Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Goalball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Goalball; at the XVI Paralympic Games
	Goalball pictogram of the ; 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Makuhari Messe, Hall C
Dates	25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors	120 from 14 nations
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Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held in the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo.^[2] The event was held from 25 August to 3 September 2021.^[3]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[4]^[5]

Discussions

On 17 December 2020 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision involving the World Anti-Doping Agency and Russia's participation determined those athletes not implicated in doping or covering up positive tests may still be allowed to compete, but not under the Russian Federation flag.^[6] The Russian women's team, who secured a Paralympic Games position through first place in the women's category of the 2018 World Championships, who may otherwise have competed as a 'neutral team', is known as the 'Russian Paralympic Committee' (RPC).^[7]

On the eve of the draw of Wednesday 21 April 2021 to determine which teams are assigned to competition pools, the draw was postponed '[f]ollowing notification of a late withdrawal of one of the women’s teams from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games'.^[8]^[9] It was announced on Friday 23 April 2021 (European or American time zone) the International Paralympic Committee by virtue of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Regulations, following the withdrawal of the women's team from Algeria, Egypt received the slot.^[10]

Qualifying

Both men's and women's tournaments qualified 10 teams each for the Games.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships	3–8 June 2018	Malmö	3	Belgium Brazil Germany
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament^[11]	29 June – 9 July 2019	Fort Wayne	2	Turkey Lithuania
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	1	United States
2019 European Championships^[12]	5–14 October 2019	Rostock	1	Ukraine
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships^[13]	5–11 December 2019	Tokyo	1	China
2020 African Championships^[14]	28 February – 6 March 2020	Port Said	1	Algeria^[a]
Host country allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
Total			10

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host country allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships	3–8 June 2018	Malmö	3	Brazil Russia^[b] Turkey
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament	29 June – 9 July 2019	Fort Wayne	2	Australia Canada
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	1	United States
2019 European Championships	5–14 October 2019	Rostock	1	Israel
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships^[15]	5–11 December 2019	Tokyo	1	China
2020 African Championships	28 February – 6 March 2020	Port Said	1	Egypt^[c]
Total			10

Schedule

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Date Event	Wed 25 Aug	Thu 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug	Sat 28 Aug	Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tue 31 Aug	Wed 1 Sep	Thu 2 Sep	Fri 3 Sep		Sat 4 Sep	Sun 5 Sep
Men	G	G	G	G	G	G	¼		½	B	F
Women	G	G	G	G	G	G		¼	½	B	F

Men's tournament

Competition format

The ten 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.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	4	3	0	1	37	15	22	9	Quarter-finals
2	Brazil	4	3	0	1	35	17	18	9
3	United States	4	2	0	2	25	35	−10	6
4	Lithuania	4	1	1	2	24	31	−7	4
5	Algeria	4	0	1	3	20	43	−23	1

Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	4	2	2	18	13	5	6	Quarter-finals
2	Ukraine	4	2	2	18	15	3	6
3	Turkey	4	2	2	15	15	0	6
4	China	4	2	2	21	22	−1	6
5	Germany	4	2	2	16	23	−7	6

Source: TOCOG

Finals

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal match

31 August

Japan	4
		2 September
China	7
		China	8
31 August
		United States	1
Ukraine	4
				3 September
United States	5
				China	2
31 August
				Brazil	7
Belgium	4
		2 September
Lithuania	7
		Lithuania	5
31 August
		Brazil	9	Bronze medal match
Brazil	9
				3 September
Turkey	4
				United States	7

				Lithuania	10

Women's tournament

Competition format

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.

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	3	1	17	7	10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Israel	4	2	2	22	14	8	6
3	RPC	4	2	2	13	16	−3	6
4	Australia	4	2	2	9	21	−12	6
5	Canada	4	1	3	12	15	−3	3

Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	3	0	1	30	11	19	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	22	10	12	9
3	Japan (H)	4	2	1	1	18	13	5	7
4	Brazil	4	1	1	2	23	19	4	4
5	Egypt	4	0	0	4	3	43	−40	0

Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts

Finals

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

1 September

China	0
		2 September
Brazil (2OT)	1
		Brazil	4
1 September
		United States (ET)	5
United States	5
				3 September
RPC	3
				United States	2
1 September
				Turkey	9
Turkey	10
		2 September
Australia	6
		Turkey	8
1 September
		Japan	5	Bronze medal match
Israel	1
				3 September
Japan	4
				Brazil	1

