Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Individual BC4

Boccia – Individual BC4
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Boccia – Individual BC4; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL London
Dates	5 September 2012 – 8 September 2012
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Medalists
	←2008 2016→

Last updated March 21, 2022

The individual BC4 boccia event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested from 5 to 8 September at ExCeL London.

Seeding matches

One preliminary match was held to determine the participants' seed for the tournament bracket.

Match 58

1	Jose Dueso Villar (ESP)	0

2	Yuansen Zheng (CHN)	9

Draw

Finals

Semifinals		Gold medal match

Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)	2
Dirceu Pinto (BRA)	4
		Dirceu Pinto (BRA)	3*
		Yuansen Zheng (CHN)	3
Yuansen Zheng (CHN)	12
Stephen McGuire (GBR)	0	Bronze medal match

		Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)	5
		Stephen McGuire (GBR)	3

5th–8th place matches

Semifinals		5th–6th place match

Yuk Wing Leung (HKG)	3
Vivian (wai Yan) Lau (HKG)	2
		Yuk Wing Leung (HKG)	6
		Radek Procházka (CZE)	2
Peter McGuire (GBR)	4
Radek Procházka (CZE)	6	7th–8th place match

		Vivian (wai Yan) Lau (HKG)	3*
		Peter McGuire (GBR)	3

Top half

First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals

Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)	8

Josh vander Vies (CAN)	1
		Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)	4

		Yuk Wing Leung (HKG)	2
Domingos Vieira (POR)	0

Yuk Wing Leung (HKG)	10
				Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)	2

				Dirceu Pinto (BRA)	4
Dirceu Pinto (BRA)	4

Leos Lacina (CZE)	2
		Dirceu Pinto (BRA)	3*

		Peter McGuire (GBR)	3
Peter McGuire (GBR)	4

Marco Dispaltro (CAN)	3

Bottom half

First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals

Yuansen Zheng (CHN)	7

Robert Durkovic (SVK)	1
		Yuansen Zheng (CHN)	3

		Vivian (wai Yan) Lau (HKG)	1
Sataporn Yoojaroen (THA)	1

Vivian (wai Yan) Lau (HKG)	4
				Yuansen Zheng (CHN)	12

				Stephen McGuire (GBR)	0
Jose Dueso Villar (ESP)	4

Radek Procházka (CZE)	6
		Radek Procházka (CZE)	3

		Stephen McGuire (GBR)	5
Martin Streharsky (SVK)	1

Stephen McGuire (GBR)	6

Final ranking

	Dirceu Pinto (BRA)
	Yuansen Zheng (CHN)
	Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)
4	Stephen McGuire (GBR)
5	Yuk Wing Leung (HKG)
6	Radek Procházka (CZE)
7	Vivian (wai Yan) Lau (HKG)
8	Peter McGuire (GBR)

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References

"Mixed Individual BC4". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

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