2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships squads

The following is the list of squads for the teams competing in the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between 8 and 20 June 2023. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.^[1]

Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.^[2]^[3]

Women

Group A

Algeria

Head coach: Ahmed Taguiche
Coach: Youcef Houri

#	Name	Class
4	Nebia Mehimda	3
5	Yamina Ghoul	1.5
6	Fatima Khaled	3
7	Warda Ihamouchen	4
8	Fatima Bouzidi	1
9	Djamila Khemgani	4
10	Naima Abdeldjawad	1.5
11	Dahbia Semati	1.5
12	Kheira Zairi	4
13	Naoual Khedir	4
14	Samiha Abdelali	2.5
15	Menouba Foulani	4

Japan

Head coach: Hiroshi Iwano

Coach: Toshimitsu Morita

#	Name	Class
2	Izumi Zaima	1
4	Amane Yanagimoto	2.5
6	Yuri Eguchi	2.5
7	Mayumi Tsuchida	4
8	Hotaru Tatsuoka	2
10	Mayo Hagino	1.5
11	Miho Otsu	2.5
12	Yui Ishikawa	1
14	Chinami Shimizu	3
15	Mari Amimoto	4.5
18	Chihiro Kitada	4.5
24	Akiko Omori	2

Netherlands

Head coach: Gertjan van der Linden [nl]
Coach: Irene Sloof

#	Name	Class
2	Ilse Arts	1.5
4	Sylvana van Hees	1.5
5	Lindsay Frelink	2
6	Jitske Visser	1
8	Julia van der Sprong	3.5
9	Bo Kramer	4.5
10	Xena Wimmenhoeve	4
11	Cher Korver	2.5
12	Saskia Pronk	1
14	Carina de Rooij	3
15	Mariska Beijer	4
16	Ylonne Post	1

Germany

Head coach: Dirk Passiwan [de]
Coach: Ralf Neumann

#	Name	Class
4	Svenja Erni	3.5
5	Mareike Miller	4.5
6	Catharina Weiß	1
7	Anne Patzwald	1
8	Katharina Lang	4.5
9	Amanda Fanariotis	4.5
10	Lisa Bergenthal	3.5
11	Maya Lindholm	2.5
12	Annabel Breuer	1.5
13	Svenja Mayer	2.5
14	Lena Knippelmeyer	4.5
15	Marie Kier	1

Thailand

Coach: Noppadol Wannaborworn
Head coach: Maturot Booncharoen

#	Name	Class
4	Anulak Sirinikorn	4
5	Wikarnda Phewgradang	1
6	Nopparat Tanbut	1
7	Warisa Thamlaaied	3
8	Natnapa Ponin	3
9	Nuttaporn Lasopa	3.5
10	Pimjai Putthanoi	3
11	Pornthip Kachunram	2
12	Saowalak Nanthasombat	4
13	Numthip Jalunporlerssin	1.5
14	Tananya Kaewmak	4
15	Pawarati Jala	1.5

United States

Coach: Desiree Miller
Head coach: Christina Schwab

#	Name	Class
1	Alejandra Ibanez	2.5
4	Abigail Bauleke	1.5
7	Josie Aslakson	1
8	Natalie Schneider	4.5
12	Rebecca Murray	2.5
15	Rose Hollermann	3.5
24	Lindsey Zurbrugg	2.5
33	Mackenzie Soldan	1
34	Emily Oberst	4.5
43	Bailey Moody	4
54	Ixhelt Gonzalez	4.5
55	Courtney Ryan	2

Group B

Australia

Head coach: Craig Campbell
Assistant coaches: Tina Mckenzie,
Lauren Robinson

#	Name	Class
4	Sarah Vinci	1
5	Jessica Cronje	4
6	Hannah Dodd	1
8	Georgia Munro-Cook	4.5
9	Annabelle Dennis	4.5
10	Laura Davoli	4
12	Georgia Inglis	2.5
14	Maryanne Latu	2.5
15	Amber Merritt	4.5
22	Isabel Martin	1
44	Lucinda Bueti	4
44	Breanna Fisk	1.5

Brazil

Coach: Marcos Araujo
Head coach: Martoni Sampaio

#	Name	Class
1	Ana De Lima	1
4	Cleonete Santos Reis	2
5	Gabriela Oliveira	3
6	Perla Assuncao	2
10	Oara Assuncao	4
12	Lia Martins Soares	4.5
14	Paola Klokler	3.5
15	Vileide Almeida	4.5
16	Silvelane Oliveria	3
22	Ivanilde Da Silva	3.5
23	Denise Eusebio	1.5
24	Maxcileide Ramos	1

Canada

Head coach: Marni Abbott-Peter
Coach:Tim Frick

#	Name	Class
5	Elodie Tessier	2.5
6	Arinn Young	4.5
7	Cindy Ouellet	3.5
8	Tamara Steeves	1.5
9	Megan Smith	2
10	Puisand Lai	1
11	Tara Llanes	1.5
12	Sandrine Berube	4.5
13	Kady Dandeneau	4.5
14	Sofia Fassi-Fehri	1
15	Melanie Hawtin	1

China

Head coach: Qi Chen
Coach: Yan Han

#	Name	Class
5	Xuejing Chen	1
6	Xuemei Zhang	4
7	Tonglei Zhang	1
8	Guidi Lyu	4
9	Suiling Lin	3
10	Xiaolian Huang	2
11	Jingwen Chen	1
12	Qiaoling Qiu	4.5
13	Meimei Zhang	1.5
15	Yun Long	1.5
16	Qiumin Cai	4
17	Xiang He	4.5

Spain

Coach: Franck Belen
Head coach: Adrián Yáñez

#	Name	Class
4	Lourdes Ortega	1
6	Sonia Ruiz	2.5
8	Beatriz Zudaire	3
9	Sara Revuelta	1
13	Victoria Vilariño	4
14	Laura Ugarte	2
16	Sindy Ramos	3
25	Uxia Chamorro	2.5
28	Naiara Rodriguez	3
44	Michelle Navarro	4
51	Agurtzane Egiluz	3
55	Isabel Lopez	4.5

Great Britain

Head coach: Miguel Vaquero
Coach: Jorge Borba

#	Name	Class
4	Charlotte Moore	1
5	Sophie Carrigill	1
6	Michaela Bell	1.5
7	Helen Freeman	4
9	Judith Hamer	4
12	Lucy Robinson	4.5
13	Siobhan Fitzpatrick	3
14	Joy Haizelden	2.5
16	Jade Atkin	4.5
17	Maddison Martin	3
18	Ellan Fraser	3
19	Adele Atkin	1

Source:^[4]

Men

Group A

Australia

Head coach: Craig Friday

Coach: Grant Mizens

#	Name	Class
1	Samuel White	1
2	Frank Pinder	1
4	Eithen Leard	2
5	Bill Latham	4
6	Andrew Dewberry	3
7	Shaun Norris	3
8	Kim Robins	3
9	Tristan Knowles	4
10	Jannik Blair	1
11	Tom O'Neill-Thorne	3
14	Shawn Russell	4
34	Clarence McCarthy-Grogan	4

Brazil

Coach: Hugo Silva

Head coach: Itamar Silva

#	Name	Class
4	Guilherme LourenÇo	4
5	Wallace Carvalho	2.5
6	Felipe Santos	1.5
7	Rildo Saldanha	3.5
8	Dwan Gomes Do Santos	1
9	Milley Lopes	3.5
10	Cristiano Clemente	4
11	Eduardo Da Silva	4.5
12	Amauri Viana	2
13	Joao Padilha	4
14	Sergio Junior	1.5
15	Renato Silva	1

Italy

Head coach: Carlo Di Giusto

Coach: Roberto Ceriscioli

#	Name	Class
4	Giulio Papi	4
6	Simone De Maggi	4.5
7	Sabri Bedzeti	4
8	Andrea Giaretti	4
9	Francesco Minella	1
10	Dimitri Tanghe	3.5
11	Filippo Carossino	3.5
12	Matteo Cavagnini	4.5
13	Driss Saaid	1.5
14	Ahmed Raourahi	1.5
15	Enrico Ghione	4.5
16	Joel Joseph Boganelli	1

