Summer Paralympics 2008 / Goalball

Goalball at the XII. Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Technical University
Teams	8th
date	September 7-14, 2008
decisions	2
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At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , medals were awarded in two goalball competitions. The Games took place between September 7th and September 14th, 2008 at Beijing Technical University , both decisions on September 14th, 2008.

Classes

Only visually impaired athletes take part in Goalball. Otherwise there are no further classifications.

Qualified teams

A total of twelve men's teams and eight women's teams with six players each took part in the Paralympic goalball competitions. The lists are sorted alphabetically.

Men

• Qualified at the Goalball World Championships 2006 :
  •  Denmark
  •  Canada
  •  Lithuania
  •  Sweden
  •  Slovenia
  •  United States
• Qualified in the goalball competitions during the World Games :
  •  Belgium
  •  Brazil
  •  Finland
  •  Iran
  •  Spain
• Qualified as a host nation:
  •  People's Republic of China

Women

• Qualified ¹ at the Goalball World Championships 2006 :
  •  Denmark
  •  Canada
  •  United States
• Qualified ^{1 in} Goalball competitions during the World Games :
  •  Brazil
  •  Germany
  •  Japan
  •  Sweden
• Qualified as a host nation:
  •  People's Republic of China

¹

Originally, four starting places should be awarded during the World Championships and three during the World Games. But since host China finished second at the World Cup, the four places moved to the World Games.

Medalist

Men

space	country	athlete
1	CHN	Chen Liangliang , Cai Changgui , Du Jinran , Bao Daolei , Yang Chunhong , Yao Yongguan
2	LTU	Marius Zibolis , Saulius Leonavicius , Zydrunas Simkus , Genrik Pavliukianec , Arvydas Juchna , Nerijus Montvydas
3	SWE	Fatmir Seremeti , Jimmy Björkstrand , Mikael Akerberg , Stefan Gahne , Niklas Hultqvist , Oskar Kuus

Women

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Jen Armbruster , Lisa Banta , Jackie Barnes , Jessica Lorenz , Asya Miller , Robin Theryoung
2	CHN	Fan Feifei , Wang Shasha , Xu Juan , Lin Shan , Wang Ruixue , Chen Fengging
3	THE	Kamilla Ryding , Maria Larsen , Ninna Thomsen , Mette Nissen , Karina Jörgensen , Lykke Vedsted

Results

Men

After the preliminary round with six teams each in two groups, the best four qualified for the quarter-finals, after which the knockout system continued.

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	V	U	Points	Diff.
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	0	35:24	+11
2	Lithuania	5	4th	1	0	50:18	+32
3	Denmark	5	2	2	1	29:26	+3
4th	Finland	5	2	3	0	26:41	−15
5	Belgium	5	1	4th	0	33:42	−9
6th	Spain	5	0	4th	1	20:42	−22

game	date	encounter			Erg.
1	September 7, 9:00 a.m.	Lithuania	-	Belgium	9: 5
1	September 7, 12:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Spain	2: 2
1	September 7, 7:00 p.m.	Slovenia	-	Finland	7: 2
2	September 8, 9:00 a.m.	Finland	-	Lithuania	5:15
2	September 8, 12:00 p.m.	Slovenia	-	Denmark	4: 2
2	September 8, 7:00 p.m.	Belgium	-	Spain	12: 6
3	September 9, 9:00 a.m.	Finland	-	Denmark	4:11
3	September 9, 12:00 p.m.	Lithuania	-	Spain	10-0
3	September 9, 7:00 p.m.	Belgium	-	Slovenia	5: 6
4th	September 10, 9:00 a.m.	Spain	-	Slovenia	9:11
4th	September 10, 12:00 p.m.	Finland	-	Belgium	8: 5
4th	September 10, 7:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Lithuania	1:10
5	September 11, 9:00 a.m.	Denmark	-	Belgium	13: 6
5	September 11, 12:00 p.m.	Lithuania	-	Slovenia	6: 7
5	September 11, 7:00 p.m.	Spain	-	Finland	3: 7

(All times are local time)

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	V	U	Points	Diff.
1	People's Republic of China	5	4th	1	0	57:25	+32
2	Sweden	5	4th	1	0	41:30	+11
3	Canada	5	2	3	0	27:30	−3
4th	United States	5	2	3	0	16:37	−21
5	Iran	5	2	3	0	29:34	−5
6th	Brazil	5	1	4th	0	25:39	−14

game	date	encounter			Erg.
1	September 7, 9:00 a.m.	Sweden	-	Brazil	8: 6
1	September 7, 12:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Iran	9: 5
1	September 7, 7:00 p.m.	United States	-	China	3:13
2	September 8, 9:00 a.m.	China	-	Sweden	13: 8
2	September 8, 12:00 p.m.	United States	-	Canada	2: 8
2	September 8, 7:00 p.m.	Brazil	-	Iran	5: 8
3	September 9, 9:00 a.m.	China	-	Canada	11: 2
3	September 9, 12:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	Iran	10: 5
3	September 9, 7:00 p.m.	Brazil	-	United States	4: 6
4th	September 10, 9:00 a.m.	Iran	-	United States	3: 4
4th	September 10, 12:00 p.m.	China	-	Brazil	14: 4
4th	September 10, 7:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Sweden	5: 6
5	September 11, 9:00 a.m.	Canada	-	Brazil	3: 6
5	September 11, 12:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	United States	9: 1
5	September 11, 7:00 p.m.	Iran	-	China	8: 6

