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Wheelchair
basketball
Sasol entered into a partnership with
Wheelchair Basketball South Africa
16 years ago – a strong and mutuallybeneficial relationship that delivers high
performance athletes that achieve excellence.
Sasol enables an inclusive culture by supporting
people that are differently abled, and also ensuring the
individuals represent South Africa at the global stage,
where they are exhibiting the indomitable spirit that
nothing is impossible.
The South African Men’s U/23 Wheelchair Basketball
team represented Africa at the 2022 International
wheelchair basketball federation (IWBF) Men’s
U/23 World Championship. The Sasol-sponsored
AmaWheelaBoys successfully participated in this
global tournament in the city of Phuket, Thailand,
gaining valuable experience which is a positive gain
for the wheelchair basketball value chain in South
Africa. The IWBF U/25 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball
World Championship Qualifiers took place between
5 – 8 December 2022 at the Mandeville Sports Centre,
Johannesburg. The Sasol U/25 AmaWheelie Girls
national team hosted the Republic Democratic of
Congo and Ethiopia and won the tournament without
a single loss. The South African team will represent
Africa at 2023 IWBF U25 Women’s Wheelchair
Basketball World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand.
The South African Senior Men’s and Women’s
Wheelchair Basketball teams qualified to participate
in the Inaugural African Para Games which will be
held in Accra, Ghana in September 2023. The
extensive selection and training camps held during the
first half of 2023 will be put to the test for the South
African teams at this tournament, given that
the mandate of the coaching staff was to revamp
the high-performance teams to bring them in line
with the required standards of International
Wheelchair Basketball.
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