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Event Overview
The 2009 Americas Cup is a qualifying tournament that features nearly
100 of the top male wheelchair basketball players in the Western
Hemisphere representing 8 teams from North and South America.
Participants are competing on this elite international stage not only
for pride of country, but the top three teams are guaranteed the
opportunity to attend the next major international tournament – the
2010 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Birmingham England.
For
the hosting Canadian Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team this tournament
is the marquee event of the summer; it highlights a devoted training
schedule that propels the team ever closer to their goal of defending
their title as current World Champions. The Americas Cup also presents
Team Canada with the opportunity to square off against a perennial foe
in the United States, whose talented core of players usually find a way
of turning the intensity way up when facing their Northern neighbour.
This will be the first time the two powerhouse teams meet since Canada
defeated the USA in a double overtime thriller to advance to the
championship games at the last Paralympic Games in Beijing.
The
newly constructed Richmond Olympic Oval is a state-of-the art facility
that provides the ideal venue to showcase the tremendous skill and
technique of the sport, while the beautiful city of Richmond, British
Colombia and nearby Vancouver provide the picturesque backdrop. Some of
the top Paralympians in the world are on hand to thrill spectators with
the ferocity, speed and control that has earned wheelchair basketball a
reputation as a premiere high performance sport.
Quicklinks
[Tournament Info]
Competition - [Schedule & Results]
[Tournament Schedule of Events]
Webcasting [Watch Games Live]
[Photo Galleries]
Athlete Blog [Parick Anderson]
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