Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Future Arena
Dates	8–16 September 2016
Competitors	120 from 14 nations
Medalists
Lithuania (men) Turkey (women)   United States (men) China (women)   Brazil (men) United States (women)

Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women

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

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) Jose Roberto Oliveira Alex de Melo Alexsander Celente Leomon Moreno Josemarcio Sousa Romario 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 qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships	30 June – 5 July 2014	Espoo	2	Finland (FIN)  United States (USA)
2015 IBSA World Games	10–17 May 2015	Seoul	3	Lithuania (LTU)  Sweden (SWE)  Germany (GER)[3]
2015 European Championships	2–11 July 2015	Kaunas	1	Turkey (TUR)
2015 Parapan American Games	7–15 August 2015	Toronto	1	Canada (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships	5–13 November 2015	Hangzhou	1	China (CHN)
2016 African Championships	29 February – 4 March 2016	Algiers	1	Algeria (ALG)
Total			10

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships	30 June–5 July 2014	Espoo	3	United States (USA)  Australia (AUS)  Turkey (TUR)
2015 IBSA World Games	10–17 May 2015	Seoul	3	Israel (ISR)  China (CHN)
2015 European Championships	2–11 July 2015	Kaunas	1	Ukraine (UKR)
2015 Parapan American Games	7–15 August 2015	Toronto	1	Canada (CAN)
2015 Asian/Pacific Championships	5–13 November 2015	Hangzhou	1	Japan (JPN)
2016 African Championships	29 February - 4 March 2016	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) 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

Source: Paralympic.org

Knock-out round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	14 September
	Brazil	10
					15 September
	China	3
					Brazil	1
	14 September
					United States	10
	United States	7
									16 September
	Germany	6
									United States	8
	14 September
									Lithuania	14
	Lithuania	5
					15 September
	Canada	4
					Lithuania	7
	14 September
					Sweden	2			Bronze medal
	Sweden	5
									16 September
	Turkey	1
									Brazil (a.e.t.)	6
									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."^[4] Their first two games were recorded as 10–0 walkover wins for the other team.^[4] 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."^[4]

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) 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

Source: Paralympic.org

Knock-out round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	14 September
	Brazil	10
					15 September
	Ukraine	0
					Brazil	3
	14 September
					China	4
	China	5
									16 September
	Japan	3
									China	1
	14 September
									Turkey	4
	Turkey	15
					15 September
	Israel	5
					Turkey	11
	14 September
					United States	1			Bronze medal
	United States	2
									16 September
	Canada	0
									Brazil	2
									United States	3

References

1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/goalball-schedule-and-results/day-16
2. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games – Qualification Guide
3. [China originally qualified on the World Games. However, when China took the Asia/Pacific qualifiying place, the World Games place was gived by the next highest ranked team, Germany]
4. "io Paralympics: Algeria goalball team 'did not boycott' games". BBC. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.