Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Men's goalball at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	South Paris Arena
Dates	29 August – 5 September 2024
Competitors	22 from 8 nations
Teams	8
Medalists
Japan Ukraine Brazil

The goalball men's tournament was contested from 29 August to 5 September. There were eight teams consisting of six players split into two groups: Group A and Group B.

Participating teams

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's team rosters

Group A

• Brazil
• France
• United States
• Iran

Group B

• China
• Ukraine
• Egypt
• Japan

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	28	20	8	7	Quarter-finals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	27	24	3	6
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	26	29	−3	4
4	France (H)	3	0	0	3	17	25	−8	0

Source: Paris 2024
(H) Hosts

29 August 2024

17:30

Brazil	8–5	France
Dantas 1', 4', 5', 8' Sousa 4' Moreno 14' Marques 15', 16'	Report	Ouni 1', 1' Boualia 5' Baich 11' Daudin 17'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)

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30 August 2024

09:00

United States	8–13	Brazil
Young 5', 6', 7', 8', 12', 22' Merren 7' King 10'	Report	Moreno 3', 5', 6', 9', 14' Ernesto 6', 10', 15' Dantas 8', 13', 14' Sousa 21' Saturnino 22'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Kazuto Ono (Japan)
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)

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30 August 2024

13:15

France	8–12	Iran
Ouni 0', 9', 11', 15', 22' Boualia 1' Baich 13', 17'	Report	Jafari 2', 4', 6', 7', 7', 9', 12', 22' Sarafraz 10' Souri 17', 17' Parnia Jomairan 23'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)

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31 August 2024

13:15

United States	5–4	France
King 0' Merren 3', 13', 17' Young 16'	Report	Baich 6', 18' Ouni 14', 21'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Janice Dawson (Canada)
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)

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31 August 2024

17:30

Brazil	7–7	Iran
Dantas 0', 2', 6', 19' Sousa 12' Moreno 14' Ernesto 22'	Report	Sarafraz 4', 17', 22', 23' Souri 17', 21', 23'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)
Juha Vuokila (Finland)

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1 September 2024

13:15

Iran	7–14	United States
Souri 8', 8', 9', 21', 21' Jafari 16', 17'	Report	Young 0', 1', 7', 16', 18', 20' Merren 3', 6' King 6', 8', 9' Simpson 11', 19', 21'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	20	11	9	9	Quarter-finals
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	16	17	−1	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	25	17	8	3
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	8	24	−16	0

Source: Paris 2024

29 August 2024

09:00

China	7–6	Japan
Yang 2', 5', 5', 8', 11', 22' Hu 14'	Report	Kaneko 2', 14', 16' Miyajiki 3', 6' Sano 12'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Claude Dagenais (Canada)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)

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29 August 2024

13:15

Ukraine	6−3	Egypt
Oliinyk 0', 8', 12', 16' Zhyhalin 5' Strelchyk 22'	Report	Mohamed 11', 18' Awwad 14'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Kazuto Ono (Japan)

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30 August 2024

17:30

Japan	8–9	Ukraine
Miyajiki 3', 3', 5', 6', 13', 17' Sano 11' Kaneko 23'	Report	Zhyhalin 0', 1' Oliinyk 2', 8', 13', 16', 21' Strelchyk 13', 17'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

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31 August 2024

09:00

Egypt	4–7	China
Awwad 5' Elsayed 12' Mohamed 18' Yousef 22'	Report	Yu Deyi 1', 6', 10' Yang 5', 8', 15', 16'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Linda Welborn (United States)
Romualdas Vaitieku (Lithuania)

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1 September 2024

09:00

Egypt	1–11	Japan
Mohamed 6'	Report	Sano 6', 6' Kaneko 7', 8', 8', 10' Miyajiki 12', 13', 13', 14' Torii 13'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)

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1 September 2024

17:30

China	6–1	Ukraine
Yu Deyi 2', 7' Yang 13', 17' Hu 17' Yu Qinquan 18'	Report	Tsyhanenko 19'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	2 September
	Brazil	10
					4 September
	Egypt	0
					Brazil	4
	2 September
					Ukraine	6
	Ukraine	6
									5 September
	Iran	3
									Ukraine	3
	2 September
									Japan (a.e.t.)	4
	China	12
					4 September
	France	2
					China	5
	2 September
					Japan	13			Bronze medal match
	United States	4
									5 September
	Japan	6
									Brazil	5
									China	3

Quarter-finals

2 September 2024

13:15

Brazil	10–0	Egypt
Moreno 4', 6' Ernesto 9', 15' Sousa 10', 12', 14' Dantas 11', 17' Saturnino 17'	Report

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Sarah Kuper (Germany)

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2 September 2024

15:00

Ukraine	6–3	Iran
Oliinyk 2', 4', 22', 23' Strelchyk 9', 23'	Report	Sarafraz 6', 14', 16'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)

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2 September 2024

17:45

China	12–2	France
Yang 1', 2', 6', 7', 9', 10', 13', 14', 14', 15' Yu Deyi 1'	Report	Baich 9', 12'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

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2 September 2024

19:30

United States	4–6	Japan
Young 1', 16' Merren 4', 16'	Report	Kaneko 2', 3', 21' Miyajiki 9', 15', 15'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

Seventh place match

3 September 2024

09:00

France	6–4	Egypt
Boualia 0', 1' Baich 3', 18' Daudin 9' Ouni 10'	Report	Mohamed 0', 18' Awwad 3', 6'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Kazuto Ono (Japan)
Janice Dawson (Canada)

Fifth place match

3 September 2024

10:45

United States	3–4	Iran
Merren 0' King 16', 19'	Report	Jafari 3', 22' Parnia Jomairan 3', 18'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

Semi-finals

4 September 2024

13:30

Brazil	4–6	Ukraine
Sousa 0' Moreno 0' (pen.), 18', 21'	Report	Strelchyk 0' Oliinyk 2', 10', 15', 21' (pen.), 21'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Kazuto Ono (Japan)

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4 September 2024

18:00

China	5–13	Japan
Yang 1', 8', 17' Yu Deyi 21', 23'	Report	Miyajiki 0', 1', 1', 6', 8' Kaneko 7', 7' (pen.), 7', 13', 16', 16' (pen.), 20' (pen.), 22' (pen.)

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)

Bronze medal match

5 September 2024 13:15	Brazil	5–3	China	South Paris Arena, Paris Referees: Manar Obeidat (Jordan) Juha Vuokila (Finland)
	Moreno 6', 13', 15' Sousa 13', 15'	Report	Yang 15' Yu Deyi 17', 22'

Gold medal match

5 September 2024 19:30	Ukraine	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Japan	South Paris Arena, Paris Referees: Antonios Christodoulos (Greece) Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
	Strelchyk 4', 21' Oliinyk 8'	Report	Kaneko 2' Miyajiki 2' Sano 15', 25'

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Ukraine
	Brazil
4	China
5	Iran
6	United States
7	France
8	Egypt

See also

• Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament