Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Goalball at the XIII Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium |
Dates | 7–14 September |
Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium from September 7 to September 14. The competition consisted of men's and women's team events, and what had been billed as one of the most open tournaments certainly lived up to expectations.
In the women's gold medal game, the lead changed hands five times, with the USA outlasting China by a score of 6–5, with never more than one goal in it. The winning goal came from Asya Miller with less than a minute to go.
The gold medal in the men's game was even more dramatic. Lithuania, the current world champions, took advantage of a clutch of penalties in the first half to jump ahead of China by 6 goals to 2 at the half, and looked to be holding on despite a steady comeback. With only 50 seconds on the clock, the Chinese were two goals behind (6–8) but managed to overturn the deficit with three goals in 30 seconds to take the gold 9–8, sending the packed BIT Gymnasium into rapture.
Medalists
Classification
Players are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability.
Participating teams
There were 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams taking part in this sport.
Men's
Women's
Men's
Competition format
The twelve men's teams were divided into two even groups for a
Group stage
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group A
Team | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slovenia (SLO) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 24 | +11 |
Lithuania (LTU) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 18 | +32 |
Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 26 | +3 |
Finland (FIN) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 41 | −15 |
Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 42 | −9 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 42 | −22 |
2008-09-07 | ||
Lithuania | 9 – 5 | Belgium |
Denmark | 2 – 2 | Spain |
Slovenia | 7 – 2 | Finland |
2008-09-08 | ||
Finland | 5 – 15 | Lithuania |
Slovenia | 4 – 2 | Denmark |
Belgium | 12 – 6 | Spain |
2008-09-09 | ||
Finland | 4 – 11 | Denmark |
Lithuania | 10 – 0 | Spain |
Belgium | 5 – 6 | Slovenia |
2008-09-10 | ||
Spain | 9 – 11 | Slovenia |
Finland | 8 – 5 | Belgium |
Denmark | 1 – 10 | Lithuania |
2008-09-11 | ||
Denmark | 13 – 6 | Belgium |
Lithuania | 6 – 7 | Slovenia |
Spain | 3 – 7 | Finland |
Group B
Team | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
China (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 25 | +32 |
Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 30 | +11 |
Canada (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 30 | −3 |
United States (USA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 37 | −21 |
Iran (IRI) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 34 | −5 |
Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 39 | −14 |
2008-09-07 | ||
Sweden | 8 – 6 | Brazil |
Canada | 9 – 5 | Iran |
United States | 3 – 13 | China |
2008-09-08 | ||
China | 13 – 8 | Sweden |
United States | 2 – 8 | Canada |
Brazil | 5 – 8 | Iran |
2008-09-09 | ||
China | 11 – 2 | Canada |
Sweden | 10 – 5 | Iran |
Brazil | 4 – 6 | United States |
2008-09-10 | ||
Iran | 3 – 4 | United States |
China | 14 – 4 | Brazil |
Canada | 5 – 6 | Sweden |
2008-09-11 | ||
Canada | 3 – 6 | Brazil |
Sweden | 9 – 1 | United States |
Iran | 8 – 6 | China |
Tournament bracket
Quarterfinals (2008-09-12) | Semifinals (2008-09-13) | Gold medal game (2008-09-14) | ||||||||||||
1 | Lithuania | 10 | ||||||||||||
8 | Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
Lithuania | 10 | |||||||||||||
Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Sweden | 4 | ||||||||||||
5 | Denmark | 2 | ||||||||||||
Lithuania | 8 | |||||||||||||
China | 9 | |||||||||||||
2 | Slovenia | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
United States | 0 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||||
China | 4 | |||||||||||||
3 | China | 7 | Sweden | 5 | ||||||||||
6 | Finland | 6 | United States | 2 |
Classification rounds
2008-09-12
11/12th classification
Spain | 3 – 7 | Brazil |
2008-09-13
5-8th classification
Canada | 6 - 5 | Finland |
Slovenia | 4 - 6 | Denmark |
2008-09-14
7/8th classification
Slovenia | 5 - 6 | Finland |
5/6th classification
Denmark | 5 - 8 | Canada |
Women's
Competition format
The eight women's teams will play a
Preliminary stage
Qualified for the semifinals |
Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD |
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China (CHN) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 |
United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 |
Denmark (DEN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 |
Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 27 | +3 |
Canada (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 |
Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 24 | −3 |
Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 27 | −19 |
2008-09-07 | ||
China | 5 – 3 | Brazil |
Canada | 3 – 3 | Sweden |
United States | 2 – 0 | Japan |
Denmark | 4 – 1 | Germany |
2008-09-08 | ||
United States | 2 – 0 | Denmark |
China | 3 – 0 | Germany |
Brazil | 6 – 5 | Canada |
Sweden | 4 – 1 | Japan |
2008-09-09 | ||
Canada | 3 – 0 | Japan |
Brazil | 3 – 1 | Germany |
Sweden | 1 – 2 | Denmark |
China | 4 – 0 | United States |
2008-09-10 | ||
Germany | 0 – 1 | Canada |
Japan | 1 – 2 | Denmark |
Sweden | 3 – 5 | China |
Brazil | 2 – 2 | United States |
2008-09-11 | ||
Japan | 1 – 3 | China |
Brazil | 4 – 5 | Sweden |
Germany | 0 – 4 | United States |
Canada | 2 – 2 | Denmark |
2008-09-12 | ||
United States | 1 – 1 | Canada |
Denmark | 0 – 0 | China |
Japan | 3 – 1 | Brazil |
Germany | 5 – 10 | Sweden |
2008-09-13 | ||
Denmark | 3 – 2 | Brazil |
Germany | 1 – 2 | Japan |
United States | 7 – 4 | Sweden |
Canada | 0 – 1 | China |
Tournament bracket
Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||
United States | 4 | ||||||||
Denmark | 3 | ||||||||
United States | 6 | ||||||||
China | 5 | ||||||||
China | 1 (3) | ||||||||
Sweden | 1 (2) | Bronze medal game | |||||||
Denmark | 3 | ||||||||
Sweden | 2 |
China-Sweden PSC
References
- "Schedules and Results – Goalball". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-13.