Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Goalball; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Dates	29 August – 9 September 2012
Competitors	132

Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

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

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's goalball	Finland (FIN) Jarno Mattila Ville Montonen Erkki Miinala Toni Alenius Tuomas Nousu Petri Posio	Brazil (BRA) José Ferreira de Oliveira Almeida Maciel Celente Leomon Moreno da Silva Romário Diego Marques Filippe Santos Silvestre Leandro Moreno da Silva	Turkey (TUR) Tekin Okan Düzgün Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Yusuf Uçar Abdullah Aydoğdu Tuncay Karakaya
Women's goalball	Japan (JPN) Masae Komiya Rie Urata Akane Nakashima Eiko Kakehata Haruka Wakasugi Akiko Adachi	China (CHN) Wang Ruixue Chen Fengqing Lin Shan Wang Shasha Fan Feifei Ju Zhen	Sweden (SWE) Anna Dahlberg Malin Gustavsson Josefine Jälmestål Viktoria Andersson Sofia Näsström Maria Wåglund

Qualifying

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Great Britain (GBR)
2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships	18–25 June 2010	Sheffield, Great Britain	3	Lithuania (LTU) China (CHN) Iran (IRI)
2010 Asian Para Games	12–19 December 2010	Guangzhou, China	1	South Korea (KOR)
2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament	1–11 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	4	Finland (FIN) Turkey (TUR) Canada (CAN) Belgium (BEL)
2011 European Championships	17–23 October 2011	Assens, Denmark	1	Sweden (SWE)
2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships	14–18 November 2011	Sydney, Australia	1	Algeria (ALG)
2011 Parapan American Games	12–20 November 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	Brazil (BRA)
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Great Britain (GBR)
2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships	18–25 June 2010	Sheffield, Great Britain	3	China (CHN) United States (USA) Sweden (SWE)
Asian Para Games	12–19 December 2010	Guangzhou, China	1	Japan (JPN)
2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament	1–11 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	2	Canada (CAN) Finland (FIN)
2011 European Championships	17–23 October 2011	Assens, Denmark	1	Denmark (DEN)
2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships	14–18 November 2011	Sydney, Australia	1	Australia (AUS)
2011 Parapan American Games	12–20 November 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	Brazil (BRA)
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 A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13
Brazil	5	3	0	2	30	20	+10	9
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	33	20	+13	8
Finland	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8	6
Sweden	5	1	2	2	16	25	−9	5
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1


Thu 30 Aug
Lithuania	11 – 1	Great Britain
Finland	5 – 6	Brazil
Turkey	9 – 2	Sweden
Fri 31 Aug
Lithuania	10 – 0	Finland
Great Britain	1 – 7	Turkey
Brazil	4 – 5	Sweden
Sat 01 Sep
Turkey	4 – 0	Finland
Sweden	3 – 3	Great Britain
Brazil	12 – 5	Lithuania
Sun 02 Sep
Great Britain	3 – 7	Finland
Sweden	5 – 5	Lithuania
Turkey	4 – 1	Brazil
Tue 04 Sep
Finland	4 – 1	Sweden
Great Britain	1 – 7	Brazil
Lithuania	2 – 2	Turkey

Group B

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


Thu 30 Aug
China	5 – 9	Iran
South Korea	4 – 3	Algeria
Canada	2 – 4	Belgium
Fri 31 Aug
China	11 – 4	South Korea
Iran	9 – 2	Canada
Algeria	5 – 2	Belgium
Sat 01 Sep
Canada	5 – 4	South Korea
Belgium	8 – 6	Iran
Algeria	0 – 1	China
Sun 02 Sep
Iran	4 – 3	South Korea
Belgium	0 – 0	China
Canada	6 – 8	Algeria
Mon 03 Sep
South Korea	3 – 5	Belgium
Iran	4 – 2	Algeria
China	3 – 1	Canada

Knockout round

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Final

	Turkey	3
	Algeria	1
				Turkey	0

				Finland	2
	Iran	1

	Finland	5
								Finland	8
								Brazil	1
	Brazil	3
	Belgium	0
				Brazil	2	Third place

				Lithuania	1
	China	4						Turkey	4

	Lithuania	12						Lithuania	1

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 C

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	28	4	+24	12
Great Britain	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	7
Brazil	4	2	0	2	8	15	−7	6
Finland	4	1	1	2	10	13	−3	4
Denmark	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0


Thu 30 Aug
China	7 – 1	Great Britain
Denmark	0 – 2	Brazil
Fri 31 Aug
Finland	1 – 1	Great Britain
Brazil	0 – 8	China
Sat 01 Sep
Denmark	2 – 3	Finland
Sun 02 Sep
Great Britain	3 – 1	Brazil
Mon 03 Sep
China	8 – 1	Denmark
Brazil	5 – 4	Finland
Tue 04 Sep
Great Britain	5 – 0	Denmark
Finland	2 – 5	China

Group D

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Sweden	4	2	1	1	11	11	0	7
United States	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Australia	4	0	0	4	7	17	−10	0


Thu 30 Aug
United States	5 – 1	Sweden
Fri 31 Aug
Australia	1 – 3	Japan
Sat 01 Sep
Canada	1 – 2	Sweden
Japan	2 – 1	United States
Sun 02 Sep
Australia	1 – 3	Canada
Sweden	0 – 0	Japan
Mon 03 Sep
United States	3 – 0	Australia
Japan	0 – 1	Canada
Tue 04 Sep
Sweden	8 – 5	Australia
Canada	1 – 0	United States

Knockout round

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Final

1	China	5
8	United States	0
				China	4

				Finland	1
4	Finland	2

5	Canada	1
								China	0
								Japan	1
3	Great Britain	1
6	Sweden	2
				Sweden	3	Third place

				Japan	4
2	Japan	2						Finland	1

7	Brazil	0						Sweden	5

References

External links

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

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