-	6th	1983	World Championship	Halifax, Canada
-	5th	1980	Paralympic Games	Arnhem, the Netherlands
-	5th	1979	World Championship	Tampa Bay, United States
-	N/A	1976	Paralympic Games	Toronto, Canada
-	7th	1975	World Championship	Bruges, Belgium
-	5th (Tier II)	1972	Paralympic Games	Heidelberg, Germany
-	8th	1968	Paralympic Games	Tel Aviv, Israel