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Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

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.

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

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 edit

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 edit

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters
Group C
Group D

Venue edit

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

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  China 4 4 0 0 28 4 +24 12 Quarterfinals
  Great Britain 4 2 1 1 10 9 +1 7
  Brazil 4 2 0 2 8 15 −7 6
  Finland 4 1 1 2 10 13 −3 4
  Denmark 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0 Eliminated
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   7 – 1   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   0 – 2   Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
Report Bonfim Vieira dos Santos 2
31 August 2012
15:00 		Finland   1 – 1   Great Britain Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
Leppänen 1 Report Luke 1
31 August 2012
16:15 		Brazil   0 – 8   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   2 – 3   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   3 – 1   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   8 – 1   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   5 – 4   Finland Copper Box, London
4 September 2012
09:00 		Great Britain   5 – 0   Denmark Copper Box, London
Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
Sharkey 3
Luke 1
Ottaway 1 		Report
4 September 2012
10:15 		Finland   2 – 5   China Copper Box, London
Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN)
Hynninen 1
Somerkivi 1 		Report Wang R. 4
Chen 1

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Canada 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9 Quarterfinals
  Japan 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
  Sweden 4 2 1 1 11 11 0 7
  United States 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6
  Australia 4 0 0 4 7 17 −10 0 Eliminated
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   5 – 1   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   1 – 3   Japan Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY)
Esdaile 1 Report Adacho 2
Komiya 1
1 September 2012
13:45 		Canada   1 – 2   Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Bulent Kimyor (TUR), Thomas Bärz (GER)
Kneebone 1 Report Gustavsson 2
1 September 2012
15:00 		Japan   2 – 1   United States Copper Box, London
2 September 2012
10:15 		Australia   1 – 3   Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
Christensen 1 Report Kneebone 2
Morin 1
2 September 2012
11:30 		Sweden   0 – 0   Japan Copper Box, London
Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER)
Report
3 September 2012
18:30 		United States   3 – 0   Australia Copper Box, London
Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Bulent Kimyon (TUR)
Armbruster 3 Report
3 September 2012
19:45 		Japan   0 – 1   Canada Copper Box, London
4 September 2012
12:30 		Sweden   8 – 5   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   1 – 0   United States Copper Box, London

Knock-out round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C1   China 5
D4   United States 0
C1   China 4
C4   Finland 1
D1   Canada 1
C4   Finland 2
C1   China 0
D2   Japan 1
C2   Great Britain 1
D3   Sweden 2
D3   Sweden 3 Third place
D2   Japan 4
D2   Japan 2 C4   Finland 1
C3   Brazil 0 D3   Sweden 5

Quarter-finals edit

5 September 2012
09:00 		China   5 – 0   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   2 – 0   Brazil Copper Box, London
Report
5 September 2012
12:45 		Great Britain   1 – 2   Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Thomas Baerz (GER)
Sharkey 1 Report Gustavsson 2
5 September 2012
14:15 		Canada   1 – 2   Finland Copper Box, London

Semi-finals edit

6 September 2012
13:30 		China   4 – 1   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   3 – 4 (a.e.t.)   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 edit

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

Gold medal match edit

7 September 2012
15:00 		China   0 – 1   Japan Copper Box, London
Report Adachi 1

Final rankings edit

Source: [1] Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

Statistics edit

Leading goalscorers edit

Rank Player MP G P T
1   Chen Fengqing (CHN) 7 12 0 12
2   Malin Gustavsson (SWE) 7 9 2 11
  Wang Shasha (CHN) 6 10 1 11
4   Katja Heikkinen (FIN) 7 7 2 9
5   Wang Ruixue (CHN) 4 5 3 8
6   Jen Armbruster (USA) 5 3 4 7
  Anna Sharkey (GBR) 5 7 0 7
8   Akiko Adachi (JPN) 6 4 2 6
9   Nicole Esdaile (AUS) 4 4 0 4
  Josefine Jälmestål (SWE) 7 3 1 4
  Amy Kneebone (CAN) 5 3 1 4
  Krista Leppänen (FIN) 7 3 1 4
  Lin Shan (CHN) 7 4 0 4
  Sofia Naesström (SWE) 7 4 0 4

Source: [2] Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b "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.

External links edit

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