Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

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

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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

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Venue

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

Preliminary round

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All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

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. 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

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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. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Source: [1] Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

Statistics

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Leading goalscorers

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Men's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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