Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Goalball
at the XV Paralympic Games
Goalball, Rio 2016.png
Venue Future Arena
Dates8–16 September 2016
Competitors120 from 14 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (men)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (women)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States (men)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (women)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (men)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (women)
2012
2020

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

Contents

Medallists

[1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's goalball
details
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)
Nerijus Montvydas
Justas Pažarauskas
Mantas Brazauskis
Mantas Panovas
Genrik Pavliukianec
Mindaugas Suchovejus
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Andy Jenks
Tyler Merren
Daryl Walker
John Kusku
Joseph Hamilton
Matt Simpson
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
José Roberto Oliveira
Alex de Melo
Alexsander Celente
Leomon Moreno
Jose Márcio Sousa
Romário Marques
Women's goalball
details
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
Neşe Mercan
Seda Yıldız
Sevda Altınoluk
Gülşah Düzgün
Buket Atalay
Sümeyye Özcan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Chen Fengqing
Ju Zhen
Zhang Wei
Zhao Kaimei
Zhang Huiwen
Sun Le
Flag of the United States.svg  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 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships30 June – 5 July 2014 Flag of Finland.svg Espoo 2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
2015 IBSA World Games10–17 May 2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul3Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) [3]
2015 European Championships2–11 July 2015 Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas 1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
2015 Parapan American Games 7–15 August 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships5–13 November 2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hangzhou 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
2016 African Championships29 February – 4 March 2016 Flag of Algeria.svg Algiers1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)
Total10

Women

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation2 October 2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships30 June–5 July 2014 Flag of Finland.svg Espoo 2Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
2015 IBSA World Games10–17 May 2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) [4]
2015 European Championships2–11 July 2015 Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas 1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
2015 Parapan American Games 7–15 August 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships5–13 November 2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hangzhou 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2016 African Championships29 February – 4 March 2016 Flag of Algeria.svg Algiers1Flag of Algeria.svg  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 stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (H)44004215+2712 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43013323+109
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4103242623
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41032639133
5Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 41032547223
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 44003522+1312 Quarter-finals
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 42022118+36
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4202202336
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4103252833
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41032434103

Knock-out round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
14 September
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 10
 
15 September
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
 
14 September
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7
 
16 September
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8
 
14 September
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 14
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5
 
15 September
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7
 
14 September
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2 Bronze medal
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5
 
16 September
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (a.e.t.)6
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5
 

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (H)4301257+189 Quarter-finals
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43012513+129
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4211138+57
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 41121615+14
5Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4004137360
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 44003711+2612 Quarter-finals
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 43012114+79
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4202162266
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 401391781
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4013625191

Knock-out round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
14 September
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 10
 
15 September
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3
 
14 September
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5
 
16 September
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1
 
14 September
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15
 
15 September
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11
 
14 September
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 Bronze medal
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
 
16 September
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 

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. 1 2 3 "io Paralympics: Algeria goalball team 'did not boycott' games". BBC News. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.