Poland to stage wheelchair rugby Metro Cup

Host nation Poland will be joined by Germany, the Czech Republic, Brazil and two squads from both Canada and Great Britain for the eight-team tournament.

The attention of the wheelchair rugby world shifts to Poland this weekend as the 2013 Metro Cup commences on Friday (28 June) in Warsaw.

Host nation Poland will be joined by Germany, the Czech Republic, Brazil and two squads from both Canada and Great Britain for the eight-team tournament.

Pool A includes Canada Red, Great Britain B, Germany and Czech Republic. In Pool B, Great Britain A will compete against Poland, Canada Black and Brazil.

All eight teams will play two pool matches on day one with the hosts taking on Brazil in their opening game and Great Britain A later in the afternoon.

Canada Red’s opening matchup with Great Britain B will likely be a tight battle as the nations are third and fourth, respectively, in the world rankings.

The final round of pool matches will take place on Saturday (29 June), with Canada Red taking on Czech Republic and Poland facing Canada Black.

Meanwhile, on court two, Germany will battle Great Britain B and Great Britain A will follow against Brazil.

The top two sides from each pool will qualify for the semi-finals to be played later in the afternoon on day two.

The playoff games will be the focus of the third and final day of the tournament (June 30) with the gold-medal match to be played at 14:00 local time.

Here is a full breakdown of the teams competing in the tournament:

 

Poland:

Bartosz Zielski, Krzysztof Kosider, Dominik Rymer, Krzysztof Podolski, Arkadiusz Henicz, Krzysztof Kapusta, Patryk Bugaj, Pawel Szostak, Piotr Wilamowski, Rafat Rocki, Stawomir Gontarz, Tomasz Bidus.

Coaches: Christoph Werner, Janusz Kozak

 

Brazil:

Fabio Alves, Gilson Dias, Jose Raull Schoeller, Helder Riberio, Jose Higino Oliweira, Marcilio Nunes, Bruno Damasceno, Alexandre Vitor Giuriato, Moises Domigues.

Coaches: Antonio Mancel Pereira, Rafael Bothelo

 

Canada Black:

Trevor Hirschfield, Yanick Racicot, Patrice Simard, Ian Crowe, Joe Boudreau, Cory Harrower

Coach: Kevin Orr

 

Canada Red:

Miranda Biletski, Byron Green, Patrice Dagenais, Ben Perkins, Cody Caldwell, Fabien Lavoie, Zak Madell

Coach: Kevin Orr

 

Czech Republic:

Jaroslav Filsak, David Lukes, Ales Kisy, Jiri Plesko, Lubos Kondela, Jan Plousek, Petr Oppenauer, Jiri Dvorak

Coach: David Lukes

 

Germany:

Christian Paschke, Artur Bertram, Maik Baumann, Max Haberkorn, Kevin Kramer, Andreij Leonhard, Jens Sauberbeir, Fabian Muller, Thomas Schuwje, Christian Gotze, Christian Riedel

Coaches: Joe Soares, Dirk Wieschendorf

 

Great Britain A:

Paul McDerby, Mandip Sehmi, Ayaz Bhuta, Chris Ryan, Bulbul Hussain, Kylie Grimes

Coach: Paul Shaw

 

Great Britain B:

Jim Roberts, Ross Morrison, Alan Ash, Gavin Walker, Jason Roberts, Mike Kerr, Muhammad Islam

Coach: Paul Shaw