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
VenueCopper Box Arena
Dates29 August – 9 September
Competitors132
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The Copper Box area which was to be used for goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's goalball
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  Finland (FIN)
Jarno Mattila
Ville Montonen
Erkki Miinala
Toni Alenius
Tuomas Nousu
Petri Posio
  Brazil (BRA)
José Ferreira de Oliveira
Almeida Maciel Celente
Leomon Moreno da Silva
Romário Diego Marques
Filippe Santos Silvestre
Leandro Moreno da Silva
  Turkey (TUR)
Tekin Okan Düzgün
Hüseyin Alkan
Mehmet Cesur
Yusuf Uçar
Abdullah Aydoğdu
Tuncay Karakaya
Women's goalball
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  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
  Sweden (SWE)
Anna Dahlberg
Malin Gustavsson
Josefine Jälmestål
Viktoria Andersson
Sofia Näsström
Maria Wåglund

Qualifying

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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   Lithuania (LTU)
  China (CHN)
  Iran (IRI)
2010 Asian Para Games 12–19 December 2010 Guangzhou, China 1   South Korea (KOR)
2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament 1–11 April 2011 Antalya, Turkey 4   Finland (FIN)
  Turkey (TUR)
  Canada (CAN)
  Belgium (BEL)
2011 European Championships 17–23 October 2011 Assens, Denmark 1   Sweden (SWE)
2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships 14–18 November 2011 Sydney, Australia 1   Algeria (ALG)
2011 Parapan American Games 12–20 November 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 1   Brazil (BRA)
Total 12

Women

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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)
  United States (USA)
  Sweden (SWE)
Asian Para Games 12–19 December 2010 Guangzhou, China 1   Japan (JPN)
2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament 1–11 April 2011 Antalya, Turkey 2   Canada (CAN)
  Finland (FIN)
2011 European Championships 17–23 October 2011 Assens, Denmark 1   Denmark (DEN)
2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships 14–18 November 2011 Sydney, Australia 1   Australia (AUS)
2011 Parapan American Games 12–20 November 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 1   Brazil (BRA)
Total 10

Men's tournament

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Competition format

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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

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Turkey 5 4 1 0 26 6 +20 13 Quarterfinals
  Brazil 5 3 0 2 30 20 +10 9
  Lithuania 5 2 2 1 33 20 +13 8
  Finland 5 2 0 3 16 24 −8 6
  Sweden 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
Lithuania   11 – 1   Great Britain
Finland   5 – 6   Brazil
Turkey   9 – 2   Sweden
Fri 31 Aug
Lithuania   10 – 0   Finland
Great Britain   1 – 7   Turkey
Brazil   4 – 5   Sweden
Sat 01 Sep
Turkey   4 – 0   Finland
Sweden   3 – 3   Great Britain
Brazil   12 – 5   Lithuania
Sun 02 Sep
Great Britain   3 – 7   Finland
Sweden   5 – 5   Lithuania
Turkey   4 – 1   Brazil
Tue 04 Sep
Finland   4 – 1   Sweden
Great Britain   1 – 7   Brazil
Lithuania   2 – 2   Turkey

Group B

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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
  Belgium 5 3 1 1 19 16 +3 10
  Algeria 5 2 0 3 18 17 +1 6
  South Korea 5 1 0 4 18 28 −10 3 Eliminated
  Canada 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
South Korea   4 – 3   Algeria
Canada   2 – 4   Belgium
Fri 31 Aug
China   11 – 4   South Korea
Iran   9 – 2   Canada
Algeria   5 – 2   Belgium
Sat 01 Sep
Canada   5 – 4   South Korea
Belgium   8 – 6   Iran
Algeria   0 – 1   China
Sun 02 Sep
Iran   4 – 3   South Korea
Belgium   0 – 0   China
Canada   6 – 8   Algeria
Mon 03 Sep
South Korea   3 – 5   Belgium
Iran   4 – 2   Algeria
China   3 – 1   Canada

Knockout round

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Turkey 3
  Algeria 1
  Turkey 0
  Finland 2
  Iran 1
  Finland 5
  Finland 8
  Brazil 1
  Brazil 3
  Belgium 0
  Brazil 2 Third place
  Lithuania 1
  China 4   Turkey 4
  Lithuania 12   Lithuania 1

Women's tournament

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Competition format

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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

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Group C

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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
  Brazil 4 2 0 2 8 15 −7 6
  Finland 4 1 1 2 10 13 −3 4
  Denmark 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
Denmark   0 – 2   Brazil
Fri 31 Aug
Finland   1 – 1   Great Britain
Brazil   0 – 8   China
Sat 01 Sep
Denmark   2 – 3   Finland
Sun 02 Sep
Great Britain   3 – 1   Brazil
Mon 03 Sep
China   8 – 1   Denmark
Brazil   5 – 4   Finland
Tue 04 Sep
Great Britain   5 – 0   Denmark
Finland   2 – 5   China

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Canada 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9 Quarterfinals
  Japan 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
  Sweden 4 2 1 1 11 11 0 7
  United States 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6
  Australia 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
United States   5 – 1   Sweden
Fri 31 Aug
Australia   1 – 3   Japan
Sat 01 Sep
Canada   1 – 2   Sweden
Japan   2 – 1   United States
Sun 02 Sep
Australia   1 – 3   Canada
Sweden   0 – 0   Japan
Mon 03 Sep
United States   3 – 0   Australia
Japan   0 – 1   Canada
Tue 04 Sep
Sweden   8 – 5   Australia
Canada   1 – 0   United States

Knockout round

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1   China 5
8   United States 0
  China 4
  Finland 1
4   Finland 2
5   Canada 1
  China 0
  Japan 1
2   Great Britain 1
7   Sweden 2
  Sweden 3 Third place
  Japan 4
3   Japan 2   Finland 1
6   Brazil 0   Sweden 5
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References

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