Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament
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| Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
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.
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
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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
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Source: [1] Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
Statistics
[edit]Leading goalscorers
[edit]| Rank | Player | MP | G | P | T |
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| 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]- ^ a b c "Goalball – About". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Women's Goalball – Competition Format". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Copper Box – Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- "Goalball". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.