| Event: | Goalball |
| Games: | 2012 Summer |
| Venue: | Copper Box Arena |
| Dates: | 29 August – 9 September |
| Competitors: | 132 |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2016 |
Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
| Men's goalball | Jarno Mattila Ville Montonen Erkki Miinala Toni Alenius Tuomas Nousu Petri Posio | José Ferreira de Oliveira Almeida Maciel Celente Leomon Moreno da Silva Romário Diego Marques Filippe Santos Silvestre Leandro Moreno da Silva | Tekin Okan Düzgün Hüseyin Alkan Mehmet Cesur Yusuf Uçar Abdullah Aydoğdu Tuncay Karakaya | |
| Women's goalball | Masae Komiya Rie Urata Akane Nakashima Eiko Kakehata Haruka Wakasugi Akiko Adachi | Wang Ruixue Chen Fengqing Lin Shan Wang Shasha Fan Feifei Ju Zhen | Anna Dahlberg Malin Gustavsson Josefine Jälmestål Viktoria Andersson Sofia Näsström Maria Wåglund |
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||||
| 2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships | 18–25 June 2010 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 3 | | |
| 2010 Asian Para Games | 12–19 December 2010 | 1 | |||
| 2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament | 1–11 April 2011 | 4 | | ||
| 2011 European Championships | 17–23 October 2011 | 1 | |||
| 2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships | 14–18 November 2011 | Sydney, Australia | 1 | ||
| 12–20 November 2011 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 12 |
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||||
| 2010 IBSA Goalball World Championships | 18–25 June 2010 | 3 | | ||
| Asian Para Games | 12–19 December 2010 | 1 | |||
| 2011 Paralympic Qualification Tournament | 1–11 April 2011 | 2 | | ||
| 2011 European Championships | 17–23 October 2011 | 1 | |||
| 2011 Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships | 14–18 November 2011 | 1 | |||
| 2011 Parapan American Games | 12–20 November 2011 | 1 | |||
| Total | 10 |
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.
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| Thu 30 Aug | ||||
Lithuania  | 11 – 1 | |||
Finland  | 5 – 6 | |||
Turkey  | 9 – 2 | |||
| Fri 31 Aug | ||||
| Lithuania | 10 – 0 | |||
| Great Britain | 1 – 7 | |||
Brazil  | 4 – 5 | |||
| Sat 01 Sep | ||||
| Turkey | 4 – 0 | |||
Sweden  | 3 – 3 | |||
| Brazil | 12 – 5 | |||
| Sun 02 Sep | ||||
| Great Britain | 3 – 7 | |||
| Sweden | 5 – 5 | |||
| Turkey | 4 – 1 | |||
| Tue 04 Sep | ||||
| Finland | 4 – 1 | |||
| Great Britain | 1 – 7 | |||
| Lithuania | 2 – 2 |
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| Thu 30 Aug | ||||
China  | 5 – 9 | |||
| South Korea | 4 – 3 | |||
Canada  | 2 – 4 | |||
| Fri 31 Aug | ||||
| China | 11 – 4 | |||
| Iran | 9 – 2 | |||
Algeria  | 5 – 2 | |||
| Sat 01 Sep | ||||
| Canada | 5 – 4 | |||
Belgium  | 8 – 6 | |||
| Algeria | 0 – 1 | |||
| Sun 02 Sep | ||||
| Iran | 4 – 3 | |||
| Belgium | 0 – 0 | |||
| Canada | 6 – 8 | |||
| Mon 03 Sep | ||||
| South Korea | 3 – 5 | |||
| Iran | 4 – 2 | |||
| China | 3 – 1 |
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.
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| Thu 30 Aug | ||||
| China | 7 – 1 | |||
Denmark  | 0 – 2 | |||
| Fri 31 Aug | ||||
| Finland | 1 – 1 | |||
| Brazil | 0 – 8 | |||
| Sat 01 Sep | ||||
| Denmark | 2 – 3 | |||
| Sun 02 Sep | ||||
| Great Britain | 3 – 1 | |||
| Mon 03 Sep | ||||
| China | 8 – 1 | |||
| Brazil | 5 – 4 | |||
| Tue 04 Sep | ||||
| Great Britain | 5 – 0 | |||
| Finland | 2 – 5 |
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| Thu 30 Aug | ||||
United States  | 5 – 1 | |||
| Fri 31 Aug | ||||
Australia  | 1 – 3 | |||
| Sat 01 Sep | ||||
| Canada | 1 – 2 | |||
Japan  | 2 – 1 | |||
| Sun 02 Sep | ||||
| Australia | 1 – 3 | |||
| Sweden | 0 – 0 | |||
| Mon 03 Sep | ||||
| United States | 3 – 0 | |||
| Japan | 0 – 1 | |||
| Tue 04 Sep | ||||
| Sweden | 8 – 5 | |||
| Canada | 1 – 0 |