Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Medalists Men's goalballJarno MattilaVille MontonenErkki MiinalaToni AleniusTuomas NousuPetri PosioJosé Ferreira de OliveiraAlmeida Maciel CelenteLeomon Moreno da SilvaRomário Diego MarquesFilippe Santos SilvestreLeandro Moreno da SilvaTekin Okan DüzgünHüseyin AlkanMehmet CesurYusuf UçarAbdullah AydoğduTuncay Karakaya Women's goalballMasae KomiyaRie UrataAkane NakashimaEiko KakehataHaruka WakasugiAkiko AdachiWang RuixueChen FengqingLin ShanWang ShashaFan FeifeiJu ZhenAnna DahlbergMalin GustavssonJosefine JälmestålViktoria AnderssonSofia NäsströmMaria Wåglund
Qualifying Men Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host nation 1 2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships 18–25 June 2010 Sheffield, Great Britain 3 2010 Asian Para Games 12–19 December 2010 Guangzhou, China 1 2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament 1–11 April 2011 Antalya, Turkey 4 2011 European Championships 17–23 October 2011 Assens, Denmark 1 2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships 14–18 November 2011 Sydney, Australia 1 2011 Parapan American Games 12–20 November 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 1 Total 12
Women Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host nation 1 2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships 18–25 June 2010 Sheffield, Great Britain 3 Asian Para Games 12–19 December 2010 Guangzhou, China 1 2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament 1–11 April 2011 Antalya, Turkey 2 2011 European Championships 17–23 October 2011 Assens, Denmark 1 2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships 14–18 November 2011 Sydney, Australia 1 2011 Parapan American Games 12–20 November 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 1 Total 10
Men's tournament Competition format The twelve men's 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.
Group stage
Group A
Thu 30 AugLithuania 11 – 1 Finland 5 – 6 Turkey 9 – 2 Fri 31 AugLithuania 10 – 0 Great Britain 1 – 7 Brazil 4 – 5 Sat 01 SepTurkey 4 – 0 Sweden 3 – 3 Brazil 12 – 5 Sun 02 SepGreat Britain 3 – 7 Sweden 5 – 5 Turkey 4 – 1 Tue 04 SepFinland 4 – 1 Great Britain 1 – 7 Lithuania 2 – 2
Group B
Thu 30 AugChina 5 – 9 South Korea 4 – 3 Canada 2 – 4 Fri 31 AugChina 11 – 4 Iran 9 – 2 Algeria 5 – 2 Sat 01 SepCanada 5 – 4 Belgium 8 – 6 Algeria 0 – 1 Sun 02 SepIran 4 – 3 Belgium 0 – 0 Canada 6 – 8 Mon 03 SepSouth Korea 3 – 5 Iran 4 – 2 China 3 – 1
Knockout round
Women's tournament Competition format The ten women's 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.
Group stage
Group C
Thu 30 AugChina 7 – 1 Denmark 0 – 2 Fri 31 AugFinland 1 – 1 Brazil 0 – 8 Sat 01 SepDenmark 2 – 3 Sun 02 SepGreat Britain 3 – 1 Mon 03 SepChina 8 – 1 Brazil 5 – 4 Tue 04 SepGreat Britain 5 – 0 Finland 2 – 5
Group D
Thu 30 AugUnited States 5 – 1 Fri 31 AugAustralia 1 – 3 Sat 01 SepCanada 1 – 2 Japan 2 – 1 Sun 02 SepAustralia 1 – 3 Sweden 0 – 0 Mon 03 SepUnited States 3 – 0 Japan 0 – 1 Tue 04 SepSweden 8 – 5 Canada 1 – 0
Knockout round
Gallery
References
Africa-Oceania Europe
External links London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games