Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

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Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held at the Copper Box. Copper Box interior.JPG
Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held at the Copper Box.

The women's tournament in goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested from 30 August to 7 September. [1] 28 matches were played; 20 in the group play, 4 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals, a bronze medal match, and a gold medal match.

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Ten teams participated, with six athletes per team. [1] Japan won the gold medal by beating China in the final, [2] [3] while Sweden beat Finland 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

Group C
Group D

Venue

All matches were played in the Copper Box. [1] [5]

Preliminary round

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4400284+2412Quarterfinals
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4211109+17
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4202815−76
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41121013−34
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4004318−150Eliminated
Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27– via Goalball.sport.
30 August 2012
18:30		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7 – 1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Referees: Janned Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Wang R. 4
Chen 2
Lin 1		 Report Sharkey 1
30 August 2012
19:45		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0 – 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
Report Bonfim Vieira dos Santos 2
31 August 2012
15:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1 – 1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
Leppänen 1 Report Luke 1
31 August 2012
16:15		 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0 – 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
Report Wang S. 5
Chen 1
Lin 1
Ju 1
1 September 2012
21:00		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2 – 3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA)
Jørgensen 2 Report Leppänen 2
Heikkinen 1
2 September 2012
09:00		 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3 – 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Morten Hammershoi (DEN)
Sharkey 2
Luke 1		 Report de Souza 1
3 September 2012
13:45		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg8 – 1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copper Box, London
Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
Chen 4
Wang S. 3
Ju 1		 Report Jørgensen 1
3 September 2012
15:00		 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5 – 4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Copper Box, London
4 September 2012
09:00		 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg5 – 0Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copper Box, London
Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
Sharkey 3
Luke 1
Ottaway 1		 Report
4 September 2012
10:15		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2 – 5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Copper Box, London
Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN)
Hynninen 1
Somerkivi 1		 Report Wang R. 4
Chen 1

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 430163+39Quarterfinals
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 421153+27
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4211111107
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 420294+56
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4004717−100Eliminated
Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27– via Goalball.sport.
30 August 2012
21:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg5 – 1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Yasser Oman (EGY), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
Armbruster 3
Czechowski 1
Miller 1		 Report Jälmestål 1
31 August 2012
09:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia.svg1 – 3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY)
Esdaile 1 Report Adacho 2
Komiya 1
1 September 2012
13:45		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1 – 2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Bulent Kimyor (TUR), Thomas Bärz (GER)
Kneebone 1 Report Gustavsson 2
1 September 2012
15:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2 – 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Copper Box, London
2 September 2012
10:15		 Australia  Flag of Australia.svg1 – 3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
Christensen 1 Report Kneebone 2
Morin 1
2 September 2012
11:30		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0 – 0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Copper Box, London
Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER)
Report
3 September 2012
18:30		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3 – 0Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Copper Box, London
Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Bulent Kimyon (TUR)
Armbruster 3 Report
3 September 2012
19:45		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0 – 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Copper Box, London
4 September 2012
12:30		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg8 – 5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
Gustavsson 5
Naesström 2
Jälmestål 1		 Report Esdaile 3
Christensen 2
4 September 2012
13:45		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1 – 0Flag of the United States.svg  United States Copper Box, London

Knock-out round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5
D4 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0
C1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4
C4 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
D1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
C4 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2
C1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0
D2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
C2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1
D3 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
D3 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3 Third place
D2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4
D2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2C4 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
C3 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0 D3 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012
09:00		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5 – 0Flag of the United States.svg  United States Copper Box, London
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
Chen 2
Wang S. 2
Lin 1		 Report
5 September 2012
10:30		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2 – 0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Copper Box, London
Report
5 September 2012
12:45		 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1 – 2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Thomas Baerz (GER)
Sharkey 1 Report Gustavsson 2
5 September 2012
14:15		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1 – 2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Copper Box, London

Semi-finals

6 September 2012
13:30		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg4 – 1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
Chen 2
Lin 1
Wang S. 1		 Report Leppänen 1
6 September 2012
15:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3 – 4 (a.e.t.)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Launel Scott (CAN)
Gustavsson 1
Jälmestål 1
Wåglund 1		 Report Komiya 2
Adachi 1
Urata 1

Bronze medal match

7 September 2012
13:30		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1 – 5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
Heikkinen 1 Report Naesström 2
Gustavsson 2
Jälmestål 1

Gold medal match

7 September 2012
15:00		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0 – 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Copper Box, London
Report Adachi 1

Final rankings

Source: Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

RankPlayerMPGPT
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Fengqing  (CHN)712012
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Malin Gustavsson  (SWE)79211
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Shasha  (CHN)610111
4Flag of Finland.svg  Katja Heikkinen  (FIN)7729
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Ruixue  (CHN)4538
6Flag of the United States.svg  Jen Armbruster  (USA)5347
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Anna Sharkey  (GBR)5707
8Flag of Japan.svg  Akiko Adachi  (JPN)6426
9Flag of Australia.svg  Nicole Esdaile  (AUS)4404
Flag of Sweden.svg  Josefine Jälmestål  (SWE)7314
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Amy Kneebone  (CAN)5314
Flag of Finland.svg  Krista Leppänen  (FIN)7314
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Shan  (CHN)7404
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sofia Naesström  (SWE)7404

Source: Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Japan and Finland win Goalball gold". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Champions revel in golden delight". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 8 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Women's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
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