The men's tournament in goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested from 30 August to 7 September.[1] 38 matches were played; 30 in the group play, 4 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals, a bronze medal match, and a gold medal match.
Twelve teams participated, with six athletes per team.[1] Finland won the gold medal by beating Brazil in the final,[2][3] while Turkey beat Lithuania in the match for bronze.[2]
Competition format edit
The 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.[4]
Participating teams edit
- Group A
- Group B
Venue edit
All matches were played in the Copper Box.[1][5]
Preliminary round edit
All times are local (BST/UTC+1)
Group A edit
| 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. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.
| 30 August 2012 09:00 |
Lithuania
|
11 – 1 | Great Britain
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| Pavliukianec 4 Zibolis 3 Juchna 2 Panovas 2 |
Report | Sharkey 1 | ||
| 30 August 2012 10:15 |
Finland
|
5 – 6 | Brazil
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Thomas Baerz (GER) |
| Alenius 3 Mattila 1 Minala 1 |
Report | Marques 4 Silvestre 2 | ||
| 30 August 2012 11:30 |
Turkey
|
9 – 2 | Sweden
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| Alkan 3 Düzgün 3 Uçar 2 Karakaya 1 |
Report | Seremati 2 | ||
| 31 August 2012 10:15 |
Lithuania
|
10 – 0 | Finland
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| Pavliukianec 5 Juchna 3 Leonavicius 1 Zibolis 1 |
Report | |||
| 31 August 2012 11:30 |
Great Britain
|
1 – 7 | Turkey
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Janne Ahokas (FIN) |
| Sharkey 1 | Report | Karakaya 4 Alkan 2 Düzgün 1 | ||
| 31 August 2012 13:45 |
Brazil
|
4 – 5 | Sweden
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| Leo. Moreno da Silva 2 Marques 1 Santos Silvestre 1 |
Report | Hultqvist 4 Gahne 1 | ||
| 1 September 2012 09:00 |
Turkey
|
4 – 0 | Finland
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| Karakaya 3 Düzgün 1 |
Report | |||
| 1 September 2012 10:15 |
Sweden
|
3 – 3 | Great Britain
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| Hultqvist 2 Seremati 1 |
Report | Graham 1 Knott 1 Sharkey 1 | ||
| 1 September 2012 11:30 |
Brazil
|
12 – 5 | Lithuania
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Launel Scott (CAN) |
| Marques 10 Almeida Maciel Celente 2 |
Report | Montvydas 2 Pavliuklianec 2 Panovas 1 | ||
| 2 September 2012 18:30 |
Great Britain
|
3 – 7 | Finland
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Warrick Jackes (AUS), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| Knott 3 | Report | Mattila 4 Montonen 1 Miinala 1 Posio 1 | ||
| 2 September 2012 19:45 |
Sweden
|
5 – 5 | Lithuania
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Hooshang Shariati (IRI) |
| Seremati 5 | Report | Pavliukianec 2 Panovas 2 Juchna 1 | ||
| 2 September 2012 21:00 |
Turkey
|
4 – 1 | Brazil
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| Karakaya 2 Alkan 2 |
Report | Marques 1 | ||
| 4 September 2012 17:15 |
Finland
|
4 – 1 | Sweden
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| Mattila 4 | Report | Seremeti 1 | ||
| 4 September 2012 18:30 |
Great Britain
|
1 – 7 | Brazil
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| Knott 1 | Report | Marques 4 Celente 2 Silvestre 1 | ||
| 4 September 2012 19:45 |
Lithuania
|
2 – 2 | Turkey
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| Zibolis 2 | Report | Alkan 1 Karakaya 1 | ||
Group B edit
| 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. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.
