Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Goalball
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueFuture Arena
Dates8–16 September 2016
Competitors120 from 14 nations
Medalists
 Lithuania (men)
 Turkey (women)
 United States (men)
 China (women)
 Brazil (men)
 United States (women)

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)
José Roberto Oliveira
Alex de Melo
Alexsander Celente
Leomon Moreno
Jose Márcio Sousa
Romário 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 qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation2 October 2009 Copenhagen1 Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships30 June – 5 July 2014 Espoo2 Finland (FIN)
 United States (USA)
2015 IBSA World Games10–17 May 2015 Seoul3 Lithuania (LTU)
 Sweden (SWE)
 Germany (GER)[3]
2015 European Championships2–11 July 2015 Kaunas1 Turkey (TUR)
2015 Parapan American Games7–15 August 2015 Toronto1 Canada (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships5–13 November 2015 Hangzhou1 China (CHN)
2016 African Championships29 February – 4 March 2016 Algiers1 Algeria (ALG)
Total10

Women

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation2 October 2009 Copenhagen1 Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships30 June–5 July 2014 Espoo2 United States (USA)
 Turkey (TUR)
2015 IBSA World Games10–17 May 2015 Seoul3 Israel (ISR)
 China (CHN)
 Australia (AUS)[4]
2015 European Championships2–11 July 2015 Kaunas1 Ukraine (UKR)
2015 Parapan American Games7–15 August 2015 Toronto1 Canada (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships5–13 November 2015 Hangzhou1 Japan (JPN)
2016 African Championships29 February - 4 March 2016 Algiers1 Algeria (ALG)
Total10

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 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."[5] Their first two games were recorded as 10–0 walkover wins for the other team.[5] 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."[5]

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games – Qualification Guide
  3. [China originally qualified on the World Games. However, when China took the Asia/Pacific qualifying place, the World Games place was given to the next highest ranked team, Germany]
  4. [Russia had originally qualified as World Championship silver medalist. With the country's ban from the Games, Australia inherited a berth as the next-ranked team from the World Games.]
  5. "io Paralympics: Algeria goalball team 'did not boycott' games". BBC. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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