# Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested from 30 August to 7 September. 38 matches were played; 30 in the group play, 4 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals, a bronze medal match, and a gold medal match.
Twelve teams participated, with six athletes per team. Finland won the gold medal by beating Brazil in the final, while Turkey beat Lithuania in the match for bronze.

## 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.

### Participating teams
#### Group A

* Brazil (roster)
* Finland (roster)
* Great Britain (roster)
* Lithuania (roster)
* Sweden (roster)
* Turkey (roster)

#### Group B

* Algeria (roster)
* Belgium (roster)
* Canada (roster)
* China (roster)
* Iran (roster)
* South Korea (roster)

### Venue

All matches were played in the Copper Box.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 13 | Quarterfinals |
| Brazil | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| Finland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Sweden | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 5 | Eliminated |
| Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 35 | −26 | 1 | Eliminated |
| 30 August 2012 09:00 | Lithuania | 11 – 1 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| 30 August 2012 09:00 | Pavliukianec 4 Zibolis 3 Juchna 2 Panovas 2 | Report | Sharkey 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| 30 August 2012 10:15 | Finland | 5 – 6 | Brazil | Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Thomas Baerz (GER) |
| 30 August 2012 10:15 | Alenius 3 Mattila 1 Minala 1 | Report | Marques 4 Silvestre 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Thomas Baerz (GER) |
| 30 August 2012 11:30 | Turkey | 9 – 2 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 30 August 2012 11:30 | Alkan 3 Düzgün 3 Uçar 2 Karakaya 1 | Report | Seremati 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 31 August 2012 10:15 | Lithuania | 10 – 0 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| 31 August 2012 10:15 | Pavliukianec 5 Juchna 3 Leonavicius 1 Zibolis 1 | Report | | Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| 31 August 2012 11:30 | Great Britain | 1 – 7 | Turkey | Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Janne Ahokas (FIN) |
| 31 August 2012 11:30 | Sharkey 1 | Report | Karakaya 4 Alkan 2 Düzgün 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Janne Ahokas (FIN) |
| 31 August 2012 13:45 | Brazil | 4 – 5 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 31 August 2012 13:45 | Leo. Moreno da Silva 2 Marques 1 Santos Silvestre 1 | Report | Hultqvist 4 Gahne 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 1 September 2012 09:00 | Turkey | 4 – 0 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 1 September 2012 09:00 | Karakaya 3 Düzgün 1 | Report | | Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 1 September 2012 10:15 | Sweden | 3 – 3 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| 1 September 2012 10:15 | Hultqvist 2 Seremati 1 | Report | Graham 1 Knott 1 Sharkey 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| 1 September 2012 11:30 | Brazil | 12 – 5 | Lithuania | Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Launel Scott (CAN) |
| 1 September 2012 11:30 | Marques 10 Almeida Maciel Celente 2 | Report | Montvydas 2 Pavliuklianec 2 Panovas 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Launel Scott (CAN) |
| 2 September 2012 18:30 | Great Britain | 3 – 7 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Warrick Jackes (AUS), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 2 September 2012 18:30 | Knott 3 | Report | Mattila 4 Montonen 1 Miinala 1 Posio 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Warrick Jackes (AUS), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 2 September 2012 19:45 | Sweden | 5 – 5 | Lithuania | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Hooshang Shariati (IRI) |
| 2 September 2012 19:45 | Seremati 5 | Report | Pavliukianec 2 Panovas 2 Juchna 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Hooshang Shariati (IRI) |
| 2 September 2012 21:00 | Turkey | 4 – 1 | Brazil | Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| 2 September 2012 21:00 | Karakaya 2 Alkan 2 | Report | Marques 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| 4 September 2012 17:15 | Finland | 4 – 1 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 4 September 2012 17:15 | Mattila 4 | Report | Seremeti 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 4 September 2012 18:30 | Great Britain | 1 – 7 | Brazil | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| 4 September 2012 18:30 | Knott 1 | Report | Marques 4 Celente 2 Silvestre 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| 4 September 2012 19:45 | Lithuania | 2 – 2 | Turkey | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 4 September 2012 19:45 | Zibolis 2 | Report | Alkan 1 Karakaya 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN) |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| Algeria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 30 August 2012 13:45 | China | 5 – 9 | Iran | Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 30 August 2012 13:45 | Yao 3 Chen 2 | Report | Sayahi 9 | Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 30 August 2012 15:00 | South Korea | 4 – 3 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 30 August 2012 15:00 | Hong 4 | Report | Mokrane 2 Larbi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 30 August 2012 16:15 | Canada | 2 – 4 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| 30 August 2012 16:15 | Caron 2 | Report | de Rick 2 Vanhove 1 Bihi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| 31 August 2012 18:30 | China | 11 – 4 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Christl Daentler (GER) |
| 31 August 2012 18:30 | Yao 6 Chen 5 | Report | C-H Kim 2 N-O Kim 1 Hong 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Christl Daentler (GER) |
| 31 August 2012 19:45 | Iran | 9 – 2 | Canada | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 31 August 2012 19:45 | Jafari 4 Sayahi 3 Shahbazi 1 Shirdel 1 | Report | Gaulin 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 31 August 2012 21:00 | Algeria | 5 – 2 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 31 August 2012 21:00 | Mokrane 3 Larbi 2 | Report | de Rick 1 Bihi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 1 September 2012 16:15 | Canada | 5 – 4 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| 1 September 2012 16:15 | Gaulin 3 Caron 2 | Report | C-H Kim 2 Hong 1 J-W Oh 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| 1 September 2012 18:30 | Belgium | 8 – 6 | Iran | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 1 September 2012 18:30 | de Rick 3 Bihi 3 Vanhove 1 Mapreni 1 | Report | Sayahi 3 Jafari 2 Shahbazi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 1 September 2012 19:45 | Algeria | 0 – 1 | China | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Ali Aldarsony (KSA) |
| 1 September 2012 19:45 | | Report | Yao 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Ali Aldarsony (KSA) |
| 2 September 2012 13:45 | Iran | 4 – 3 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 2 September 2012 13:45 | Sayahi 4 | Report | Hong SW 2 Kim CH 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 2 September 2012 15:00 | Belgium | 0 – 0 | China | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| 2 September 2012 15:00 | | Report | | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| 2 September 2012 16:15 | Canada | 6 – 8 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 2 September 2012 16:15 | Caron 4 Gaulin 2 | Report | Mokrane 8 | Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 3 September 2012 09:00 | South Korea | 3 – 5 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN) |
| 3 September 2012 09:00 | Kim C.-H. 2 Hong 1 | Report | B. Vanhove 2 Bihi 2 Mapreni 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN) |
| 3 September 2012 10:15 | Iran | 4 – 2 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 3 September 2012 10:15 | Sayahi 2 Jafari 1 Shirdel 1 | Report | Mokrane 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 3 September 2012 11:30 | China | 3 – 1 | Canada | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Christl Daentler (GER) |
| 3 September 2012 11:30 | Chen 2 Yao 1 | Report | Gaulin 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Christl Daentler (GER) |

