Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics (original) (raw)
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| Bocciaat the XV Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | Riocentro, Barra Cluster |
| Dates | 10–16 September 2016 |
| Competitors | 104 |
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Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in Riocentro, in the Barra district of Rio de Janeiro in September 2016, with a maximum of 104 athletes (24 women, 80 gender unspecified) competing in seven events. The programme consisted of four individual events, two pairs events, and one team event, spread across four classifications.
When competing in boccia at national or international level, the athletes were competing in events with different classifications, based on level of physical disability.[2][3]
- BC1 - Cerebral palsy.
- Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body.
- Use hands or feet to propel the ball into play
- May be assisted by an aide.
- BC2 - Cerebral palsy.
- Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body
- Use hands to propel the ball into play
- Not assisted by an aide.
- BC3 - Cerebral palsy or another disability.
- Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs.
- Use the help of a ramp to propel the ball into play.
- Assisted by an aide (ramper).
- BC4 - Not cerebral palsy, but another disability, for example muscular dystrophy or tetraplegia.
- Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs
- Use hands to propel the ball into play
- Not assisted by an aide.
All events in boccia are mixed gender. there are four individual events, two pairs events and a combined classification team event.
| Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Events | |||
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| Classification | Events | ||
| Individual | Pairs | Team | |
| BC1 | ● | — | ● |
| BC2 | ● | ||
| BC3 | ● | ● | — |
| BC4 | ● | ● |
An NPC can enter one BC1/BC2 Team consisting of four athletes of which a minimum of one must be in the BC1 sport class. An NPC can enter one BC3 Pair consisting of three athletes. An NPC can enter one BC4 Pair consisting of three athletes.
The number of female athletes representing an NPC must be: - at least one female athlete for NPCs qualifying one Team or Pair; - at least two female athletes for NPCs qualifying two or three Team/Pairs.
An NPC can enter a maximum of three athletes in each of the Individual medal events.[4]
| Competition | BC1/BC2 Team | BC3 Pairs | BC4 Pairs | ||||
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| Qualified Teams | Quota | Qualified Teams | Quota | Qualified Teams | Quota | ||
| Host Nation |  Brazil (BRA) |
4 | Brazil (BRA) |
3 | Brazil (BRA) |
3 | |
| BISFED 2015 Boccia Regional Championships[5] | Europe London |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
4 |  Belgium (BEL) |
3 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
3 |
Asia  Hong Kong |
 Thailand (THA) |
4 |  South Korea (KOR) |
3 |  China (CHN) |
3 | |
Americas  Montreal |
 Argentina (ARG) |
4 | Brazil (BRA) Canada (CAN) |
3 | Canada (CAN) |
3 | |
| BISFED 2015 BocciaWorld Team Rankings30 April 2016[7] | Slovakia (SVK) Portugal (POR) Spain (ESP) Japan (JPN) China (CHN) South Korea (KOR) Hong Kong (HKG) Netherlands (NED) |
32 |  Greece (GRE) Portugal (POR) Great Britain (GBR) Singapore (SIN) |
12 | Hong Kong (HKG) Great Britain (GBR) Thailand (THA) Hungary (HUN) |
12 | |
| BISFED 2015 BocciaWorld Individual Rankings30 April 2016 | BC1 Greece (GRE) Norway (NOR) BC2 Israel (ISR) Mexico (MEX) Canada (CAN) |
5 | Japan (JPN) Hong Kong (HKG) Czech Republic (CZE)  Sweden (SWE) Australia (AUS) |
5 | South Korea (KOR) Portugal (POR) |
2 | |
| Total Athletes - 108 | 53 | 29 | 26 |
Competition schedule
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Competition lasts from 10 to 16 September. Each day , contains a morning and afternoon session.[8]
| OC | Opening ceremony | Preliminaries | ● | finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
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| September 2016 | 7Wed | 8Thu | 9Fri | 10Sat | 11Sun | 12Mon | 13Tue | 14Wed | 15Thu | 16Fri | 17Sat | 18Sun | Goldmedals |
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 Boccia |
OC | ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | CC | 7 |
Participating nations
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103 athletes from 23 nations competed.
The Boccia tournament in Rio 2016 was dominated by the traditional Asian powers, with four golds, three of the four individual titles, and nine medals in total, shared between Thailand, South Korea and Hong Kong. Great Britain took the other individual gold in the Individual BC1 class through David Smith, while Slovakia and hosts Brazil shared the two pairs titles on offer.
* Host nation (Brazil)
- ^ "Paralympic Boccia". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Classes & Classification Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Boccia Australia
- ^ About Boccia Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, GB Boccia Federation
- ^ Boccia - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- ^ Bisfed Regional Team and Pairs Champs
- ^ As Brazil has already qualified through a host nation quota, this quota is released
- ^ Final World Rankings Archived 1 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, from BISFED.
- ^ Ticket Guide Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, from rio2016.org.
- - Rankings at CPISRA