United Arab Emirates

Head coach: Abbas Aghakoucheki

Coach: Saif Mubarak

#	Name	Class
1	Badir Alhosani	4
3	Mohamed Alzarooni	4
8	Ibrahim Salim Alhammadi	3
10	Mohammed Alhashmi	1
15	Baniyas Tariq Alyassi	4
23	Mansour Alnaqbi	3.5
24	Jasim Mohamed Alnaqbi	2.5
29	Habib Al Booshi	3.5
30	Abdalla Alsuraim	2
63	Abdulla Alghafri	3
69	Mohammed Hashel Alhebsi	1
77	Jamal Albedwawi	2

Group B

Egypt

Head coach: Adel Sherif

Coach: Gamal Gadelrab

#	Name	Class
4	Touba Issa	2
5	Mahmoud Sabry
6	Mohamed Abdelaziz	2
7	Samy Elsabaawy	2
8	Mohamed Ahmed	2.5
9	Ashraf Ammar	4
10	Ahmed Amer	2.5
11	Alhassan Sedky	1
12	Magdy Abbas	2
13	Ahmed Abdelkafi	3
14	Mohamed Hassanein	4
15	Ashraf Sayed	3

Germany

Head coach: Nicolai Zeltinger

Coach: Martin Kluck

#	Name	Class
5	Nico Dreimüller	2
6	Matthias Güntner	4.5
7	Christopher Huber	1
8	Tobias Hell	1
9	Lukas Glossner	1
10	Jan Haller	2
11	Jan Sadler	3
12	Jens Albrecht	3
13	Thomas Böhme	3
14	Aliaksandr Halouski	4.5
15	Alexander Budde	3.5
18	Julian Lammering	3.5

Canada

Head coach: Matteo Feriani

Coach: Nicolas Palmer

#	Name	Class
4	Nikola Goncin	4.5
5	Garrett Ostepchuk	2
6	Robert Hedges	2.5
7	Vincent Dallaire	1.5
8	Blaise Mutware	3.5
9	Colin Higgins	4.5
10	Lee Melymick	1
11	Chad Jassman	1.5
12	Patrick Anderson	4.5
13	Jonathan Vermette	1
14	Tyler Miller	1.5
15	Reed De'Aeth	4.5

Great Britain

Head coach: Bill Johnson

Coach: Joey Johnson

#	Name	Class
5	Simon Brown	2
6	Kyle Marsh	2
7	Terence Bywater	4.5
9	Harrison Brown	2.5
11	Philip Pratt	3
12	Gregg Warburton	2
13	Martin Edwards	4
14	Lee Manning	4.5
15	Ben Fox	3.5
16	James Palmer	1
17	James Macsorley	2
18	Lee Fryer	4

Group C

Netherlands

Head coach: Cees van Rootselaar

Coach: Anton de Rooij

#	Name	Class
0	Frank De Jong	1
1	Robin Poggenwisch	3
2	Mendel Op Den Orth	4
3	Anil Cegil	2
7	Patrick De Boer	3
11	Mattijs Bellers	4.5
12	Gijs Even	4.5
15	Quinten Zantinge	3
17	Arie Twigt	3.5
21	Camilo Van Trijp	1
23	Mustafa Korkmaz	3
38	Joeri Van Liere	1

Argentina

Head coach: Mauro Varela

Coach: Amando Perez

#	Name	Class
4	Carlos Esteche	2.5
5	Facundo Wingerter	2
6	Joel Gabas	4
7	Franco Nicolás Alessandrini	1
8	Gustavo Villafañe	1
9	Juan Ignacio Celiz	2
10	Maximiliano Ruggeri	2.5
11	Daniel Copa	4.5
12	Matias Méndez	3
13	Adrián Jesús Pérez	3
14	Adolfo Berdun	3.5
15	Lucas Silva	3.5