## Knock-out round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A2 | Brazil | 3 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Belgium | 0 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Belgium | 0 | Brazil | Brazil | 2 | | | |
| | | | Lithuania | Lithuania | 1 | | | |
| B2 | China | 4 | Lithuania | Lithuania | 1 | | | |
| A3 | Lithuania | 12 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Lithuania | 12 | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 1 |
| | | | | | | Finland | Finland | 8 |
| A1 | Turkey | 3 | | | | | | | Finland | Finland | 8 |
| B4 | Algeria | 1 | | | |
| B4 | Algeria | 1 | Turkey | Turkey | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 2 |
| B1 | Iran | 1 | Finland | Finland | 2 | Lithuania | Lithuania | 1 |
| A4 | Finland | 5 | | | | Turkey | Turkey | 4 |

### Quarter-finals

| 5 September 2012 15:45 | Turkey | 3 – 1 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 5 September 2012 15:45 | Karakaya 3 | Report | Mokrane 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 5 September 2012 18:00 | China | 4 – 12 | Lithuania | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 5 September 2012 18:00 | Chen 2 Yongquan 2 | Report | Zibolis 6 Juchna 4 Leonavičius 1 Pavliukianec 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| 5 September 2012 19:30 | Brazil | 3 – 0 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| 5 September 2012 19:30 | Marques 2 Almeida Maciel Celente 1 | Report | | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| 5 September 2012 21:00 | Iran | 1 – 5 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| 5 September 2012 21:00 | Sayahi 1 | Report | Posio 3 Mattila 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |

### Semi-finals

| 6 September 2012 18:30 | Turkey | 0 – 2 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 6 September 2012 18:30 | | Report | Mattila 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 6 September 2012 20:00 | Brazil | 2 – 1 | Lithuania | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| 6 September 2012 20:00 | Almeida Maciel Celente 1 Marques 1 | Report | Leonavičius 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |

### Bronze medal match

| 7 September 2012 18:30 | Lithuania | 1 – 4 | Turkey | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 7 September 2012 18:30 | Zibolis 1 | Report | Karakaya 4 | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY) |

### Gold medal match

| 7 September 2012 20:00 | Brazil | 1 – 8 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 7 September 2012 20:00 | Leo. Moreno da Silva 1 | Report | Posio 4 Mattila 3 Miinala 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Tony Connolly (USA) |

## Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Finland |
| | Brazil |
| | Turkey |
| 4. | Lithuania |
| 5. | Iran |
| 6. | China |
| 7. | Belgium |
| 8. | Algeria |
| 9. | Sweden |
| 10. | Canada |
| 11. | South Korea |
| 12. | Great Britain |
* 2012 men's Paralympic champions
* Finland Second title
Source: Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

## Statistics
### Leading goalscorers

| Rank | Player | MP | G | P | T |
| 1 | Romário Diego Marques (BRA) | 8 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Seyed Mehdi Sayahi (IRI) | 6 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Tuncay Karakaya (TUR) | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Jarno Mattila (FIN) | 8 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Mohamed Mokrane (ALG) | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Genrik Pavliuklianec (LTU) | 8 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Marius Zibolis (LTU) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Yao Yongquan (CHN) | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Chen Liangliang (CHN) | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Arvydas Juchna (LTU) | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Source: Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine