Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Pairs BC4 explained

The mixed pairs BC4 boccia event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested between 2 and 4 September 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Since this event is a mixed event, both genders, male and female, competed in the event.

The competition started off with a pools stage, containing 2 pools with 5 teams each, and was followed by the semifinals where the winners moved to the finals to fight for gold and the losers went to the bronze medal match to fight for bronze.

Rosters

Each team contains three athletes but only two will be used when play. All team has a male (M) and female (F) athlete.^[1]

• Brazil:
  • Eliseu dos Santos (M)
  • M. dos Santos (M)
  • Ercileide da Silva (F)
• Canada:
  • Alison Levine (F)
  • Iulian Ciobanu (M)
  • Marco Dispaltro (M)
• Colombia:
  • Euclides Grisales (M)
  • Duban Cely (M)
  • Leidy Chica (F)
• Great Britain:
  • Stephen McGuire (M)
  • Louis Saunders (M)
  • Evie Edwards (F)
• Hong Kong:
  • Leung Yuk Wing (M)
  • Lau Wai Yan Vivian (F)
  • Wong Kwan Hang (M)
• Japan:
  • Shun Esaki (M)
  • Wataru Furumitsu (M)
  • Juri Kimura (F)
• Portugal:
  • Pedro Carla (M)
  • Manuel Cruz (M)
  • Carla Oliveira (F)
• RPC:
  • Sergey Safin (M)
  • Ivan Frolov (M)
  • Daria Adonina (F)
• Slovakia:
  • Samuel Andrejčík (M)
  • Michaela Balcová (F)
  • Martin Streharsky (M)
• Thailand:
  • Pornchok Larpyen (M)
  • Ritthikrai Somsanuk (M)
  • Nuanchan Phonsila (F)

Pools

The pools (or can be known as a group stage) were played between 2 and 3 September 2021. The top two teams in each pool qualified for the semi-finals.^[2]

Pool A

Date	Time	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 September	9:30	Slovakia	7–3	Brazil
2 September	9:30	Canada	9–4	Portugal
2 September	14:25	Slovakia	10–1	Portugal
2 September	14:25	Great Britain	6–4	Brazil
2 September	18:05	Slovakia	8–0	Great Britain
2 September	18:05	Canada	3–4	Brazil
3 September	11:15	Canada	2–5	Great Britain
3 September	11:15	Portugal	3–2	Brazil
3 September	16:10	Slovakia	4–3	Canada
3 September	16:10	Great Britain	1–3	Portugal

Pool B

Date	Time	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 September	11:25	Hong Kong	7–1	Japan
2 September	11:25	Thailand	3–2	Colombia
2 September	16:20	Hong Kong	6–2	Colombia
2 September	16:20	RPC	7–3	Japan
3 September	9:30	Thailand	8–2	Japan
3 September	9:30	Hong Kong	8–2	RPC
3 September	14:25	Thailand	2–5	RPC
3 September	14:25	Colombia	1–7	Japan
3 September	18:05	Hong Kong	5–1	Thailand
3 September	18:05	RPC	7–3'	Colombia

Knockout stage

The knockout stage was played on 4 September.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boccia – Pairs - BC3 – Entry List by Event – Results. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 1 September 2021. 1 September 2021. 1 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901150526/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BOC/PG2020-_BOC_C76B_BOCOPAIRS---04010-----------------.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Boccia – Pairs - BC3 – Results Table - Group. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 3 September 2021. 3 September 2021. 1 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901150526/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BOC/PG2020-_BOC_C76B_BOCOPAIRS---04010-----------------.pdf. dead.