South Korea

Head coach: Kwangyub Ko

Coach: Young-Moo Kim

#	Name	Class
0	Daeyoung Kong	1
8	Taeho Park	1
10	Minseong Kim	1.5
11	Jun Seong Kwak	1
12	Dong Gil Yang	4
13	Jihyeok Kim	4
14	Dong Ju Lim	2
16	Youn Joo Lee	3.5
23	Seung Hyun Cho	4
24	Chi Won Lee	2.5
39	Sangyeol Kim	4
40	Dong Hyeon Gim	4

France

Head coach: Karim El Gueddari

Coach: Stéphane Binot

#	Name	Class
4	Remi Bayle	2.5
5	Alexis Ramonet	4
7	Audrey Cayol	1.5
9	Soufyane Mehiaoui	3
10	Jérôme Laureri	1
17	Houcine BelaÏd	3.5
25	Christophe Carlier	3
26	Jérôme Duran	2
29	Louis Hardouin	2.5
64	Nicolas Jouanserre	4.5
92	Ibrahim Guirassy	1
93	Mamady Traore	4

Group D

United States

Coach: Robert Taylor

Coach: Tony Frescas

#	Name	Class
1	Jorge Sanchez	4
2	Jacob Williams	2.5
3	Talen Jourdan	1
7	Ryan Neiswender	2
8	Brian Bell	4.5
11	Steve Serio	3.5
14	Correy Rossi	2
16	Trevon Jenifer	2.5
25	Jorge Salazar	3.5
32	Fabian Romo	4
33	John Boie	1
44	Jeromie Meyer	2

Thailand

Coach: Pittaya Prathin

Head coach: Maziyar Mirazimi

#	Name	Class
4	Kwanchai Pimkorn	3.5
5	Thanakorn Lertanachai	1
6	Panphalit Loekhirantrakun	3
7	Adisak Kaoboo	1.5
8	Teerapong Pasomsap	3
9	Jakkapan Jansupin	1
10	Sirasak Rueangwongngam	4.5
11	Athin Singdong	4
12	Pongsakorn Sripirom	4
13	Siriphong Wongsuwoe	3
14	Natthakan Chaotarakan	3.5
15	Aekkasit Jumjarean	4

Iran

Head coach: Mohammadreza Dastyar

Coach: Behrouz Soltani

#	Name	Class
4	Abolfazl Jalaei	1
6	Amirreza Ahmadi	3
7	Omid Hadiazhar	4
8	Vahid Saadatpoormoghadam	2.5
10	Mohammad Mohammad Nezhad	1
11	Hakim Mansouri	2
12	Alireza Kamalifard	3
13	Mohsen Bigdeli	4
14	Mohamadhassan Sayari	4
23	Mohsen Tolouie Tamardash	3.5
33	Morteza Abedi	3
40	Abdoljalil Gharanjik	1.5

Iraq

Head coach: Khaki Abbas

Coach: Esmaeil Adel

#	Name	Class
4	Sajjad Al-omairi	1
5	Issa Al-yasiri	1.5
6	Ameer Chyad	3
7	Alaa Abdullah	3.5
8	Ridha Ahmed	1
9	Saif Al-taie	4
10	Hussein Bashara	4
11	Layth Al-attabi	4
12	Alaa Al-baidhani	1.5
13	Hayder Al-sarraji	4
14	Ahmed Shiltagh
15	Mohammed Karha

Source:^[5]

References

^ "International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championship (9 Jun 2023 - 20 Jun 2023)". Dubai Local. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "2014 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "Wheelchair Basketball". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "2022 World Championships for Women". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "2022 World Championships for Men". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links

Official site of the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships

[1] "International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championship (9 Jun 2023 - 20 Jun 2023)". Dubai Local. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[Media_Guide-2] "2014 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[3] "Wheelchair Basketball". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[4] "2022 World Championships for Women". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[5] "2022 World Championships for Men". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

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