Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Pairs BC4

Pairs BC4 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Boccia
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Center
Dates	10–12 September
Competitors	8
Medalists
Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos   Brazil   Fernando Pereira Bruno Valentim   Portugal   Ladislav Kratina Radek Prochazka   Czech Republic

Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Individual
BC1	BC2	BC3	BC4
Team
BC1–2
Pairs
BC3		BC4

The Boccia Pairs BC4 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Olympic Green Convention Center on 10–12 September.^[1] The preliminary stages consisted of 2 round-robin groups of 4 pairs each. The top two teams in each group qualified for the final stages. The event was won by the team representing Brazil. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Results

• indicates a match in which an extra (fifth) end was played.

Preliminaries

Pool A

Rank	Team	MP	W	L	Points	CZE	POR	HKG	CHN
1	Ladislav Kratina (CZE)  Radek Prochazka (CZE)	3	2	1	17:9	x	5:6*	4:2	8:1
2	Fernando Pereira (POR)  Bruno Valentim (POR)	3	2	1	15:8	6:5*	x	2:3	7:0
3	Lau Wai Yan Vivian (HKG)  Leung Yuk Wing (HKG)	3	2	1	13:10	2:4	3:2	x	8:4
4	Ni Suili (CHN)  Qi Cuifang (CHN)	3	0	3	5:23	1:8	0:7	4:8	x

Pool B

Rank	Team	MP	W	L	Points	ESP	BRA	SVK	HUN
1	Jose Maria Dueso (ESP)  Maria Desamparados Baixauli (ESP)	3	3	0	17:5	x	5:0	6:1	6:4*
2	Dirceu Pinto (BRA)  Eliseu Santos (BRA)	3	2	1	12:7	0:5	x	6:0	6:2
3	Robert Durkovic (SVK)  Martin Streharsky (SVK)	3	1	2	6:16	1:6	0:6	x	5:4
4	Dezso Beres (HUN)  Jozsef Gyurkota (HUN)	3	0	3	10:17	4:6*	2:6	4:5	x

Competition bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Ladislav Kratina (CZE)    Radek Prochazka (CZE)	1
	Dirceu Pinto (BRA)    Eliseu Santos (BRA)	4
					Dirceu Pinto (BRA)    Eliseu Santos (BRA)	5
					Fernando Pereira (POR)    Bruno Valentim (POR)	2
					Third place
	Jose Maria Dueso (ESP)    Maria Desamparados Baixauli (ESP)	3*		Ladislav Kratina (CZE)    Radek Prochazka (CZE)	7
	Fernando Pereira (POR)    Bruno Valentim (POR)	4*			Jose Maria Dueso (ESP)    Maria Desamparados Baixauli (ESP)	3

References

1. "Schedules and Results - Boccia". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
2. "Pairs BC4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 October 2012. This database appears to have cycled the captions for Portugal, Czech Republic & Hong Kong in Pool A - contrast the following references.
3. "Boccia Pairs BC4 Results by Event" (PDF). BOCOG. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
4. "Boccia Day 4 Review: Portugal and Spain impress". China.org.cn. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
5. "Boccia Day 5 Review: ROK and Portugal march on". China.org.cn. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2012.