The final day of preliminary round play at the Asia/Oceania World Championships has been completed. It was an interesting final day to the games, some close games and some victories that made the standings very close for many teams.  The Japanese Men, Chines Women and Australian Men's and Women's Teams have taken the two spots for Asia/Oceania in the London 2012 paralympics.

Results and final summary of preliminary round games  . . . 

The second half of our tournament has begun and we are getting closer to identifying our top teams. 

We want to give a round of applause to the teams who are new to the tournament or returning after being away for some years.  We know you have been struggling, but still playing on. There is nothing as important as taking a hard lesson and learning from it, putting your head up and still moving forward. . .  best of luck in your final games

Day 5 results and summary

We are half way through the third of our 4 Zone World Championship. We have had some competitive games and some games that newer teams will have to use as a learning experience. Which two teams do you think will be qualifying for London 2012?

The Asia Oceania Zone of IWBF held their Congress Sunday November 6 and among other things elected a new executive. With current President Yuichi Watanabe retiring it meant a new president would be elected.