Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Goalball
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueFuture Arena
Dates8–16 September
Competitors120 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lithuania (men)
 Turkey (women)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States (men)
 China (women)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil (men)
 United States (women)
2012
2020

Goalball was an event contested at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Medallists

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's goalball
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 Lithuania (LTU)
Nerijus Montvydas
Justas Pažarauskas
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
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 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 2  United States (USA)
 Turkey (TUR)
2015 IBSA World Games 10–17 May 2015 South Korea Seoul 3  Israel (ISR)
 China (CHN)
 Australia (AUS)[4]
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) Hosts

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 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) Hosts

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. ^ "Goalball Schedule & Results - Rio 2016 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  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. ^ a b c "io Paralympics: Algeria goalball team 'did not boycott' games". BBC. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.