{"id":931463,"date":"2026-10-17T12:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931463\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T12:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:54:09","slug":"iran-womens-wheelchair-basketball-suffer-loss-against-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931463\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran women\u2019s wheelchair basketball suffer loss against Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">TEHRAN &#8211; Iran\u2019s women\u2019s wheelchair basketball team suffered a 64\u201333 defeat to Thailand in their second Group Stage match at the fifth edition of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite showing improved performance in the second quarter, Iran were unable to overcome Thailand, who maintained control throughout the contest to secure a convincing victory.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand made a strong start, taking the opening quarter 16\u20136. Iran responded with a more competitive display in the second quarter but still fell 16\u201313, leaving Thailand with a 32\u201319 lead at half-time.<\/p>\n<p>The third quarter saw the two sides compete more evenly in the opening stages, but Thailand gradually pulled away, winning the period 15\u20137 to extend their advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand then closed out the game strongly, taking the final quarter 17\u20137 to seal a 64\u201333 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The result marked Iran\u2019s second consecutive defeat in the group stage. The Iranian side had opened their campaign with a 65\u201320 loss to hosts Japan in their first match.<\/p>\n<p>Iran will look to bounce back when they face Cambodia on Monday in their next group-stage fixture, aiming to deliver a stronger performance and secure a better result.<\/p>\n<p>The Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games are being held in Japan, bringing together athletes from across Asia to compete in a wide range of para sports.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Sadegh Nikgostar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEHRAN &#8211; Iran\u2019s women\u2019s wheelchair basketball team suffered a 64\u201333 defeat to Thailand in their second Group Stage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,306171,85,3725,18857],"class_list":["post-931463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-nagoya","tag-sports","tag-thailand","tag-wheelchair-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}