| 30 August 2012 13:45 |
China
|
5 – 9 | Iran
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| Yao 3 Chen 2 |
Report | Sayahi 9 | ||
| 30 August 2012 15:00 |
South Korea
|
4 – 3 | Algeria
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| Hong 4 | Report | Mokrane 2 Larbi 1 | ||
| 30 August 2012 16:15 |
Canada
|
2 – 4 | Belgium
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| Caron 2 | Report | de Rick 2 Vanhove 1 Bihi 1 | ||
| 31 August 2012 18:30 |
China
|
11 – 4 | South Korea
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Christl Daentler (GER) |
| Yao 6 Chen 5 |
Report | C-H Kim 2 N-O Kim 1 Hong 1 | ||
| 31 August 2012 19:45 |
Iran
|
9 – 2 | Canada
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| Jafari 4 Sayahi 3 Shahbazi 1 Shirdel 1 |
Report | Gaulin 2 | ||
| 31 August 2012 21:00 |
Algeria
|
5 – 2 | Belgium
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| Mokrane 3 Larbi 2 |
Report | de Rick 1 Bihi 1 | ||
| 1 September 2012 16:15 |
Canada
|
5 – 4 | South Korea
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| Gaulin 3 Caron 2 |
Report | C-H Kim 2 Hong 1 J-W Oh 1 | ||
| 1 September 2012 18:30 |
Belgium
|
8 – 6 | Iran
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| de Rick 3 Bihi 3 Vanhove 1 Mapreni 1 |
Report | Sayahi 3 Jafari 2 Shahbazi 1 | ||
| 1 September 2012 19:45 |
Algeria
|
0 – 1 | China
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Ali Aldarsony (KSA) |
| Report | Yao 1 | |||
| 2 September 2012 13:45 |
Iran
|
4 – 3 | South Korea
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| Sayahi 4 | Report | Hong SW 2 Kim CH 1 | ||
| 2 September 2012 15:00 |
Belgium
|
0 – 0 | China
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| Report | ||||
| 2 September 2012 16:15 |
Canada
|
6 – 8 | Algeria
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| Caron 4 Gaulin 2 |
Report | Mokrane 8 | ||
| 3 September 2012 09:00 |
South Korea
|
3 – 5 | Belgium
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN) |
| Kim C.-H. 2 Hong 1 |
Report | B. Vanhove 2 Bihi 2 Mapreni 1 | ||
| 3 September 2012 10:15 |
Iran
|
4 – 2 | Algeria
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| Sayahi 2 Jafari 1 Shirdel 1 |
Report | Mokrane 2 | ||
| 3 September 2012 11:30 |
China
|
3 – 1 | Canada
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Christl Daentler (GER) |
| Chen 2 Yao 1 |
Report | Gaulin 1 | ||
Knock-out round edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Brazil
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Belgium
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Brazil
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Lithuania
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| B2 | China
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Lithuania
| 12 | ||||||||||||
| Brazil
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Finland
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| A1 | Turkey
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | Algeria
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Turkey
| 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Finland
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| B1 | Iran
| 1 | Lithuania
| 1 | ||||||||||
| A4 | Finland
| 5 | Turkey
| 4 | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
| 5 September 2012 15:45 |
Turkey
|
3 – 1 | Algeria
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| Karakaya 3 | Report | Mokrane 1 | ||
| 5 September 2012 18:00 |
China
|
4 – 12 | Lithuania
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| Chen 2 Yongquan 2 |
Report | Zibolis 6 Juchna 4 Leonavičius 1 Pavliukianec 1 | ||
| 5 September 2012 19:30 |
Brazil
|
3 – 0 | Belgium
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| Marques 2 Almeida Maciel Celente 1 |
Report | |||
| 5 September 2012 21:00 |
Iran
|
1 – 5 | Finland
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| Sayahi 1 | Report | Posio 3 Mattila 2 | ||
Semi-finals edit
| 6 September 2012 18:30 |
Turkey
|
0 – 2 | Finland
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| Report | Mattila 2 | |||
| 6 September 2012 20:00 |
Brazil
|
2 – 1 | Lithuania
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| Almeida Maciel Celente 1 Marques 1 |
Report | Leonavičius 1 | ||
Bronze medal match edit
| 7 September 2012 18:30 |
Lithuania
|
1 – 4 | Turkey
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| Zibolis 1 | Report | Karakaya 4 | ||
Gold medal match edit
| 7 September 2012 20:00 |
Brazil
|
1 – 8 | Finland
|
Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| Leo. Moreno da Silva 1 | Report | Posio 4 Mattila 3 Miinala 1 | ||
Final rankings edit
|
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Source: [1] Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
Statistics edit
Leading goalscorers edit
| Rank | Player | MP | G | P | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romário Diego Marques (BRA)
|
8 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Seyed Mehdi Sayahi (IRI)
|
6 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Tuncay Karakaya (TUR)
|
8 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Jarno Mattila (FIN)
|
8 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Mohamed Mokrane (ALG)
|
6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| 6 | Genrik Pavliuklianec (LTU)
|
8 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Marius Zibolis (LTU)
|
8 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Yao Yongquan (CHN)
|
6 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Chen Liangliang (CHN)
|
6 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Arvydas Juchna (LTU)
|
8 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Source: [2] Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Japan and Finland win Goalball gold". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Champions revel in golden delight". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Men's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
External links edit
- "Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.