Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

When competing in boccia at national or international level, the athletes were competing in events with different classifications, based on level of physical disability.^[2][3]

• BC1 - Cerebral palsy.
  • Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body.
  • Use hands or feet to propel the ball into play
  • May be assisted by an aide.
• BC2 - Cerebral palsy.
  • Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body
  • Use hands to propel the ball into play
  • Not assisted by an aide.
• BC3 - Cerebral palsy or another disability.
  • Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs.
  • Use the help of a ramp to propel the ball into play.
  • Assisted by an aide (ramper).
• BC4 - Not cerebral palsy, but another disability, for example muscular dystrophy or tetraplegia.
  • Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs
  • Use hands to propel the ball into play
  • Not assisted by an aide.

All events in boccia are mixed gender. there are four individual events, two pairs events and a combined classification team event.

An NPC can enter one BC1/BC2 Team consisting of four athletes of which a minimum of one must be in the BC1 sport class. An NPC can enter one BC3 Pair consisting of three athletes. An NPC can enter one BC4 Pair consisting of three athletes.

The number of female athletes representing an NPC must be: ƒ - at least one female athlete for NPCs qualifying one Team or Pair; ƒ - at least two female athletes for NPCs qualifying two or three Team/Pairs.

An NPC can enter a maximum of three athletes in each of the Individual medal events.^[4]

Competition		BC1/BC2 Team		BC3 Pairs		BC4 Pairs
		Qualified Teams	Quota	Qualified Teams	Quota	Qualified Teams	Quota
Host Nation		Brazil (BRA)	4	Brazil (BRA)	3	Brazil (BRA)	3
BISFED 2015 Boccia Regional Championships[5]	Europe London	Great Britain (GBR)	4	Belgium (BEL)	3	Slovakia (SVK)	3
	Asia Hong Kong	Thailand (THA)	4	South Korea (KOR)	3	China (CHN)	3
	Americas Montreal	Argentina (ARG)	4	Brazil (BRA)[6]  Canada (CAN)	3	Canada (CAN)	3
BISFED 2015 Boccia World Team Rankings 30 April 2016[7]		Slovakia (SVK)  Portugal (POR)  Spain (ESP)  Japan (JPN)  China (CHN)  South Korea (KOR)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Netherlands (NED)	32	Greece (GRE)  Portugal (POR)  Great Britain (GBR)  Singapore (SIN)	12	Hong Kong (HKG)  Great Britain (GBR)  Thailand (THA)  Hungary (HUN)	12
BISFED 2015 Boccia World Individual Rankings 30 April 2016		BC1  Greece (GRE)  Norway (NOR) BC2  Israel (ISR)  Mexico (MEX)  Canada (CAN)	5	Japan (JPN)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Czech Republic (CZE)  Sweden (SWE)  Australia (AUS)	5	South Korea (KOR)  Portugal (POR)	2
Total Athletes - 108			53		29		26

Competition lasts from 10 to 16 September. Each day , contains a morning and afternoon session.^[8]

OC

Opening ceremony

Preliminaries

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finals

CC

Closing ceremony

September 2016	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	11 Sun	12 Mon	13 Tue	14 Wed	15 Thu	16 Fri	17 Sat	18 Sun	Gold medals
Boccia	OC					●   ●  ●				●  ●   ●  ●		CC	7

103 athletes from 23 nations competed.