# Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's goalball details | Finland (FIN) Jarno Mattila Ville Montonen Erkki Miinala Toni Alenius Tuomas Nousu Petri Posio | Brazil (BRA) José Ferreira de Oliveira Almeida Maciel Celente Leomon Moreno da Silva Romário Diego Marques Filippe Santos Silvestre Leandro Moreno da Silva | Turkey (TUR) Tekin Okan Düzgün Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Yusuf Uçar Abdullah Aydoğdu Tuncay Karakaya |
| Women's goalball details | Japan (JPN) Masae Komiya Rie Urata Akane Nakashima Eiko Kakehata Haruka Wakasugi Akiko Adachi | China (CHN) Wang Ruixue Chen Fengqing Lin Shan Wang Shasha Fan Feifei Ju Zhen | Sweden (SWE) Anna Dahlberg Malin Gustavsson Josefine Jälmestål Viktoria Andersson Sofia Näsström Maria Wåglund |

## Qualifying
### Men

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | | | 1 | Great Britain (GBR) |
| 2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships | 18–25 June 2010 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 3 | Lithuania (LTU) China (CHN) Iran (IRI) |
| 2010 Asian Para Games | 12–19 December 2010 | Guangzhou, China | 1 | South Korea (KOR) |
| 2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament | 1–11 April 2011 | Antalya, Turkey | 4 | Finland (FIN) Turkey (TUR) Canada (CAN) Belgium (BEL) |
| 2011 European Championships | 17–23 October 2011 | Assens, Denmark | 1 | Sweden (SWE) |
| 2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships | 14–18 November 2011 | Sydney, Australia | 1 | Algeria (ALG) |
| 2011 Parapan American Games | 12–20 November 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 | Brazil (BRA) |
| Total | | | 12 | |

### Women

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | | | 1 | Great Britain (GBR) |
| 2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships | 18–25 June 2010 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 3 | China (CHN) United States (USA) Sweden (SWE) |
| Asian Para Games | 12–19 December 2010 | Guangzhou, China | 1 | Japan (JPN) |
| 2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament | 1–11 April 2011 | Antalya, Turkey | 2 | Canada (CAN) Finland (FIN) |
| 2011 European Championships | 17–23 October 2011 | Assens, Denmark | 1 | Denmark (DEN) |
| 2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships | 14–18 November 2011 | Sydney, Australia | 1 | Australia (AUS) |
| 2011 Parapan American Games | 12–20 November 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 | Brazil (BRA) |
| Total | | | 10 | |

## Men's tournament
### Competition format

The twelve men's 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.

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Teamvte | 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 |
| Thu 30 Aug |
| Lithuania | 11 – 1 | Great Britain |
| Finland | 5 – 6 | Brazil |
| Turkey | 9 – 2 | Sweden |
| Fri 31 Aug |
| Lithuania | 10 – 0 | Finland |
| Great Britain | 1 – 7 | Turkey |
| Brazil | 4 – 5 | Sweden |
| Sat 01 Sep |
| Turkey | 4 – 0 | Finland |
| Sweden | 3 – 3 | Great Britain |
| Brazil | 12 – 5 | Lithuania |
| Sun 02 Sep |
| Great Britain | 3 – 7 | Finland |
| Sweden | 5 – 5 | Lithuania |
| Turkey | 4 – 1 | Brazil |
| Tue 04 Sep |
| Finland | 4 – 1 | Sweden |
| Great Britain | 1 – 7 | Brazil |
| Lithuania | 2 – 2 | Turkey |

#### Group B

| Teamvte | 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 |
| Thu 30 Aug |
| China | 5 – 9 | Iran |
| South Korea | 4 – 3 | Algeria |
| Canada | 2 – 4 | Belgium |
| Fri 31 Aug |
| China | 11 – 4 | South Korea |
| Iran | 9 – 2 | Canada |
| Algeria | 5 – 2 | Belgium |
| Sat 01 Sep |
| Canada | 5 – 4 | South Korea |
| Belgium | 8 – 6 | Iran |
| Algeria | 0 – 1 | China |
| Sun 02 Sep |
| Iran | 4 – 3 | South Korea |
| Belgium | 0 – 0 | China |
| Canada | 6 – 8 | Algeria |
| Mon 03 Sep |
| South Korea | 3 – 5 | Belgium |
| Iran | 4 – 2 | Algeria |
| China | 3 – 1 | Canada |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Turkey | Turkey | 3 | | | | | | |
| Algeria | Algeria | 1 | | | | | | |
| Algeria | Algeria | 1 | Turkey | Turkey | 0 | | | |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 2 | | | |
| Iran | Iran | 1 | Finland | Finland | 2 | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 5 | | | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 5 | | | | Finland | Finland | 8 |
| | | | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 1 |
| Brazil | Brazil | 3 | | | | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 1 |
| Belgium | Belgium | 0 | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 0 | Brazil | Brazil | 2 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Lithuania | Lithuania | 1 |
| China | China | 4 | Lithuania | Lithuania | 1 | Turkey | Turkey | 4 |
| Lithuania | Lithuania | 12 | | | | Lithuania | Lithuania | 1 |

## Women's tournament
### Competition format

The ten women's 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.

### Group stage
#### Group C

| Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Finland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | Eliminated |
| Thu 30 Aug |
| China | 7 – 1 | Great Britain |
| Denmark | 0 – 2 | Brazil |
| Fri 31 Aug |
| Finland | 1 – 1 | Great Britain |
| Brazil | 0 – 8 | China |
| Sat 01 Sep |
| Denmark | 2 – 3 | Finland |
| Sun 02 Sep |
| Great Britain | 3 – 1 | Brazil |
| Mon 03 Sep |
| China | 8 – 1 | Denmark |
| Brazil | 5 – 4 | Finland |
| Tue 04 Sep |
| Great Britain | 5 – 0 | Denmark |
| Finland | 2 – 5 | China |

#### Group D

| Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated |
| Thu 30 Aug |
| United States | 5 – 1 | Sweden |
| Fri 31 Aug |
| Australia | 1 – 3 | Japan |
| Sat 01 Sep |
| Canada | 1 – 2 | Sweden |
| Japan | 2 – 1 | United States |
| Sun 02 Sep |
| Australia | 1 – 3 | Canada |
| Sweden | 0 – 0 | Japan |
| Mon 03 Sep |
| United States | 3 – 0 | Australia |
| Japan | 0 – 1 | Canada |
| Tue 04 Sep |
| Sweden | 8 – 5 | Australia |
| Canada | 1 – 0 | United States |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | China | 5 | | | | | | |
| 8 | United States | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | United States | 0 | China | China | 4 | | | |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Finland | 2 | Finland | Finland | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | | | | China | China | 0 |
| | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 1 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| 7 | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Sweden | 2 | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 4 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | Japan | Japan | 4 | Finland | Finland | 1 |
| 6 | Brazil | 0 | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 5 |

## Gallery

* Australia goalball women throwing to Canada women (Sep 2012).
* Great Britain women's goalball team defending (Sep 2012).
* Swedish women's goalball team throwing (Sep 2012).
* USA women throwing to AUS F (Sep 2012).
* All the volunteers ('Games makers') for goalball, in the Copper Box arena (Sep 2012).