Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

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.

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

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

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 54013220+1212
 China 53112014+610
 Belgium 53111916+310
 Algeria 52031817+16
 South Korea 51041828−103
 Canada 51041628−123
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 Final
                           
  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
Lithuania  1 – 4  Turkey Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY)
Zibolis 1 Report Karakaya 4

Gold medal match

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

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