Goalball at the XII. Summer Paralympics
information
venue
China People's Republic Beijing
Competition venue
Technical University
Teams
8th
date
September 7-14, 2008
decisions
2
← Athens 2004
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
Women
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
China People's Republic CHN
Chen Liangliang , Cai Changgui , Du Jinran , Bao Daolei , Yang Chunhong , Yao Yongguan
2
Lithuania LTU
Marius Zibolis , Saulius Leonavicius , Zydrunas Simkus , Genrik Pavliukianec , Arvydas Juchna , Nerijus Montvydas
3
Sweden SWE
Fatmir Seremeti , Jimmy Björkstrand , Mikael Akerberg , Stefan Gahne , Niklas Hultqvist , Oskar Kuus
Women
space
country
athlete
1
United States United States
Jen Armbruster , Lisa Banta , Jackie Barnes , Jessica Lorenz , Asya Miller , Robin Theryoung
2
China People's Republic CHN
Fan Feifei , Wang Shasha , Xu Juan , Lin Shan , Wang Ruixue , Chen Fengging
3
Denmark 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 Slovenia
5
5
0
0
35:24
+11
2
Lithuania Lithuania
5
4th
1
0
50:18
+32
3
Denmark Denmark
5
2
2
1
29:26
+3
4th
Finland Finland
5
2
3
0
26:41
−15
5
Belgium Belgium
5
1
4th
0
33:42
−9
6th
Spain 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
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 Lithuania
10
September 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Canada Canada
0
Lithuania Lithuania
10
September 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Sweden Sweden
3
Sweden Sweden
4th
September 14, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Denmark Denmark
2
Lithuania Lithuania
8th
September 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
9
Slovenia Slovenia
2
September 13, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
United States United States
4th
United States United States
0
Game for third place
September 12, 2008, 12:00 p.m.
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
4th
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
7th
Sweden Sweden
5
Finland Finland
6th
United States 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
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
7th
6th
0
1
21: 7
+14
2
United States United States
7th
4th
1
2
18:11
+7
3
Denmark Denmark
7th
4th
1
2
13: 9
+4
4th
Sweden Sweden
7th
3
3
1
30:27
+3
5
Canada Canada
7th
2
2
3
15:13
+2
6th
Brazil Brazil
7th
2
4th
1
21:24
−3
7th
Japan Japan
7th
2
5
0
8:16
−8
8th
Germany 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
After a draw, China won the game after free throws.
Goalball medal table
Web links
Goalball at the Paralympics
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