Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Boccia at the XIV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Boccia
Venue	ExCeL
Dates	2–8 September 2012
Competitors	104

Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Individual
BC1	BC2	BC3	BC4
Team
BC1–2
Pairs
BC3		BC4

Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics^[1] was held in the ExCeL from 2 September to 8 September, with a maximum of 104 athletes (80 men, 24 women) competing in seven events.^[2] There were four individual events, two pair events, and one team event.

Classification

When competing in boccia at national or international level, the athletes were competing in events with different classifications, based on level of physical disability.^[3][4]

• BC1 - Cerebral palsy.
  • Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body.
  • Use hands or feet to propel the ball into play
  • May be assisted by an aide.

• BC2 - Cerebral palsy.
  • Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body
  • Use hands to propel the ball into play
  • Not assisted by an aide.

• BC3 - Cerebral palsy or another disability.
  • Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs.
  • Use the help of a ramp to propel the ball into play.
  • Assisted by an aide (ramper).

• BC4 - Not cerebral palsy, but another disability, for example muscular dystrophy or tetraplegia.
  • Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs
  • Use hands to propel the ball into play
  • Not assisted by an aide.

Events

Mixed

Individual BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4

Team BC1/BC2

Pairs BC3 BC4

Qualification

The athlete quota for boccia is 104 athletes, 80 men and 24 women. Each National Paralympic Committee (NPC) can have up to a maximum of nine athletes (one team of four, one pair of three, and one pair of two) in team and pair events, and 12 in individual events. Athletes must be on the CPISRA Boccia Individual World Ranking List, to be eligible for selection. Athletes who wish to qualify for the Paralympics need to be on the ranking list closing 31 December 2011.^[5]

Qualification timeline

^[5]

Event	Date	Venue	Type
CPISRA Boccia European Championship	June 25–July 2, 2009	Póvoa de Varzim[6]	Individual, Teams, Pairs
CPISRA Boccia Asia & South Pacific Championship	August 14–22, 2009	Tsim Sha Tsui[7][8]	Individual, Teams, Pairs
CPISRA Boccia America's Cup	October 24–29, 2009	Montreal[9]	Individual, Teams, Pairs
CPISRA Boccia World Championship	May 30 – June 10, 2010	Lisbon[10]	Individual, Teams, Pairs
2010 Asian Para Games	December 12–19, 2010	Guangzhou	Individual
2011 CPISRA Boccia World Cup	August 18–27, 2011	Coleraine[11]	Individual, Teams, Pairs
2011 CPISRA European Cup	28 Oktober–1 November 2011	Hamar	Individual
2011 Parapan American Games	November 19–27, 2011	Guadalajara	Individual

Qualified teams

Competition	BC1/BC2 Team	BC3 Pairs	BC4 Pairs
Host Nation	Great Britain (GBR)	Great Britain (GBR)	Great Britain (GBR)
CPISRA Boccia Teams and Pairs World Ranking[12]	South Korea (KOR)  Thailand (THA)  Spain (ESP)  Japan (JPN)  Portugal (POR)  China (CHN)  Brazil (BRA)  Ireland (IRL)  Canada (CAN)  Argentina (ARG)  Hong Kong (HKG)	Greece (GRE)  Portugal (POR)  Belgium (BEL)  Japan (JPN)  South Korea (KOR)  Canada (CAN)  Thailand (THA)	Brazil (BRA)  Thailand (THA)  Czech Republic (CZE)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Canada (CAN)  Slovakia (SVK)  Portugal (POR)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	3	0	1	4
2	Thailand (THA)	2	0	0	2
3	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	2	2
4	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
5	China (CHN)	0	3	0	3
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
6	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
8	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
10	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
10	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	8	21

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual BC1	Pattaya Tadtong Thailand (THA)	David Smith Great Britain (GBR)	Roger Aandalen Norway (NOR)
Individual BC2	Maciel Sousa Santos Brazil (BRA)	Yan Zhiqiang China (CHN)	So-Yeong Jeong South Korea (KOR)
Individual BC3	Ye-Jin Choi South Korea (KOR)	Ho-Won Jeong South Korea (KOR)	José Macedo Portugal (POR)
Individual BC4	Dirceu Pinto Brazil (BRA)	Yuansen Zheng China (CHN)	Eliseu dos Santos Brazil (BRA)
Team BC1–2	Thailand (THA) Witsanu Huadpradit Mongkol Jitsa-Ngiem Pattaya Tadtong Watcharaphon Vongsa	China (CHN) Zhiqiang Yan Weibo Yuan Qi Zhang Kai Zhong	Great Britain (GBR) Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith
Pairs BC3	Greece (GRE) Maria-Eleni Kordali Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis	Portugal (POR) Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva	Belgium (BEL) Pieter Cilissen Kirsten de Laender Pieter Verlinden
Pairs BC4	Brazil (BRA) Dirceu Pinto Eliseu dos Santos	Czech Republic (CZE) Radek Procházka Leoš Lacina	Canada (CAN) Marco Dispaltro Josh Vander Vies

References

1. http://www.london2012.com/boccia
2. Boccia, Official site of the 2012 Summer Paralympics
3. Classes & Classification, Boccia Australia
4. About Boccia, GB Boccia Federation
5. Boccia - London 2012 Paralympic Games, Official site of the Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
6. European Boccia Championship, twitdoc.com
7. Singapore Wins Silver at the 3rd Asia and South Pacific Boccia Championships 2009, Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC), August 19, 2009
8. 3rd Asia and South Pacific Boccia Championships 2009, Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled
9. Boccia America's Cup, ameriquesboccia2009.qc.ca
10. Boccia, Australian Athletes With A Disability
11. Boccia Schedule, Official site of the Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
12. "Boccia World Rank List" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2012. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)

External links

• - Rankings at CPISRA