Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Goalball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Goalball, Tokyo 2020.svg
Goalball pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue Makuhari Messe, Hall C [1]
Dates25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors120 from 14 nations
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Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held in the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo. [2] The event was held from 25 August to 3 September 2021. [3]

Contents

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [4] [5]

Discussions

On 17 December 2020 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision involving the World Anti-Doping Agency and Russia's participation determined those athletes not implicated in doping or covering up positive tests may still be allowed to compete, but not under the Russian Federation flag. [6] The Russian women's team, who secured a Paralympic Games position through first place in the women's category of the 2018 World Championships, who may otherwise have competed as a 'neutral team', is known as the 'Russian Paralympic Committee' (RPC). [7]

On the eve of the draw of Wednesday 21 April 2021 to determine which teams are assigned to competition pools, the draw was postponed '[f]ollowing notification of a late withdrawal of one of the women’s teams from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games'. [8] [9] It was announced on Friday 23 April 2021 (European or American time zone) the International Paralympic Committee by virtue of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Regulations, following the withdrawal of the women's team from Algeria, Egypt received the slot. [10]

Qualifying

Both men's and women's tournaments qualified 10 teams each for the Games.

Men

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships 3–8 June 2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö 3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament [11] 29 June – 9 July 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Fort Wayne 2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2019 European Championships [12] 5–14 October 2019 Flag of Germany.svg Rostock 1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships [13] 5–11 December 2019 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2020 African Championships [14] 28 February – 6 March 2020 Flag of Egypt.svg Port Said 1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria [lower-alpha 1]
Host country allocation7 September 2013 Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Total10

Women

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host country allocation7 September 2013 Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships 3–8 June 2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö 3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [lower-alpha 2]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament29 June – 9 July 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Fort Wayne 2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2019 European Championships5–14 October 2019 Flag of Germany.svg Rostock 1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships [15] 5–11 December 2019 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2020 African Championships28 February – 6 March 2020 Flag of Egypt.svg Port Said 1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt [lower-alpha 3]
Total10

Schedule

GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal
Date
Event
Wed
25 Aug		Thu
26 Aug		Fri
27 Aug		Sat
28 Aug		Sun
29 Aug		Mon
30 Aug		Tue
31 Aug		Wed
1 Sep		Thu
2 Sep		Fri
3 Sep		Sat
4 Sep		Sun
5 Sep
Men GGGGGG¼½BF
Women GGGGGG¼½BF

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's goalball
details 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Emerson Da Silva
Alex de Melo
Jose Roberto Ferreira de Oliveira
Romário Marques
Leomon Moreno
Josemárcio Sousa 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Cai Changgui
Chen Liangliang
Hu Mingyao
Lai Liangyu
Yang Mingyuan
Yu Qinquan 		Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)
Mantas Brazauskis
Artūras Jonikaitis
Nerijus Montvydas
Genrik Pavliukianec
Justas Pažarauskas
Marius Zibolis
Women's goalball
details 		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
Sevda Altunoluk
Sevtap Altunoluk
Kader Çelik
Fatma Gül Güler
Şeydanur Kaplan
Reyhan Yılmaz 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Mindy Cook
Lisa Czechowski
Amanda Dennis
Marybai Huking
Eliana Mason
Asya Miller 		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Norika Hagiwara
Eiko Kakehata
Rieko Takahashi
Yuki Temma
Rie Urata
Haruka Wakasugi

Notes

  1. ↑ Regulation 47 of the IBSA Goalball Rules and Regulations 2018–2020 requires in part, 'Tournaments must have a minimum of four participating countries to qualify as a Regional Championship tournament'. Regulations 42 and 54 to vary the regulations was not exercised outside of the minimum sixty day publication period. The IBSA Africa regional championship was therefore a regional tournament only. The same situation existed for the 2016 Summer Paralympis where the International Paralympic Committee promoted Algeria for male and female teams regardless of the rules.
  2. ↑ Following the post-WADA responses, the Russian women's team will be listed as Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), not Russia (RUS).
  3. ↑ Whilst the Algerian women's team qualified, they withdrew by 21 April 2021, and IPC redistributed the slot to Egypt.

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