Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Goalball
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueCopper Box Arena
Dates29 August – 9 September 2012
Competitors132

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

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's goalball
 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
 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

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  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

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

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
 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

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

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

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
 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

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

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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