Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

Goalball at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Copper Box Arena
Dates	29 August – 9 September
Competitors	132

The Copper Box area which was to be used for goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's goalball	Finnland (FIN) Jarno Mattila Ville Montonen Erkki Miinala Toni Alenius Tuomas Nousu Petri Posio	Brasilien (BRA) José Ferreira de Oliveira Almeida Maciel Celente Leomon Moreno da Silva Romário Diego Marques Filippe Santos Silvestre Leandro Moreno da Silva	Türkei (TUR) Tekin Okan Düzgün Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Yusuf Uçar Abdullah Aydoğdu Tuncay Karakaya
Women's goalball	Japan (JPN) Masae Komiya Rie Urata Akane Nakashima Eiko Kakehata Haruka Wakasugi Akiko Adachi	China (CHN) Wang Ruixue Chen Fengqing Lin Shan Wang Shasha Fan Feifei Ju Zhen	Schweden (SWE) Anna Dahlberg Malin Gustavsson Josefine Jälmestål Viktoria Andersson Sofia Näsström Maria Wåglund

Qualifying

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Great Britain (GBR)
2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships	18–25 June 2010	Sheffield, Great Britain	3	Litauen (LTU)  China (CHN)  Iran (IRI)
2010 Asian Para Games	12–19 December 2010	Guangzhou, China	1	Südkorea (KOR)
2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament	1–11 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	4	Finnland (FIN)  Türkei (TUR)  Kanada (CAN)  Belgien (BEL)
2011 European Championships	17–23 October 2011	Assens, Denmark	1	Schweden (SWE)
2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships	14–18 November 2011	Sydney, Australia	1	Algerien (ALG)
2011 Parapan American Games	12–20 November 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	Brasilien (BRA)
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Great Britain (GBR)
2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships	18–25 June 2010	Sheffield, Great Britain	3	China (CHN)  Vereinigte Staaten (USA)  Schweden (SWE)
Asian Para Games	12–19 December 2010	Guangzhou, China	1	Japan (JPN)
2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament	1–11 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	2	Kanada (CAN)  Finnland (FIN)
2011 European Championships	17–23 October 2011	Assens, Denmark	1	Dänemark (DEN)
2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships	14–18 November 2011	Sydney, Australia	1	Australien (AUS)
2011 Parapan American Games	12–20 November 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	Brasilien (BRA)
Total			10

Men's tournament

Competition format

The twelve men's teams were divided into two equal groups for a single round robin group stage. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. All matches in the second stage were knock-out format.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Türkei	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13	Quarterfinals
Brasilien	5	3	0	2	30	20	+10	9
Litauen	5	2	2	1	33	20	+13	8
Finnland	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8	6
Schweden	5	1	2	2	16	25	−9	5	Eliminated
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.

Thu 30 Aug
Litauen	11 – 1	Great Britain
Finnland	5 – 6	Brasilien
Türkei	9 – 2	Schweden
Fri 31 Aug
Litauen	10 – 0	Finnland
Great Britain	1 – 7	Türkei
Brasilien	4 – 5	Schweden
Sat 01 Sep
Türkei	4 – 0	Finnland
Schweden	3 – 3	Great Britain
Brasilien	12 – 5	Litauen
Sun 02 Sep
Great Britain	3 – 7	Finnland
Schweden	5 – 5	Litauen
Türkei	4 – 1	Brasilien
Tue 04 Sep
Finnland	4 – 1	Schweden
Great Britain	1 – 7	Brasilien
Litauen	2 – 2	Türkei

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iran	5	4	0	1	32	20	+12	12	Quarterfinals
China	5	3	1	1	20	14	+6	10
Belgien	5	3	1	1	19	16	+3	10
Algerien	5	2	0	3	18	17	+1	6
Südkorea	5	1	0	4	18	28	−10	3	Eliminated
Kanada	5	1	0	4	16	28	−12	3

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.

Thu 30 Aug
China	5 – 9	Iran
Südkorea	4 – 3	Algerien
Kanada	2 – 4	Belgien
Fri 31 Aug
China	11 – 4	Südkorea
Iran	9 – 2	Kanada
Algerien	5 – 2	Belgien
Sat 01 Sep
Kanada	5 – 4	Südkorea
Belgien	8 – 6	Iran
Algerien	0 – 1	China
Sun 02 Sep
Iran	4 – 3	Südkorea
Belgien	0 – 0	China
Kanada	6 – 8	Algerien
Mon 03 Sep
Südkorea	3 – 5	Belgien
Iran	4 – 2	Algerien
China	3 – 1	Kanada

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	Türkei		3
	Algerien		1
						Türkei		0
						Finnland		2
	Iran		1
	Finnland		5
											Finnland		8
											Brasilien		1
	Brasilien		3
	Belgien		0
						Brasilien		2			Third place
						Litauen		1
	China		4								Türkei		4
	Litauen		12								Litauen		1

Women's tournament

Competition format

The ten women's teams were divided into two equal groups for a single round robin group stage. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. All matches in the second stage were knock-out format.

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
China	4	4	0	0	28	4	+24	12	Quarterfinals
Great Britain	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	7
Brasilien	4	2	0	2	8	15	−7	6
Finnland	4	1	1	2	10	13	−3	4
Dänemark	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.

Thu 30 Aug
China	7 – 1	Great Britain
Dänemark	0 – 2	Brasilien
Fri 31 Aug
Finnland	1 – 1	Great Britain
Brasilien	0 – 8	China
Sat 01 Sep
Dänemark	2 – 3	Finnland
Sun 02 Sep
Great Britain	3 – 1	Brasilien
Mon 03 Sep
China	8 – 1	Dänemark
Brasilien	5 – 4	Finnland
Tue 04 Sep
Great Britain	5 – 0	Dänemark
Finnland	2 – 5	China

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Kanada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Quarterfinals
Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Schweden	4	2	1	1	11	11	0	7
Vereinigte Staaten	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Australien	4	0	0	4	7	17	−10	0	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.

Thu 30 Aug
Vereinigte Staaten	5 – 1	Schweden
Fri 31 Aug
Australien	1 – 3	Japan
Sat 01 Sep
Kanada	1 – 2	Schweden
Japan	2 – 1	Vereinigte Staaten
Sun 02 Sep
Australien	1 – 3	Kanada
Schweden	0 – 0	Japan
Mon 03 Sep
Vereinigte Staaten	3 – 0	Australien
Japan	0 – 1	Kanada
Tue 04 Sep
Schweden	8 – 5	Australien
Kanada	1 – 0	Vereinigte Staaten

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	China	5
	8	Vereinigte Staaten	0
						China		4
						Finnland		1
	4	Finnland	2
	5	Kanada	1
											China		0
											Japan		1
	2	Great Britain	1
	7	Schweden	2
						Schweden		3			Third place
						Japan		4
	3	Japan	2								Finnland		1
	6	Brasilien	0								Schweden		5

Gallery

• 
  Australia goalball women throwing to Canada women (Sep 2012).
• 
  Great Britain women's goalball team defending (Sep 2012).
• 
  Swedish women's goalball team throwing (Sep 2012).
• 
  USA women throwing to AUS F (Sep 2012).
• 
  All the volunteers ('Games makers') for goalball, in the Copper Box arena (Sep 2012).

References

• Africa-Oceania
• Europa

External links

• London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Archived 28 February 2013 at the UK Government Web Archive
• "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.