Belgium men's national goalball team

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Belgium men's national goalball team
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Belgium men's team throwing at Australia, 2018 World Championships, Malmö, Sweden (2018).
NicknamesBelgian Bulls
Sport Goalball
League IBSA
DivisionMen
Region IBSA Europe
Location Belgium
ColoursRed, white, black, yellow
    
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

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World Championship medals:

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Parent group Belgian Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.be

Belgium men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Belgium. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The national team takes part in international competitions.

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The team is also known as the Belgian Bulls as it is a tradition in Belgium to have animal names for national teams.

Paralympic Games

1976 Toronto

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada. The team was one of seven teams participating, and they finished fourth overall.

1980 Arnhem

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, thirteen teams took part. The team finished fifth. [1]

2008 Beijing

The team came back to the international scene in the beginning of the 2000s and worked itself up to an international level. After coming back to the A-division in 2006, the team qualified in for the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, where they finished eleventh.

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in London, England. In Group B, they finished the round-robin in third place behind China and Iran. The team was beaten by Brazil in the quarter-finals, 0:3, and finished in seventh overall place. [2]

The following is the Belgium roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. [3]

No.PlayerAge
2 Johan de Rick 41
3 Bruno Vanhove 29
4 Youssef Bihi 35
5 Klison Mapreni 20
6 Tom Vanhove 29
7 Glenn Van Thournout 29
Group B round-robin
30 August 2012
16:15		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2 – 4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
Caron 2 Report de Rick 2
Vanhove 1
Bihi 1
31 August 2012
21:00		 Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg5 – 2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
Mokrane 3
Larbi 2		 Report de Rick 1
Bihi 1
1 September 2012
18:30		 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg8 – 6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
de Rick 3
Bihi 3
Vanhove 1
Mapreni 1
 Report Sayahi 3
Jafari 2
Shahbazi 1
2 September 2012
15:00		 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg0 – 0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
Report
3 September 2012
09:00		 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3 – 5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN)
Kim C.-H. 2
Hong 1		 Report B. Vanhove 2
Bihi 2
Mapreni 1
Semi-final
5 September 2012
19:30		 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3 – 0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
Marques 2
Almeida Maciel Celente 1		 Report

The team tried to qualify for the Rio 2016 games but missed out during the 2014 World Championships and IBSA World Games.

2020 Tokyo

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan. The team was selected for Tokyo 2020 following the 2018 World Championships in Malmö, Sweden. [2]

The following is the Belgium roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [4]

No.PlayerClassDate of birth (age)
1 Arne Vanhove B2 (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
2 Wassime Amnir B1 (1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 30)
3 Bruno Vanhove B3 (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
5 Klison Mapreni B2 (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 28)
6 Tom Vanhove B2 (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 38)
8 Rob Eijssen B1 (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 30)
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42021813+56 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 42021815+36
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4202151506
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 42022122−16
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 42021623−76
Source: TOCOG
Round-robin
26 August 2021
09:00
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg10−3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
Mapreni 8
T. Vanhove 1
Amnir 1		 Report Yang Mingyuan 1
Hu Mingyao 1
Lai Liangyu 1
27 August 2021
09:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg4–6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
Karakaya 3
Gündoğdu 1		 Report B. Vanhove 3
Mapreni 2
T. Vanhove 1
28 August 2021
19:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)
Dennis 2 Report
29 August 2021
13:15
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg2–4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
Mapreni 2 Report Oliinyk 2
Zhyhalin 2

World Championships

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Malmö, Sweden. [2] They confirmed their good level by winning the bronze at the Championships, and with this, they secured a ticket for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

2022 Matosinhos

The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal. There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams. They placed fifth in Pool C, and tenth in final standings. [5]

Australia in a penalty situation seeking to defend a Belgium throw, at the IBSA World Games, Seoul, South Korea (May 2015). Goalball-2015 IBSA World BEL-AUS M throw penalty.jpg
Australia in a penalty situation seeking to defend a Belgium throw, at the IBSA World Games, Seoul, South Korea (May 2015).

IBSA World Games

2015 Seoul

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea. [2]

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region. [6] Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.

2013 Konya (Group A)

The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships, Group A, from 1 to 11 November 2013, at Konya, Turkey. [7] They beat Ukraine 5:3 to rank seventh in the overall standings. [2]

2015 Kaunas (Group A)

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Goalball European A Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania. They lost their quarter-final match against Czech Republic, 4:10. [2]

2017 Pajulahti (Group A)

The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 15 to 23 September 2017, at Pajulahti, Nastola, Finland. [2] The team took its first ever medal on an international level by winning the bronze at the Championships.

2019 Rostock (Group A)

The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 5 to 14 October 2019, in Rostock, Germany. [2] In Pool B, they came third, winning two games of their four; finishing sixth overall.

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References

  1. ↑ "Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Belgium". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Goalball – Team Belgium". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Goalball Europan Championship". Turkey: International Blind Sports Association Goalball Turkey. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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