Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament
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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.
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
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Venue
All matches were played in the Copper Box.[1][5]
Preliminary round
All times are local (BST/UTC+1)
Group A
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Group B
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Knock-out round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A2 |  Brazil
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| B3 |  Belgium
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| Brazil
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 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
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Final rankings
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Source: [1]
Statistics
Leading goalscorers
| Rank | Player | MP | G | P | T |
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| 1 | Romário Diego Marques (BRA)
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8 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Seyed Mehdi Sayahi (IRI)
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6 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Tuncay Karakaya (TUR)
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8 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Jarno Mattila (FIN)
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8 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Mohamed Mokrane (ALG)
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6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| 6 | Genrik Pavliuklianec (LTU)
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8 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Marius Zibolis (LTU)
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8 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Yao Yongquan (CHN)
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6 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Chen Liangliang (CHN)
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6 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Arvydas Juchna (LTU)
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8 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Source: [2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Japan and Finland win Goalball gold". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Champions revel in golden delight". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Men's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
External links
- "Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 1 November 2012.