The draw for the 2020 IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament will take on place on Friday, January 17th at 12pm PST in Vancouver, Canada.

The Paralympic Qualification Tournament will take place from March 4 to 8 at the Richmond Olympic Oval and feature 8 teams vying for the final two spots at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

The draw will determine which countries will face each other in the pool stage of the event. The Organising Committee will conduct the draw in the presence of IWRF CEO Eron Main.

Teams will be drawn in pairs based on their current IWRF World Ranking: Canada (5) and France (6); Sweden (7), Brazil (9), Germany (11), Colombia (12), Switzerland (15) and Thailand (21). Host country Canada (5) will select their pool after the first three pairs have been drawn, with France (6) assigned to the other pool.

The draw will be broadcast live on BC Wheelchair Sports’ Facebook page at www.facebook/bcwsa

About the BC Wheelchair Sports Association: BCWheelchairSports.com

About Wheelchair Rugby Canada: WheelchairRugby.ca

MEDIA CONTACTS

Nathan Bragg
Communications Coordinator
BC Wheelchair Sports Association
communications@bcwheelchairsports.com or 604.333.3520 ext. 203

Ben Parker-Jones
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Wheelchair Rugby Canada
ben@wheelchairrugby.ca or 613-523-0004