Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

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

The women's tournament in goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested from 30 August to 7 September.^[1] 28 matches were played; 20 in the group play, 4 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals, a bronze medal match, and a gold medal match.

Ten teams participated, with six athletes per team.^[1] Japan won the gold medal by beating China in the final,^[2]^[3] while Sweden beat Finland 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[]

Group C

Group D

Venue[]

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

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Group C[]

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	28	4	+24	12
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

30 August 2012 18:30 v	China	7 – 1	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Janned Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Wang R. 4 Chen 2 Lin 1	Report	Sharkey 1

30 August 2012 19:45 v	Denmark	0 – 2	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
		Report	2

31 August 2012 15:00 v	Finland	1 – 1	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
	1	Report	1

31 August 2012 16:15 v	Brazil	0 – 8	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
		Report	Wang S. 5 Chen 1 Lin 1 Ju 1

1 September 2012 21:00 v	Denmark	2 – 3	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Jørgensen 2	Report	2 1

2 September 2012 09:00 v	Great Britain	3 – 1	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Morten Hammershoi (DEN)
	Sharkey 2 1	Report	1

3 September 2012 13:45 v	China	8 – 1	Denmark	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
	Chen 4 Wang S. 3 Ju 1	Report	Jørgensen 1

3 September 2012 15:00 v	Brazil	5 – 4	Finland	Copper Box, London

4 September 2012 09:00 v	Great Britain	5 – 0	Denmark	Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
	Sharkey 3 1 1	Report

4 September 2012 10:15 v	Finland	2 – 5	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	1 1	Report	Wang R. 4 Chen 1

Group D[]

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
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

30 August 2012 21:00 v	United States	5 – 1	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Yasser Oman (EGY), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
	Armbruster 3 Czechowski 1 Miller 1	Report	Jälmestål 1

31 August 2012 09:00 v	Australia	1 – 3	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Esdaile 1	Report	Adacho 2 Komiya 1

1 September 2012 13:45 v	Canada	1 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyor (TUR), Thomas Bärz (GER)
	Kneebone 1	Report	Gustavsson 2

1 September 2012 15:00 v	Japan	2 – 1	United States	Copper Box, London

2 September 2012 10:15 v	Australia	1 – 3	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
	Christensen 1	Report	Kneebone 2 Morin 1

2 September 2012 11:30 v	Sweden	0 – 0	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER)
		Report

3 September 2012 18:30 v	United States	3 – 0	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Bulent Kimyon (TUR)
	Armbruster 3	Report

3 September 2012 19:45 v	Japan	0 – 1	Canada	Copper Box, London

4 September 2012 12:30 v	Sweden	8 – 5	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
	Gustavsson 5 Naesström 2 Jälmestål 1	Report	Esdaile 3 Christensen 2

4 September 2012 13:45 v	Canada	1 – 0	United States	Copper Box, London

Knock-out round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

C1

China

5

D4

United States

0

C1

China

4

C4

Finland

1

D1

Canada

1

C4

Finland

2

C1

China

0

D2

Japan

1

C2

Great Britain

1

D3

Sweden

2

D3

Sweden

3

Third place

D2

Japan

4

D2

Japan

2

C4

Finland

1

C3

Brazil

0

D3

Sweden

5

Quarter-finals[]

5 September 2012 09:00 v	China	5 – 0	United States	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
	Chen 2 Wang S. 2 Lin 1	Report

5 September 2012 10:30 v	Japan	2 – 0	Brazil	Copper Box, London
		Report

5 September 2012 12:45 v	Great Britain	1 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Thomas Baerz (GER)
	Sharkey 1	Report	2

5 September 2012 14:15 v	Canada	1 – 2	Finland	Copper Box, London

Semi-finals[]

6 September 2012 13:30 v	China	4 – 1	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Chen 2 Lin 1 Wang S. 1	Report	1

6 September 2012 15:00 v	Sweden	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Gustavsson 1 Jälmestål 1 Wåglund 1	Report	Komiya 2 Adachi 1 Urata 1

Bronze medal match[]

7 September 2012 13:30 v	Finland	1 – 5	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	1	Report	2 2 1

Gold medal match[]

7 September 2012 15:00 v	China	0 – 1	Japan	Copper Box, London
		Report	Adachi 1

Final rankings[]

Rank	Team
	Japan
	China
	Sweden
4.	Finland
5.	Canada
6.	Great Britain
7.	Brazil
8.	United States
9.	Australia
10.	Denmark

2012 women's Paralympic champions
Japan First title

Source: [1]

Statistics[]

Leading goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	MP	G	P	T
1	Chen Fengqing (CHN)	7	12	0	12
2	(SWE)	7	9	2	11
2	Wang Shasha (CHN)	6	10	1	11
4	(FIN)	7	7	2	9
5	Wang Ruixue (CHN)	4	5	3	8
6	Jen Armbruster (USA)	5	3	4	7
6	Anna Sharkey (GBR)	5	7	0	7
8	Akiko Adachi (JPN)	6	4	2	6
9	Nicole Esdaile (AUS)	4	4	0	4
	(SWE)	7	3	1	4
	(CAN)	5	3	1	4
	(FIN)	7	3	1	4
	Lin Shan (CHN)	7	4	0	4
	(SWE)	7	4	0	4

Source: [2]

References[]

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

External links[]

"Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[about-1] "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[medals-2] "Japan and Finland win Goalball gold". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[3] "Champions revel in golden delight". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[4] "Women's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[5] "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

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Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Contents

Competition format[]

Participating teams[]

Venue[]

Preliminary round[]

Group C[]

Group D[]

Knock-out round[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

Final rankings[]

Statistics[]

Leading goalscorers[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

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