Wheelchair Basketball World Championships 2006

Men’s Championships 

Australian Team (Rollers)

Players – Justin EvesonBrett StibnersTristan KnowlesShaun NorrisAndrew FlavellDarryl TaylorAdrian KingTige SimmonsJace ClareeShaun GroenewegenBrendan DowlerBrad Ness

Coaches – Murray Treseder (Head Coach), Mal Keene (Assistant Coach)

Officials – Kelvin Browner (Manager), Ian Lowther (Physiotherapist)

Australian Results

Preliminary Round

  • Australia 69 – France 47
  • Australia 90 – South Africa 39
  • Australia 93 – Sweden 59
  • Australia 66 – Great Britain 46

Quarter-finals

  • Australia 51 – Italy 49

Sem-finals

  • Australia 65 – Canada 52

Gold Medal Match

  • Australia 80 – Netherlands 53

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Women’s Championships

Australian Team (Gliders)

Players – Melanie Domaschenz (1.0), Leisl Tesch (4.0), Clare Burzynski (1.0), Kylie Gauci (2.0), Shelley Chaplin (3.5), Melanie Hall (2.5), Alison Mosely (4.5), Kylie Gauci(2.0), Kathleen O’Kelly-Kennedy (4.0), Jenny Nicholls, incomplete

Coaches – Gerry Hewson (Head Coach),  Matt Dunstan (Assistant Coach)

Officials –  Sonia Healy (Program Manager/Assistant Coach), David Spurrier (Physiotherapist)

Australian Results

Preliminary Round

  • Australia 56 –   France 23
  • Australia 47 – Mexico 39
  • Australia 37 – Canada 52

Quarter-finals

  • Australia 52 – Japan 39

Semi-finals

  • Australia 65 – United States 35

Gold Medal Match

  • Australia 48 – Germany 52

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Australian teams and results at the Men’s and Women’s Championships, July 6 – July 15, 2006,  Amsterdam, The Netherlands.