Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Goalball
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueSouth Paris Arena
Dates29 August – 5 September 2024[1]
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Goalball at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held in the South Paris Arena in Paris, France.[2]

Qualifying

Change to format

Both men's and women's tournaments used to qualify ten teams each for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] On 19 November 2021, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that during the 2024 Summer Paralympics, all the team sports would only have eight participating teams for both men and women.[4] This reduced the round-robin games of two events from 40 to 24 games.[5]

Men

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country allocation — — 1  France
2022 Goalball World Championships[6] 5 – 17 December 2022 Portugal Matosinhos 2  Brazil
 China
IBSA World Games[7] 18–27 August 2023 United Kingdom Birmingham 1  Japan
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships[8] 10–19 November 2023 China Hangzhou 1  Iran[9]
2023 Parapan American Games[10] 17 – 23 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  United States
IBSA European Championships[11] 6–17 December 2023 Montenegro Podgorica 1  Ukraine
IBSA Africa Championships[12] 8–15 December 2023 Egypt Cairo 1  Egypt
Total 8

Women

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country allocation — — 1  France
2022 Goalball World Championships[6] 5 – 17 December 2022 Portugal Matosinhos 2  South Korea
 Turkey
IBSA World Games[7] 18–27 August 2023 United Kingdom Birmingham 2  China
 Brazil
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships 10–19 November 2023 China Hangzhou 1  Japan[9]
2023 Parapan American Games[10] 17 – 23 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  Canada
IBSA European Championships[11] 6–17 December 2023 Montenegro Podgorica 1  Israel
Total 8

Men's tournament

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

Competition format

The eight 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 A: Brazil, Iran, USA, France.

Group B: China, Ukraine, Egypt, Japan.[13]

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Competition format

The eight 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 C: Türkiye, Israel, China, Brazil.

Group D: South Korea, Canada, France, Japan.[13]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
  Japan (JPN)
Yuto Sano
Haruki Torii
Yuji Taguchi
Naoki Hagiwara
Kazuya Kaneko
Koji Miyajiki 		 Ukraine (UKR)
Vasyl Oliinyk
Anton Strelchyk
Fedir Sydorenko
Yevheniy Tsyhanenko
Rodion Zhyalin
Oleksandr Toporkov 		 Brazil (BRA)
André Dantas
Emerson Ernesto
Romário Marques
Leomon Moreno
Paulo Saturnino
Josemárcio Sousa
Women's tournament
  Turkey (TUR)
Fatma Gül Güler
Reyhan Yılmaz
Sevda Altunoluk
Şeydanur Kaplan
Sevtap Altunoluk
Berfin Altan 		 Israel (ISR)
Elham Mahamid Ruzin
Noa Malka
Gal Hamrani
Ori Mizrahi
Roni Ohayon
Lihi Ben-David 		 China (CHN)
Zhang Xiling
Cao Zhenhua
Xu Miao
Wang Chunyan
Ke Peiying
Wang Chunhua

References

  1. ^ "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2024 Paralympic Games". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Paris 2024". Architecture of the Games. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Goalball Rules - IBSA". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Medal Events Programme and Athletes Quotas announced". International Paralympic Committee. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024 medal events, athlete quotas announced". International Blind Sports Federation. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Goalball application form for IBSA World Games released". International Blind Sports Federation. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. ^ "China, Montenegro, Italy and Finland win bids". International Blind Sports Federation. 20 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Goalball: Iran and China are the new Asia/Pacific champions". News: Goalball. International Blind Sports Federation. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2023 Parapan American Games". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Goalball: Ukraine is the new European champion and gets the slot to Paris 2024". News. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 16 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Goalball: The Pharaohs are on their way to Paris 2024". News. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Teams drawn for goalball at Paris 2024". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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