				Japan	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's goalball details	Brazil (BRA) Emerson Ernesto Alex de Melo José Roberto de Oliveira Romário Marques Leomon Moreno Josemárcio Sousa	China (CHN) Cai Changgui Chen Liangliang Hu Mingyao Lai Liangyu Yang Mingyuan Yu Qinquan	Lithuania (LTU) Mantas Brazauskis Artūras Jonikaitis Nerijus Montvydas Genrik Pavliukianec Justas Pažarauskas Marius Zibolis
Women's goalball details	Turkey (TUR) Sevda Altunoluk Sevtap Altunoluk Kader Çelik Fatma Gül Güler Şeydanur Kaplan Reyhan Yılmaz	United States (USA) Mindy Cook Lisa Czechowski Amanda Dennis Marybai Huking Eliana Mason Asya Miller	Japan (JPN) Norika Hagiwara Eiko Kakehata Rieko Takahashi Yuki Temma Rie Urata Haruka Wakasugi

Notes

^ Regulation 47 of the IBSA Goalball Rules and Regulations 2018–2020 requires in part, 'Tournaments must have a minimum of four participating countries to qualify as a Regional Championship tournament'. Regulations 42 and 54 to vary the regulations was not exercised outside of the minimum sixty day publication period. The IBSA Africa regional championship was therefore a regional tournament only. The same situation existed for the 2016 Summer Paralympics where the International Paralympic Committee promoted Algeria for male and female teams regardless of the rules.
^ Following the post-WADA responses, the Russian women's team will be listed as Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), not Russia (RUS).
^ Whilst the Algerian women's team qualified, they withdrew by 21 April 2021, and IPC redistributed the slot to Egypt.

References

^ "Third coordination meeting for COVID-19 countermeasures at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.
^ "New dates for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
^ "Focus on news: CAS arbitration WADA v. RUSADA: Decision". tas-cas.org. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "Goalball pools decided for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw to take place". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw postponed". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ "Egypt to take women's goalball slot at Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ "2019 IBSA Goalball and Judo International Qualifier". ibsafortwayne2019.com. International Blind Sports Federation. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ "Hosts Germany reach finals as Israel and Ukraine qualify for Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
^ "Asia Pacific Goalball Championship Schedule". gb-aprc.com. 10 December 2019.
^ "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
^ "Japan claim home gold at goalball Asia Pacific championships". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.

External links

Results book Archived 3 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine

[r47-15] Regulation 47 of the IBSA Goalball Rules and Regulations 2018–2020 requires in part, 'Tournaments must have a minimum of four participating countries to qualify as a Regional Championship tournament'. Regulations 42 and 54 to vary the regulations was not exercised outside of the minimum sixty day publication period. The IBSA Africa regional championship was therefore a regional tournament only. The same situation existed for the 2016 Summer Paralympics where the International Paralympic Committee promoted Algeria for male and female teams regardless of the rules.

[RUSADA-16] Following the post-WADA responses, the Russian women's team will be listed as Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), not Russia (RUS).

[Slot-18] Whilst the Algerian women's team qualified, they withdrew by 21 April 2021, and IPC redistributed the slot to Egypt.

[LOCOG20201012-1] "Third coordination meeting for COVID-19 countermeasures at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[2] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.

[3] "New dates for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[4] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 24 March 2020.

[5] "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.

[6] "Focus on news: CAS arbitration WADA v. RUSADA: Decision". tas-cas.org. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[IPC202105-7] "Goalball pools decided for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[8] "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw to take place". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[9] "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw postponed". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[10] "Egypt to take women's goalball slot at Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[11] "2019 IBSA Goalball and Judo International Qualifier". ibsafortwayne2019.com. International Blind Sports Federation. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

[12] "Hosts Germany reach finals as Israel and Ukraine qualify for Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.

[13] "Asia Pacific Goalball Championship Schedule". gb-aprc.com. 10 December 2019.

[14] "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.

[17] "Japan claim home gold at goalball Asia Pacific championships". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.

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Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Discussions

Qualifying

Men

Women

Schedule

Men's tournament

Competition format

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Finals

Women's tournament

Competition format

Group stage

Group C

Group D

Finals

Medalists

See also

Notes

References

External links

Goalball at the XVI Paralympic Games
Goalball pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Makuhari Messe, Hall C^[1]
Dates	25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors	120 from 14 nations
←2016 2024→