| Boccia at the XIV Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | ExCeL |
| Dates | 2 – 8 September |
| Competitors | 104 |
| Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
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Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics [1] was held in the ExCeL from 2 September to 8 September, with a maximum of 104 athletes (80 men, 24 women) competing in seven events. [2] There were four individual events, two pair events, and one team event.
When competing in boccia at national or international level, the athletes were competing in events with different classifications, based on level of physical disability. [3] [4]
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The athlete quota for boccia is 104 athletes, 80 men and 24 women. Each National Paralympic Committee (NPC) can have up to a maximum of nine athletes (one team of four, one pair of three, and one pair of two) in team and pair events, and 12 in individual events. Athletes must be on the CPISRA Boccia Individual World Ranking List, to be eligible for selection. Athletes who wish to qualify for the Paralympics need to be on the ranking list closing 31 December 2011. [5]
| Event | Date | Venue | Type |
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| CPISRA Boccia European Championship | 25 June – 2 July 2009 |  Póvoa de Varzim [6] | Individual, Teams, Pairs |
| CPISRA Boccia Asia & South Pacific Championship | 14–22 August 2009 |  Tsim Sha Tsui [7] [8] | Individual, Teams, Pairs |
| CPISRA Boccia America's Cup | 24–29 October 2009 |  Montreal [9] | Individual, Teams, Pairs |
| CPISRA Boccia World Championship | 30 May – 10 June 2010 | Lisbon [10] | Individual, Teams, Pairs |
| 2010 Asian Para Games | 12–19 December 2010 |  Guangzhou | Individual |
| 2011 CPISRA Boccia World Cup | 18–27 August 2011 |  Coleraine [11] | Individual, Teams, Pairs |
| 2011 CPISRA European Cup | 28 Oktober–1 November 2011 |  Hamar | Individual |
| 2011 Parapan American Games | 19–27 November 2011 |  Guadalajara | Individual |
| Competition | BC1/BC2 Team | BC3 Pairs | BC4 Pairs |
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| Host Nation |  Great Britain (GBR) | Great Britain (GBR) | Great Britain (GBR) |
| CPISRA Boccia Teams and Pairs World Ranking [12] |  South Korea (KOR)
|  Greece (GRE)
|  Brazil (BRA)
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103 competitors from 21 nations competed.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Thailand (THA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual BC1 | Pattaya Tadtong  Thailand | David Smith Great Britain | Roger Aandalen Norway |
| Individual BC2 | Maciel Sousa Santos Brazil | Yan Zhiqiang China | Jeong So-yeong  South Korea |
| Individual BC3 | Choi Ye-jin South Korea | Jeong Ho-won South Korea | José Macedo Portugal |
| Individual BC4 | Dirceu Pinto Brazil | Yuansen Zheng China | Eliseu dos Santos Brazil |
| Team BC1–2 | Thailand (THA) Witsanu Huadpradit Mongkol Jitsa-Ngiem Pattaya Tadtong Watcharaphon Vongsa | China (CHN) Zhiqiang Yan Weibo Yuan Qi Zhang Kai Zhong | Great Britain (GBR) Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith |
| Pairs BC3 | Greece (GRE) Maria-Eleni Kordali Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis | Portugal (POR) Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva | Belgium (BEL) Pieter Cilissen Kirsten de Laender Pieter Verlinden |
| Pairs BC4 | Brazil (BRA) Dirceu Pinto Eliseu dos Santos | Czech Republic (CZE) Radek Procházka Leoš Lacina | Canada (CAN) Marco Dispaltro Josh Vander Vies |
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