Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Goalball
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueFuture Arena
Dates8–16 September 2016
Competitors120 from 14 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Goalball at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Tournament   men   women
Rosters   men   women

Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro.

Medallists

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's goalball
 Lithuania (LTU)
Nerijus Montvydas
Justas Pazarauskas
Mantas Brazauskis
Mantas Panovas
Genrik Pavliukianec
Mindaugas Suchovejus
 United States (USA)
Andy Jenks
Tyler Merren
Daryl Walker
John Kusku
Joseph Hamilton
Matt Simpson
 Brazil (BRA)
Jose Roberto Oliveira
Alex de Melo
Alexsander Celente
Leomon Moreno
Josemarcio Sousa
Romario Marques
Women's goalball
 Turkey (TUR)
Neşe Mercan
Seda Yıldız
Sevda Altınoluk
Gülşah Düzgün
Buket Atalay
Sümeyye Özcan
 China (CHN)
Chen Fengqing
Ju Zhen
Zhang Wei
Zhao Kaimei
Zhang Huiwen
Sun Le
 United States (USA)
Jen Armbruster
Lisa Czechowski
Asya Miller
Amanda Dennis
Eliana Mason
Marybai Huking

Qualifying

10 men's and 10 women's teams qualified for the Games.[2]

Men

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships 30 June – 5 July 2014 Finland Espoo 2  Finland (FIN)
 United States (USA)
2015 IBSA World Games 10–17 May 2015 South Korea Seoul 3  Lithuania (LTU)
 Sweden (SWE)
 Germany (GER)[3]
2015 European Championships 2–11 July 2015 Lithuania Kaunas 1  Turkey (TUR)
2015 Parapan American Games 7–15 August 2015 Canada Toronto 1  Canada (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships 5–13 November 2015 China Hangzhou 1  China (CHN)
2016 African Championships 29 February – 4 March 2016 Algeria Algiers 1  Algeria (ALG)
Total 10

Women

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships 30 June–5 July 2014 Finland Espoo 3  United States (USA)
 Australia (AUS)
 Turkey (TUR)
2015 IBSA World Games 10–17 May 2015 South Korea Seoul 3  Israel (ISR)
 China (CHN)
2015 European Championships 2–11 July 2015 Lithuania Kaunas 1  Ukraine (UKR)
2015 Parapan American Games 7–15 August 2015 Canada Toronto 1  Canada (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships 5–13 November 2015 China Hangzhou 1  Japan (JPN)
2016 African Championships 29 February - 4 March 2016 Algeria Algiers 1  Algeria (ALG)
Total 10

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil (H) 4 4 0 0 42 15 +27 12 Quarter-finals
2 Sweden 4 3 0 1 33 23 +10 9
3 Germany 4 1 0 3 24 26 2 3
4 Canada 4 1 0 3 26 39 13 3
5 Algeria 4 1 0 3 25 47 22 3
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lithuania 4 4 0 0 35 22 +13 12 Quarter-finals
2 United States 4 2 0 2 21 18 +3 6
3 Turkey 4 2 0 2 20 23 3 6
4 China 4 1 0 3 25 28 3 3
5 Finland 4 1 0 3 24 34 10 3

Knock-out round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
14 September
 
 
Brazil10
 
15 September
 
China3
 
Brazil1
 
14 September
 
United States10
 
United States7
 
16 September
 
Germany6
 
United States8
 
14 September
 
Lithuania14
 
Lithuania5
 
15 September
 
Canada4
 
Lithuania7
 
14 September
 
Sweden2 Bronze medal
 
Sweden5
 
16 September
 
Turkey1
 
Brazil (a.e.t.)6
 
 
Sweden5
 

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.

The Algerian women's team did not show up in time for its matches against the United States or Israel. The team missed connecting flights in Rome after setting out from a training camp in Poland. There were suspicions of a boycott. The International Paralympic Committee's spokesman, Craig Spence, said: "They are still sticking to their story that they suffered the worst transport issues known to man. Whether we believe it is a question mark and we are looking into it."[4] Their first two games were recorded as 10–0 walkover wins for the other team.[4] The team of Algeria arrived in Rio on 11 September. Spence remarked: "Fingers crossed they can manage to travel from the (Athletes') Village to the goalball venue in less than six days."[4]

Group stage

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil (H) 4 3 0 1 25 7 +18 9 Quarter-finals
2 United States 4 3 0 1 25 13 +12 9
3 Japan 4 2 1 1 13 8 +5 7
4 Israel 4 1 1 2 16 15 +1 4
5 Algeria 4 0 0 4 1 37 36 0
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Turkey 4 4 0 0 37 11 +26 12 Quarter-finals
2 China 4 3 0 1 21 14 +7 9
3 Canada 4 2 0 2 16 22 6 6
4 Ukraine 4 0 1 3 9 17 8 1
5 Australia 4 0 1 3 6 25 19 1

Knock-out round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
14 September
 
 
Brazil10
 
15 September
 
Ukraine0
 
Brazil3
 
14 September
 
China4
 
China5
 
16 September
 
Japan3
 
China1
 
14 September
 
Turkey4
 
Turkey15
 
15 September
 
Israel5
 
Turkey11
 
14 September
 
United States1 Bronze medal
 
United States2
 
16 September
 
Canada0
 
Brazil2
 
 
United States3
 

References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/goalball-schedule-and-results/day-16
  2. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games – Qualification Guide
  3. [China originally qualified on the World Games. However, when China took the Asia/Pacific qualifiying place, the World Games place was gived by the next highest ranked team, Germany]
  4. 1 2 3 "io Paralympics: Algeria goalball team 'did not boycott' games". BBC. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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