Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

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Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held at the Copper Box.

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[]

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[]

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's team rosters

Venue[]

All matches were played in the Copper Box.[1][5]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Group A[]

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 5 4 1 0 26 6 +20 13
 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
 Great Britain 5 0 1 4 9 35 −26 1
30 August 2012
09:00
Lithuania  11 – 1  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
Pavliukianec 4
Zibolis 3
2
2 		Report 1
30 August 2012
10:15
Finland  5 – 6  Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Thomas Baerz (GER)
3
1
1 		Report 4
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 2
31 August 2012
10:15
Lithuania  10 – 0  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
Pavliukianec 5
3
1
Zibolis 1 		Report
31 August 2012
11:30
Great Britain  1 – 7  Turkey Copper Box, London
Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
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
1
1 		Report 4
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)
2
1 		Report 1
1
1
1 September 2012
11:30
Brazil  12 – 5  Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Launel Scott (CAN)
10
2 		Report Montvydas 2
2
1
2 September 2012
18:30
Great Britain  3 – 7  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Warrick Jackes (AUS), Yasser Omar (EGY)
3 Report 4
1
Miinala 1
1
2 September 2012
19:45
Sweden  5 – 5  Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Hooshang Shariati (IRI)
5 Report Pavliukianec 2
2
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 1
4 September 2012
17:15
Finland  4 – 1  Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN)
4 Report 1
4 September 2012
18:30
Great Britain  1 – 7  Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
1 Report 4
2
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[]

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 5 4 0 1 32 20 +12 12
 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
 Canada 5 1 0 4 16 28 −12 3
30 August 2012
13:45
China  5 – 9  Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
Yao 3
Chen 2 		Report 9
30 August 2012
15:00
South Korea  4 – 3  Algeria Copper Box, London
Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
4 Report 2
1
30 August 2012
16:15
Canada  2 – 4  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
2 Report 2
1
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 2
1
1
31 August 2012
19:45
Iran  9 – 2  Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
Jafari 4
3
1
1 		Report 2
31 August 2012
21:00
Algeria  5 – 2  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
3
2 		Report 1
1
1 September 2012
16:15
Canada  5 – 4  South Korea Copper Box, London
Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
3
2 		Report 2
1
1
1 September 2012
18:30
Belgium  8 – 6  Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
3
3
1
1
 Report 3
Jafari 2
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)
4 Report 2
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)
4
2 		Report 8
3 September 2012
09:00
South Korea  3 – 5  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN)
2
1 		Report 2
2
1
3 September 2012
10:15
Iran  4 – 2  Algeria Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
2
Jafari 1
1 		Report 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 1

Knock-out round[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
  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[]

5 September 2012
15:45
 Turkey  3 – 1  Algeria Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Karakaya 3 Report 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
4
1
Pavliukianec 1
5 September 2012
19:30
Brazil  3 – 0  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
2
1 		Report
5 September 2012
21:00
 Iran  1 – 5  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
1 Report 3
2

Semi-finals[]

6 September 2012
18:30
 Turkey  0 – 2  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Yasser Omar (EGY)
Report 2
6 September 2012
20:00
Brazil  2 – 1  Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
1
1 		Report 1

Bronze medal match[]

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[]

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 4
3
Miinala 1

Final rankings[]

Source: [1]

Statistics[]

Leading goalscorers[]

Rank Player MP G P T
1   (BRA) 8 14 9 23
2   (IRI) 6 18 4 22
3  Tuncay Karakaya (TUR) 8 11 8 19
4   (FIN) 8 11 5 16
  (ALG) 6 9 7 16
6   (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   (LTU) 8 9 1 10

Source: [2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Japan and Finland win Goalball gold". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Champions revel in golden delight". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Men's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

External links[]

  • "Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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