Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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

The women's tournament in goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested from 30 August to 7 September.^[1] 28 matches were played; 20 in the group play, 4 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals, a bronze medal match, and a gold medal match.

Ten teams participated, with six athletes per team.^[1] Japan won the gold medal by beating China in the final,^[2]^[3] while Sweden beat Finland 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 C

Group D

Venue

All matches were played in the Copper Box.^[1]^[5]

Preliminary round

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
China	4	4	0	0	28	4	+24	12	Quarterfinals
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	Eliminated

Source:

30 August 2012 18:30	China	7 – 1	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Janned Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Wang R. 4 Chen 2 Lin 1	Report	Sharkey 1

30 August 2012 19:45	Denmark	0 – 2	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
		Report	Bonfim Vieira dos Santos 2

31 August 2012 15:00	Finland	1 – 1	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
	Leppänen 1	Report	Luke 1

31 August 2012 16:15	Brazil	0 – 8	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
		Report	Wang S. 5 Chen 1 Lin 1 Ju 1

1 September 2012 21:00	Denmark	2 – 3	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Jørgensen 2	Report	Leppänen 2 Heikkinen 1

2 September 2012 09:00	Great Britain	3 – 1	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Morten Hammershoi (DEN)
	Sharkey 2 Luke 1	Report	de Souza 1

3 September 2012 13:45	China	8 – 1	Denmark	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
	Chen 4 Wang S. 3 Ju 1	Report	Jørgensen 1

3 September 2012 15:00	Brazil	5 – 4	Finland	Copper Box, London

4 September 2012 09:00	Great Britain	5 – 0	Denmark	Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
	Sharkey 3 Luke 1 Ottaway 1	Report

4 September 2012 10:15	Finland	2 – 5	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Hynninen 1 Somerkivi 1	Report	Wang R. 4 Chen 1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Quarterfinals
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	Eliminated

Source:

30 August 2012 21:00	United States	5 – 1	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Yasser Oman (EGY), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
	Armbruster 3 Czechowski 1 Miller 1	Report	Jälmestål 1

31 August 2012 09:00	Australia	1 – 3	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Esdaile 1	Report	Adacho 2 Komiya 1

1 September 2012 13:45	Canada	1 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyor (TUR), Thomas Bärz (GER)
	Kneebone 1	Report	Gustavsson 2

1 September 2012 15:00	Japan	2 – 1	United States	Copper Box, London

2 September 2012 10:15	Australia	1 – 3	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
	Christensen 1	Report	Kneebone 2 Morin 1

2 September 2012 11:30	Sweden	0 – 0	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER)
		Report

3 September 2012 18:30	United States	3 – 0	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Bulent Kimyon (TUR)
	Armbruster 3	Report

3 September 2012 19:45	Japan	0 – 1	Canada	Copper Box, London

4 September 2012 12:30	Sweden	8 – 5	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
	Gustavsson 5 Naesström 2 Jälmestål 1	Report	Esdaile 3 Christensen 2

4 September 2012 13:45	Canada	1 – 0	United States	Copper Box, London

Knock-out round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

China

5

D4

United States

0

C1

China

4

C4

Finland

1

D1

Canada

1

C4

Finland

2

C1

China

0

D2

Japan

1

C2

Great Britain

1

D3

Sweden

2

D3

Sweden

3

Third place

D2

Japan

4

D2

Japan

2

C4

Finland

1

C3

Brazil

0

D3

Sweden

5

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012 09:00	China	5 – 0	United States	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
	Chen 2 Wang S. 2 Lin 1	Report

5 September 2012 10:30	Japan	2 – 0	Brazil	Copper Box, London
		Report

5 September 2012 12:45	Great Britain	1 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Thomas Baerz (GER)
	Sharkey 1	Report	Gustavsson 2

5 September 2012 14:15	Canada	1 – 2	Finland	Copper Box, London

Semi-finals

6 September 2012 13:30	China	4 – 1	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Chen 2 Lin 1 Wang S. 1	Report	Leppänen 1

6 September 2012 15:00	Sweden	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Gustavsson 1 Jälmestål 1 Wåglund 1	Report	Komiya 2 Adachi 1 Urata 1

Bronze medal match

7 September 2012 13:30	Finland	1 – 5	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	Heikkinen 1	Report	Naesström 2 Gustavsson 2 Jälmestål 1

Gold medal match

7 September 2012 15:00	China	0 – 1	Japan	Copper Box, London
		Report	Adachi 1

Final rankings

Rank	Team
	Japan
	China
	Sweden
4.	Finland
5.	Canada
6.	Great Britain
7.	Brazil
8.	United States
9.	Australia
10.	Denmark

2012 women's Paralympic champions
Japan First title

Source: Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	MP	G	P	T
1	Chen Fengqing (CHN)	7	12	0	12
2	Malin Gustavsson (SWE)	7	9	2	11
2	Wang Shasha (CHN)	6	10	1	11
4	Katja Heikkinen (FIN)	7	7	2	9
5	Wang Ruixue (CHN)	4	5	3	8
6	Jen Armbruster (USA)	5	3	4	7
6	Anna Sharkey (GBR)	5	7	0	7
8	Akiko Adachi (JPN)	6	4	2	6
9	Nicole Esdaile (AUS)	4	4	0	4
	Josefine Jälmestål (SWE)	7	3	1	4
	Amy Kneebone (CAN)	5	3	1	4
	Krista Leppänen (FIN)	7	3	1	4
	Lin Shan (CHN)	7	4	0	4
	Sofia Naesström (SWE)	7	4	0	4

Source: Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

References

1 2 3 "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
1 2 "Japan and Finland win Goalball gold". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "Champions revel in golden delight". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "Women's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

External links

"Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[about-1] 1 2 3 "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[medals-2] 1 2 "Japan and Finland win Goalball gold". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[3] "Champions revel in golden delight". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[4] "Women's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[5] "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Competition format

Participating teams

Venue

Preliminary round

Group C

Group D

Knock-out round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final rankings

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

See also

References

External links