Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Goalball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Goalball pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueMakuhari Messe, Hall C[1]
Dates25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors120 from 14 nations
2016
2024

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

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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

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

Men

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

Women

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

Schedule

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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

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Competition format

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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

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Group A

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Pos Team 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

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

Finals

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
31 August
 
 
 Japan4
 
2 September
 
 China7
 
 China8
 
31 August
 
 United States1
 
 Ukraine4
 
3 September
 
 United States5
 
 China2
 
31 August
 
 Brazil7
 
 Belgium4
 
2 September
 
 Lithuania7
 
 Lithuania5
 
31 August
 
 Brazil9 Bronze medal match
 
 Brazil9
 
3 September
 
 Turkey4
 
 United States7
 
 
 Lithuania10
 

Women's tournament

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Competition format

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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

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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 3 0 1 17 7 +10 9 Quarterfinals
2  Israel 4 2 0 2 22 14 +8 6
3  RPC 4 2 0 2 13 16 −3 6
4  Australia 4 2 0 2 9 21 −12 6
5  Canada 4 1 0 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

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Pos Team 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

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
1 September
 
 
 China0
 
2 September
 
 Brazil (2OT)1
 
 Brazil4
 
1 September
 
 United States (ET)5
 
 United States5
 
3 September
 
 RPC3
 
 United States2
 
1 September
 
 Turkey9
 
 Turkey10
 
2 September
 
 Australia6
 
 Turkey8
 
1 September
 
 Japan5 Bronze medal match
 
 Israel1
 
3 September
 
 Japan4
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Japan6
 

Medalists

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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
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 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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Following the post-WADA responses, the Russian women's team will be listed as Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), not Russia (RUS).
  3. ^ Whilst the Algerian women's team qualified, they withdrew by 21 April 2021, and IPC redistributed the slot to Egypt.

References

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  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.
  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.
  15. ^ "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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