From August 28 to September 8, Paris will be hosting the Paralympic Games for ten days of events, contested by the greatest disabled athletes of our time. If you haven't managed to get your hands on tickets, there's always the option of live coverage! We explain everything you need to know to follow the wheelchair rugby matches.
From August 29, 2024, Paris will be beating to the rhythm of the 2024 Olympic Games, the world's biggest sporting event, returning exactly one hundred years after the first Summer Games were held in the French capital. Held in the four corners of the Île-de-France region, the events will bring together the greatest athletes of the moment in the heart of Paris, for 10 days of competition (for the athletes) and celebration (for the fans).
For wheelchair rugby, matches will take place at the Arena Champ de Mars in Paris, from August 29 to September 2, in men's and women's tournaments, followed by the final phases.
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Wheelchair rugby match schedule :
Thursday, August 29
- Preliminary round - Group B and A, 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday, August 30
- Preliminary round - Groups B and A, 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 31st
- Preliminary round - Groups B and A, 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 1st
- Ranking matches, 11:30 a.m.
- Semi-finals, 13:30
- Ranking matches, 17:30
- Semi-finals, 7:30 pm
Monday, September 2nd
- Ranking match 7/8, 11:30 a.m.
- Bronze medal match🥉, 1:30pm
- Ranking match 5/6, 17:30
- Gold medal match 🥇, 7:30pm
As a reminder, here is the schedule of rugby 7s matches, already played during the 2024 Olympics:
Wednesday, July 24th
- Preliminaries from 3:30 pm to 9:30 pm, every 30 minutes
Thursday, July 25
- 2pm: Samoa - Kenya (group B)
- 2:30 p.m.: Argentina - Australia (group B)
- 3 p.m.: United States - Uruguay (group C)
- 3:30 p.m.: Fiji - France (group C)
- 4 p.m.: South Africa - Japan (group A)
- 4:30 p.m.: New Zealand - Eire (group A)
- 8 p.m.: Ranking semi-final (9th to 12th place)
- 8:30 p.m.: Semi-final ranking (9th to 12th place)
- 9 p.m.: Quarter-final 1
- 9:30 pm: Quarter-final 2
- 10 p.m.: Quarter-final 3
- 10:30 pm: Quarter-final 4
Saturday, July 27
- Men, places 5-8 at 2.30pm and 3pm
- Men's semi-final at 3.30pm and 4pm
- Men, places 11-12 at 4:30 pm
- Men, places 9-10 at 5pm
- Men, places 7-8 at 18h
- Men, places 5-6 at 6:30pm
- Men, bronze medal at 19h
- Men, gold medal at 7:45pm
Sunday, July 28
- Women's preliminary stages, from 3:30 to 10 p.m. every 30 minutes
Monday, July 29
- Preliminaries from 14h to 16h30
- Women, places 9h12 to20h and 20h30
- Women, quarter-finals, from 9pm to 11pm
Tuesday, July 30
- Women, places 5-8 at 2:30 pm and 3 pm
- Women's semi-final at 3.30pm and 4pm
- Women, places 11-12 at 4.30pm
- Women, places 9-10 at 5pm
- Women, places 7-8 at 18h
- Women, places 5-6 at 6.30pm
- Women, bronze medal at 7pm
- Women, gold medal at 7.45pm
Where to follow rugby 7s for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
On which channels can you watch the rugby 7s events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games? In France, the Olympics are being broadcast by France Télévision and will be shown on channels France 2, France 3, France 5 and FranceInfos.
Discover the list of broadcasters of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games around the world:
- English - BBC, RTE (Ireland), NBC (USA), Discovery (Max) (UK and Ireland), Eurosport
- German - ARD (Das Erste), ZDF, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Spanish - RTVE, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Italian - RAI (Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai Sport, RaiPlay), Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Portuguese - RTP, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Greek - ERT, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Dutch - NOS, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Belgian - RTBF, VRT, VAR, RMB, Discovery (Max), Eurosport and Clear Channel (station advertising)
- Switzerland - Discovery (Max), SSR channels, Eurosport
- Canadian - CBC/Radio Canada, TSN, RDS, Sportnet
- Australian - 9Now
- Brazil - Grupo Globo, CazéTV (social networks)
- Mexico - TelevisaUnivision, TV Azteca, Imagen Telvision
- Chinese - CCTV, Migu, Douyin, Kuaishu, Tencent
- Japanese - Japan Consortium (14 public and private channels, including NHK, etc.)
- Korean - KBS, IMBC, SBS
- Bulgarian - BNT1, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Danish - DR, TV 2, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Estonian - Postimees, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Lithuanian - TV3, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Latvian - LTV, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Finnish - Yle, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Norwegian - NRK, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Swedish - Kanal 5, Eurosport, Discovery (Max)
- Icelandic - RUV, Discovery (Max)
- Ukrainian - Suspilne, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Hungarian - MTVA (M4 Sports), Discovery, Eurosport
- Polish - TVP, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Romanian - TVR, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Slovak - RTVS, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Slovenian - RTVSLO, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Czech - CT, Discovery (Max), Eurosport
- Turkish - Discovery (Max), TRT
- Morocco - SNRT, BeIn Sports
- Algeria - BeIn Sports
- Saudi Arabia - BeIn Sports
- Russian - TSG (but Russia may not broadcast the Olympic Games).
- Indian - Doordarshan (YouTube channel)
- Indonesian - EMTEK
Olympics 2024: history, rules, schedule of events, everything you need to know about rugby 7s