(All times are local time)

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	September 12, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
	Lithuania	10
					September 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
	Canada	0
					Lithuania	10
	September 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
					Sweden	3
	Sweden	4th
									September 14, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
	Denmark	2
									Lithuania	8th
	September 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
									People's Republic of China	9
	Slovenia	2
					September 13, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
	United States	4th
					United States	0			Game for third place
	September 12, 2008, 12:00 p.m.
					People's Republic of China	4th
	People's Republic of China	7th							Sweden	5
	Finland	6th							United States	2
									September 14, 2008, 6:00 p.m.

Placement games

game	date	encounter			Erg.
11/12	September 12, 8:00 p.m.	Spain	-	Brazil	3: 7
9/10	September 12, 9:00 p.m.	Belgium	-	Iran	2: 7
5-8	September 13, 5:00 p.m.	Slovenia	-	Denmark	4: 6
	September 13, 6:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Finland	6: 5
7/8	September 14, 11:30 a.m.	Slovenia	-	Finland	5: 6
5/6	September 14, 12:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Canada	5: 8

Women

After the preliminary round with all eight teams in one group, the best four qualified for the semi-finals, after which the knockout system continued.

Group games

rank	country	S.	G	V	U	Points	Diff.
1	People's Republic of China	7th	6th	0	1	21: 7	+14
2	United States	7th	4th	1	2	18:11	+7
3	Denmark	7th	4th	1	2	13: 9	+4
4th	Sweden	7th	3	3	1	30:27	+3
5	Canada	7th	2	2	3	15:13	+2
6th	Brazil	7th	2	4th	1	21:24	−3
7th	Japan	7th	2	5	0	8:16	−8
8th	Germany	7th	0	7th	0	8:27	−19

game	date	encounter			Erg.
1	September 7, 11:00 a.m.	China	-	Brazil	5: 3
1	September 7, 1:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Sweden	3: 3
1	September 7, 6:00 p.m.	United States	-	Japan	2-0
1	September 7th, 9:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Germany	4: 1
2	September 8, 11:00 a.m.	United States	-	Denmark	2-0
2	September 8, 1:00 p.m.	China	-	Germany	3-0
2	September 8, 6:00 p.m.	Brazil	-	Canada	6: 5
2	September 8, 9:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	Japan	4: 1
3	September 9, 11:00 a.m.	Canada	-	Japan	3-0
3	September 9, 1:00 p.m.	Brazil	-	Germany	3: 1
3	September 9, 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	Denmark	1: 2
3	September 9, 9:00 p.m.	China	-	United States	4-0
4th	September 10, 11:00 a.m.	Germany	-	Canada	0: 1
4th	September 10, 1:00 p.m.	Japan	-	Denmark	1: 2
4th	September 10, 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	China	3: 5
4th	September 10, 9:00 p.m.	Brazil	-	United States	2: 2
5	September 11, 11:00 a.m.	Japan	-	China	1: 3
5	September 11, 1:00 p.m.	Brazil	-	Sweden	4: 5
5	September 11, 6:00 p.m.	Germany	-	United States	0: 4
5	September 11, 9:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Denmark	2: 2
6th	September 12, 11:00 a.m.	United States	-	Canada	1: 1
6th	September 12, 1:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	China	0-0
6th	September 12, 6:00 p.m.	Japan	-	Brazil	3: 1
6th	September 12, 9:00 p.m.	Germany	-	Sweden	5:10
7th	September 13, 11:00 a.m.	Denmark	-	Brazil	3: 2
7th	September 13, 1:00 p.m.	Germany	-	Japan	1: 2
7th	September 13, 6:00 p.m.	United States	-	Sweden	7: 4
7th	September 13, 9:00 p.m.	Canada	-	China	0: 1

(All times are local time)

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	September 14, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
	United States	4th
	Denmark	3
					September 14, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
					United States	6th
					People's Republic of China	5
					Game for third place
	September 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m.				September 14, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
	People's Republic of China	1 (3) 1			Denmark	3
	Sweden	1 (2)			Sweden	2

¹

After a draw, China won the game after free throws.

Goalball medal table

Goalball medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	People's Republic of China	1	1	-	2
02	United States	1	-	-	1
03	Lithuania	-	1	-	1
04th	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )