Rio 2016 Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Schedule announced!
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The IWRF has published the schedule for the 2016 Rio Paralympics Wheelchair Rugby competition.
"After consultation with the Olympic Broadcast Service, the schedule was developed to maximize national broadcaster’s interest in televising our sport. This is always against the need to ensure that team’s performance is not adversely affected."
The countries competing for the gold are:
- Australia (That's us! Currently ranked 2nd in the world)
- Brazil (19th)
- Canada (4th)
- France (7th)
- Great Britain (5th)
- Japan (3rd)
- Sweden (6th)
- United States (1st)
We took the liberty to convert the Brazilian times to Australian Eastern Standard time for you to make it easier to know when to set your alarms ;) Luckily, Australia are playing either late at night or in the morning. But we all know they'll be playing for the Gold at 1:30am on the 19th ;)
Original schedule in Brazilian time can be found here
| Australian Eastern Time (AEST) | Game | Team 1 | vs | Team 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14th | 11:30pm - 1:00am | Prelim 1 | AUS | vs | GBR |
| Thu 15th | 1:45am - 3:15am | Prelim 2 | USA | vs | FRA |
| Thu 15th | 5:00am - 6:30am | Prelim 3 | JPN | vs | SWE |
| Thu 15th | 8:15am - 9:45am | Prelim 4 | CAN | vs | BRA |
| Thu 15th | 11:30pm - 1:00am | Prelim 5 | SWE | vs | USA |
| Fri 16th | 1:45am - 3:15am | Prelim 6 | GBR | vs | CAN |
| Fri 16th | 5:00am - 6:30am | Prelim 7 | JPN | vs | FRA |
| Fri 16th | 8:15am - 9:45am | Prelim 8 | AUS | vs | BRA |
| Fri 16th | 11:30pm - 1:00am | Prelim 9 | FRA | vs | SWE |
| Sat 17th | 1:45am - 3:15am | Prelim 10 | BRA | vs | GBR |
| Sat 17th | 5:00am - 6:30am | Prelim 11 | USA | vs | JPN |
| Sat 17th | 8:15am - 9:45am | Prelim 12 | CAN | vs | AUS |
| Sat 17th | 11:30pm - 1:00am | 7th–8th classification | BRA | vs | FRA |
| Sun 18th | 1:45am - 3:15am | Semi-final 1 | USA | vs | CAN |
| Sun 18th | 5:00am - 6:30am | Semi-final 2 | AUS | vs | JAP |
| Sun 18th | 8:15am - 9:45am | 5th-6th classification | GBR | vs | SWE |
| Sun 18th | 10:00pm - 11:30pm | Bronze medal match | |||
| Mon 19th | 1:30am - 3:00am | Gold medal match | |||
| Mon 19th | 3:00am - 3:30am | Victory ceremony | |||