Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team
The Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Rollers. Australia took the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
Australia has competed at every men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Paralympic Games except 1964. Kevin Coombs was Australia's first captain of the men's wheelchair basketball team.
The Rollers qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics by winning the 2015 Asia Oceania Qualifying Tournament and finished sixth.
Competitions
Summer Paralympics">Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics">Summer Paralympics
Performance in Gold Cup / World Championships">Wheelchair Basketball World Championship">Gold Cup / World Championships
- 1973 – did not participate
- 1975 – did not participate
- 1979 – did not participate
- 1983 – 11th
- 1986 – 10th
- 1990 – 6th
- 1994 – 6th
- 1998 – 4th
- 2002 – 4th
- 2006 – Bronze
- 2010 – Gold
- 2014 – Gold
- 2018 – Bronze
Past Paralympic Games Rosters
1960 Summer Paralympics
- Team members – Men – John Turich, Roger Cockerill, Kevin Coombs, Chris O'Brien, Kevin Cunningham, Gary Hooper, Bill Mather-Brown, Bruno Moretti, Frank Ponta
1964 Summer Paralympics
Australia did not field a team at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.1968 Summer Paralympics
Finished 9th among 13 teams.- Team members – Kevin Bawden, Peter Burt, Brian Chambers, Kevin Cunningham, Kevin Coombs, Bill Mather-Brown, John Martin, Robert McIntyre, Bruno Moretti, Frank Ponta, Noel Simmons, Dom Watts
1972 Summer Paralympics
In the preliminary rounds, Australian results were: United States 85 v Australia 29; Israel 101 v Australia 36; France 74 v Australia 53. Australia finished 8th in the tournament.
- Team members – Brian Chambers, Kevin Coombs, Terry Giddy, John Martin, Robert McIntyre, Hugh Patterson, Frank Ponta, Victor Salvemini
1976 Summer Paralympics
Australian results: Sweden 79 v Australia 51, Belgium 43 v Australia 30, United States 93 v Australia 34, Australia 57 v Japan 42. Australia did not qualify for the finals.
1980 Summer Paralympics
Finished 13th among 17 teams- Team members – Rene Ahrens, Robert Augustine, Kevin Bishop, Peter Burt, Kevin Coombs, Len Ettridge, Erich Hubel, Robert McIntyre, Brian McNicholl, Kevin Munro, Richard Oliver, Fred Pointer
1984 Summer Paralympics
- Team members – Michael Callahan, Kevin Coombs, David Gould, Erich Hubel, Ch. Ikstrum, Michael McFawn, Nick Morozoff, Richard Oliver, P. Peterson, M. Pope ; Coach – Bruno Moretti
1988 Summer Paralympics
- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Michael Haughey, Gerry Hewson, Erich Hubel, Michael McFawn, Richard Oliver, Christopher Sparks, Stephen Trestrail, Michael Walker
1992 Summer Paralympics
- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Michael Callahan, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Gerry Hewson, Errol Hyde, Timothy Maloney, Richard Oliver, Troy Sachs, Stephen Trestrail, Michael Walker ; Coach – Michael Tucker Official – Graham Gould
1996 Summer Paralympics
The team beat Great Britain for the gold medal with a final score of 78:63.
- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Orfeo Cecconato, Ben Cox, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Gerard Hewson, Timothy Maloney, Nicholas Morris, Richard Oliver, David Selby, Troy Sachs ; Coaches Mark Walker, Evan Bennett Graham Gould
2000 Summer Paralympics
Finished 5th among 12 teams- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, David Gould, Shaun Groenewegen, Gerry Hewson, Adrian King, Michael McFawn, Nick Morris, Brad Ness, Shane Porter, Brook Quinn, Troy Sachs Coaches – Bob Turner, Michael Walker, Richard Oliver Officials – Fred Heidt, John Camens, Graham Gould
2004 Summer Paralympics
Finished 2nd among 12 teams.The Australian's were beaten by Canada 53:70 in the Gold Medal match.
- Team members – David Selby, Grant Mizens, Campbell Message, Brendan Dowler, Brad Ness, Adrian King, Daryl Taylor, Andrew Flavel, Shaun Norris, Tristan Knowles, Troy Sachs, Justin Eveson ; Coaches – Bernard Treseder, Alan Cox, Craig Friday ; Officials – Kelvin Browner
2008 Summer Paralympics
Finished 1st among 12 teams.The team beat Canada 72:60 in the Final
- Team members – Justin Eveson, Tige Simmons, Grant Mizens, Michael Hartnett, Brendan Dowler, Dylan Alcott, Adrian King, Brett Stibners, Tristan Knowles, Troy Sachs, Shaun Norris, Brad Ness ; Coaches- – Ben Ettridge, Craig Friday ; Officials – Kevin Browner, Ian Lowther
2012 Summer Paralympics
Finished 2nd among 12 teams.The team was defeated by Canada 58:64 in the Gold Medal match.
