Team USA set for first-ever Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships The 2011 Women’s U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships are set to kick-off this weekend and the U.S. is one of eight countries competing at the inaugural event.
Photo: Joe Kusumoto - 2008 Paralympic gold medalist will held lead Team USA at the inaugural Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships.
The 2011 Women’s U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships are set to kick-off this weekend and the U.S. is one of eight countries competing at the inaugural event. The Americans open pool play on July 15 with a game against Mexico.
Team USA is being coached by two-time wheelchair basketball Paralympic gold medalist Stephanie Wheeler (Champaign, Ill.), while the roster features 2008 Paralympic gold medalist Becca Murray (Germantown, Wis.) and a slew of 2012 Paralympic hopefuls.
The tournament is the first-ever World Championship for women in the under-25 age category and represents a milestone in the ongoing growth of wheelchair basketball. The seven-day competition will showcase the elite talent of the top young female wheelchair basketball athletes from Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, South Africa and the United States.
Competition continues through July 21 and all games will be played at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. A complete schedule, results and live streaming of all games can be found on the official event webiste, http://www.u25wwbc.com/.
The first-ever Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships is a milestone event in the ongoing growth of wheelchair basketball around the globe and forges a legacy of unprecedented opportunity for young women in sport. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) event is co-hosted by Wheelchair Basketball Canada and Brock University.
