Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Pairs BC3

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Boccia – Mixed pairs BC3
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Ariake Gymnastics Centre
Date2–4 September 2021
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jeong Ho-won
Kim Han-soo
Choi Ye-jin
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Kazuki Takahashi
Keisuke Kawamoto
Keiko Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Grigorios Polychronidis
Anna Ntenta
Anastasia Pyrgiotis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
2016

The mixed pairs BC3 boccia event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be contested between 2 and 4 September 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Since this event is a mixed event, both genders, male and female, compete in the event.

Contents

The competition starts with a pools stage, containing 2 pools with 5 teams each, it will be followed to the semifinals where the winners move to the finals to fight for gold and the losers will go to the bronze medal match to fight for bronze.

Rosters

Each team contains three athletes. All team has a male (M) and female (F) athlete. [1]


Results

Pool

The pools (or can be known as a group stage) will be played between 2 and 3 September 2021. The top two players in each pool will qualify to the quarterfinals.

Pool A

AthletePldWLPWPADiffQualification
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4311510+5Advance to quarter-finals
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 431157+8Advance to quarter-finals
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 42214140
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4131413+1
Flag of France.svg  France 413721-14
DateTimeTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2 September11:25 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 5–2 Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
2 September11:25 South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 2 (3)–2 (0) Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
2 September16:20 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 4–2 Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
2 September16:20 France Flag of France.svg 4–2 Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
3 September9:30 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 3–4 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of France.svg France
3 September9:30 South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 4–1 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
3 September14:25 South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 7–1 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of France.svg France
3 September14:25 Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 3–7 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
3 September18:05 France Flag of France.svg 7–0 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3 September18:05 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 3–2 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

Pool B

AthletePldWLPWPADiffQualification
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4311413+1Advance to quarter-finals
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 431179+8Advance to quarter-finals
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4221411+3
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4221714+3
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 404722-15
DateTimeTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
2 September11:25 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg 4–1 Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
2 September11:25 Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2–3 Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2 September16:20 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg 4 (2)–4 (0) Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2 September16:20 Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg 7–3 Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
3 September9:30 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg 3–5 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
3 September9:30 Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 4–3 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
3 September14:25 Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 5–2 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
3 September14:25 Japan Flag of Japan.svg 7–0 Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
3 September18:05 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg 3 (1)–3 (0) Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
3 September18:05 Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg 3 (0)–3 (1) Archived 2021-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Knockout stage

The knockout stage will be played on 4 September.

Semi-finals Finals
    
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4 (0)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4 (1)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5Third place match
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0

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References

  1. "Boccia – Pairs - BC3 – Entry List by Event – Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 30 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.