- Team members – Justin Eveson, Bill Latham, Brett Stibners, Shaun Norris, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles, Jannik Blair, Tige Simmons, *Grant Mizens, Dylan Alcott, Nick Taylor, Brad Ness ; Coaches – Ben Ettridge, Matteo Feriani, Tom Kyle
2016 Summer Paralympics
Finished 6th among 12 teams.- Team members - Josh Allison, Jannik Blair, Adam Deans, Tristan Knowles, Bill Latham, Matthew McShane, Brad Ness, Shaun Norris, Tom O'Neill-Thorne, Shawn Russell, Tige Simmons, Brett Stibners ; Coaches – Ben Ettridge, Luke Brennan, Tom Kyle, Jeremy Synot ; Program Manager – Leigh Gooding ; Health Coordinator & Team Physiotherapist – Jesse Adams
Past Gold Cup / World Championships Games Rosters
World Championships from 1973 to 2002 known as Gold Cup.1983 Gold Cup
Finished 11th- Team members – Kevin Bishop, Ron Burgers, Michael Callahan, Kevin Coombs, Erich Hubel, Errol Hyde, Charles Ikstrums, Robert MacIntyre, Michel McFawn, Richard Oliver, Peter Petersen, Mark Pope ; Coaches – Bruno Moretti, Charles Ryan
1986 Gold Cup
- Team members – Kevin Bishop, Michael Callahan, David Gould, Erich Hubel, Errol Hyde, Eric Klein, Michael McFawn, Robert McIntyre, Michael Nugent, Richard Oliver, Chris Sparks, Steven Trestrail ; Coaches – Charles Ryan, Kevin Bawden
1990 Gold Cup
- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Michael Callahan, Stewart Ewin, David Gould, Gerry Hewson, Steve Lazarakes, Tim Maloney, Richard Oliver, Chris Sparks, Paul Stitt, Michael Walker ; Coach – Michael Tucker
1994 Gold Cup
- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Orfeo Cecconato, Michael McFawn, David Gould, Gerry Hewson, Tim Maloney, Nick Morris, Richard Oliver, Dion Reneti, Troy Sachs, Stephen Trestrail ; Coach – Michael Tucker
1998 Gold Cup
- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Orfeo Cecconato, David Gould, Gerry Hewson, Tim Maloney, Mick McFawn, Campbell Message, Nick Morris, Brook Quinn, Troy Sachs, Steve Trestrail ; Coaches – Bob Turner, Richard Oliver
2002 Gold Cup
- Team members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Brendan Dowler, Justin Eveson, David Gould, Shaun Groenewegen, Adrian King, Grant Mizens, Brad Ness, Troy Sachs, David Selby, Darryl Taylor ' Coaches – Murray Treseder, Alan Cox, Craig Friday
2006 World Championships
- Team members – Justin Eveson, Brett Stibners, Tristan Knowles, Shaun Norris, Andrew Flavell, Darryl Taylor, Adrian King, Tige Simmons, Jace Claree, Shaun Groenewegen, Brendan Dowler, Brad Ness ; Coaches – Murray Treseder, Mal Keene ; Officials – Kelvin Browner, Ian Lowther.
2010 World Championships">2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship">2010 World Championships
- Team members -Justin Eveson, Bill Latham, Brett Stibners, Shaun Norris, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles, John McPhail, Tige Simmons, Grant Mizens, Dylan Alcott, Jeremy Doyle, Brad Ness ; Coaches – Ben Ettridge, Craig Friday, Tom Kyle ; Officials – Leigh Gooding, Jesse Adams, Jo Vaile
2014 World Championships">2014 Men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship">2014 World Championships
- Team members – Joshua Allison, Jannik Blair, Adam Deans, Justin Eveson, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles, Bill Latham, Brad Ness, Shaun Norris, Tom O'Neill-Thorne, Luke Pople, Nick Taylor; Coaches – Ben Ettridge, Craig Friday, Luke Brennan ; Officials – Leigh Gooding, Jesse Adams, Jo Vaile
2018 World Championships">2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship">2018 World Championships
- Team members – Michael Auprince, Jannik Blair, Steven Elliott, Tristan Knowles, Bill Latham, Matthew McShane, Shaun Norris, Tom O'Neill-Thorne, Luke Pople, Kim Robbins, Brett Stibners, Sam White ; Coaches – Craig Friday, Brad Ness, Grant Mizens ; Officials – Jesse Adams, Peta Forsyth, Priyanka Karunakaran