Boccia – Individual BC1 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sambodromo | ||||||||||||
Dates | 13 September 2016 – 6 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 | ||||||||||||
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Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
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The mixed individual BC1 boccia event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested from 13 September to 16 September at Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro. 16 competitors took part.
The event structure was amended from the 2012 event, with pool stages added. The top two players from each of four pools then entered into a quarter final single elimination stage, with the losing semifinalists playing off for bronze. [1]
2012 silver medalist, Great Britain's David Smith, won the gold medal, his second ever and first in an individual event, over the Netherlands' Daniel Perez, with Korea's Yoo Won-jeong beating Antonio Marques of Portugal for the bronze medal.
Quarter finals | Semi finals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||
1 | Pattaya Tadtong (THA) | 4 | |||||||||||
8 | David Smith (GBR) | 4* | |||||||||||
David Smith (GBR) | 5 | ||||||||||||
Yoo Won-jeong (KOR) | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Leung Mei Yee (HKG) | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Yoo Won-jeong (KOR) | 10 | |||||||||||
David Smith (GBR) | 5 | ||||||||||||
Daniel Perez (NED) | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Antonio Marques (POR) | 4 | |||||||||||
6 | Jose Carlos Chagas (BRA) | 3 | |||||||||||
Antonio Marques (POR) | 1 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
Daniel Perez (NED) | 8 | ||||||||||||
2 | Daniel Perez (NED) | 13 | Yoo Won-jeong (KOR) | 8 | |||||||||
7 | Panagiotis Soulanis (GRE) | 0 | Antonio Marques (POR) | 1 |
Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Individual BC1 Pool A | |||||||||||||||
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Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | H2H | Player | ||||
1 Q | P. Tadtong (THA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 9 | 8-1 | 6-2 | 18-0 | |||
2 Q | J.C. Chagas (BRA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 7 | 1-8 | 3-2 | 5-1 | |||
3 | Sun Kai (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 4-4 | |||
4 | Yuriko Fujii (JPN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 4 | 0-18 | 1-5 | 4-4 |
Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Individual BC1 Pool B | |||||||||||||||
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Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | H2H | Player | ||||
1 Q | A. Marques (POR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | 9-3 | 3-2 | 2-4 | |||
2 Q | David Smith (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 7 | 3-9 | 4-2 | 13-0 | |||
3 | Zhang Qi (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 5-3 | |||
4 | Jakub Nagi (SVK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 5 | 0-13 | 4-2 | 3-5 |
Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Individual BC1 Pool C | |||||||||||||||
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Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | H2H | Player | ||||
1 Q | Daniel Perez (NED) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 9 | 5-4 | 9-1 | 11-0 | |||
2 Q | Yoo W.J. (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 7 | 4-5 | 9-0 | 7-2 | |||
3 | Ka. Curinova (CZE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 5 | 1-9 | 0-9 | 3-2 | |||
4 | Roger Aandalen (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 3 | 0-11 | 2-7 | 2-3 |
Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Individual BC1 Pool D | |||||||||||||||
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Pos | Player | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | H2H | Player | ||||
1 Q | Leung Mei Yee (HKG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 | 9-0 | 4-0 | 0-6 | |||
2 Q | P Soulanis (GRE) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 7 | 0-9 | 6-4 | 6-1 | |||
3 | Sun Kai (ARG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 5 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 8-10 | |||
4 | José Manuel Prado (ESP) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 5 | 6-0 | 1-6 | 0-8 |
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