Tokyo 2020 wheelchair basketball draw to be held in England on May 12
Friday, 30 April 2021
The draw for the wheelchair basketball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on May 12 has been moved from the Japanese capital to Stoke Mandeville in England due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 12 teams in the men's event and the 10 in the women's competition will learn their opponents following the draw, to be held behind closed doors.
It will be streamed live by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), with British Olympian and broadcaster Jeannette Kwakye set to present the coverage.
Former International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven and Hajime Hayashi, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, will be the guests for the draw.