Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Goalball at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Tournament   men   women
Rosters   men   women
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

Group A

Group B

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 5410266+2013
Brazil 53023020+109
Lithuania 52213320+138
Finland 52031624−86
Sweden 51221625−95
Great Britain 5014935−261
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

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 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

  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

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

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

7 September 2012
18:30
Turkey  4 – 1 Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY)
Karakaya 4 Report Zibolis 1

Gold medal match

7 September 2012
20:00
Finland  8 – 1 Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Tony Connolly (USA)
Posio 4
Mattila 3
Miinala 1
Report Leo. Moreno da Silva 1

Final rankings

RankTeam
 Finland
 Brazil
 Turkey
4.  Lithuania
5.  Iran
6.  China
7.  Belgium
8.  Algeria
9.  Sweden
10.  Canada
11.  South Korea
12.  Great Britain

 2012 men's Paralympic champions 

Finland
Second title

Source:

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Rank Player MP G P T
1  Romário Diego Marques (BRA) 814923
2  Seyed Mehdi Sayahi (IRI) 618422
3  Tuncay Karakaya (TUR) 811819
4  Jarno Mattila (FIN) 811516
 Mohamed Mokrane (ALG) 69716
6  Genrik Pavliuklianec (LTU) 813215
7  Marius Zibolis (LTU) 87613
8  Yao Yongquan (CHN) 69312
9  Chen Liangliang (CHN) 69211
10  Arvydas Juchna (LTU) 89110

Source:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 "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.

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