Wales bid for Glasgow 3x3 wheelchair basketball spots

Chloe Morgan plays for Swansea Storm Wheelchair Basketball Club [BBC Sport] Wales' 3x3 wheelchair basketball teams are aiming for historic Commonwealth Games spots in a winners-take-all qualification event at the University of Nottingham on Saturday, 4 April. The IWBF European Zonal Qualifier tournament will see Wales compete against Northern Ireland, England and Cyprus. The men's and women's teams will compete in separate competitions, with only one Glasgow Games spot available in each.

"Everyone's really a mixture of apprehensive and excited," said Wales' Chloe Morgan. "We know that it's going to be a really tough competition, but we're really hopeful. " No Welsh wheelchair basketball side has previously reached the Games, a powerful motivator according to Morgan.

"We've all kind of said we don't have anything to lose, so we might as well just give it absolutely everything we can," she added. The women's team features Morgan, Anastasia Blease, Libi Phillips and Molly Lander, while the men's squad includes Alex Wilson, Dan May, Will Bishop and Ben Johnson-Rolfe. Teams play on a half-court with three players on each side who have just 12 seconds to take a shot.

Matches last 10 minutes, with the first team to reach 21 points taking the win if they reach that total early. Changing perceptions 3X3 Wheelchair Basketball made its major multi-sport debut at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games [Getty Images] The Commonwealth Games is one of the few major competitions where para-sport is fully integrated into the main programme, something Morgan believes is crucial for the future of sport. "It sort of sets out an example of what I think all sports should be like.