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

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's team rosters

Group A

•  Brazil (roster)
•  Finland (roster)
•  Great Britain (roster)
•  Lithuania (roster)
•  Sweden (roster)
•  Turkey (roster)

Group B

•  Algeria (roster)
•  Belgium (roster)
•  Canada (roster)
•  China (roster)
•  Iran (roster)
•  South Korea (roster)

Venue

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

Preliminary round

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Turkey	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13	Quarterfinals
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	Eliminated
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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4 September 2012 17:15	Finland	4 – 1	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Mattila 4	Report	Seremeti 1

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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

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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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iran	5	4	0	1	32	20	+12	12	Quarterfinals
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	Eliminated
Canada	5	1	0	4	16	28	−12	3

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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1 September 2012 19:45	Algeria	0 – 1	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
		Report	Yao 1

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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

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2 September 2012 15:00	Belgium	0 – 0	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
		Report

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Rank Team  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: Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	MP	G	P	T
1	Romário Diego Marques (BRA)	8	14	9	23
2	Seyed Mehdi Sayahi (IRI)	6	18	4	22
3	Tuncay Karakaya (TUR)	8	11	8	19
4	Jarno Mattila (FIN)	8	11	5	16
	Mohamed Mokrane (ALG)	6	9	7	16
6	Genrik Pavliuklianec (LTU)	8	13	2	15
7	Marius Zibolis (LTU)	8	7	6	13
8	Yao Yongquan (CHN)	6	9	3	12
9	Chen Liangliang (CHN)	6	9	2	11
10	Arvydas Juchna (LTU)	8	9	1	10

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

See also

• Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

References

1. "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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 1 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 1 November 2012.
4. "Men's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
5. "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

External links

• "Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
• "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.