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
VenueMakuhari 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]

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 qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships 3–8 June 2018 Sweden Malmö 3  Belgium
 Brazil
 Germany
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament[11] 29 June – 9 July 2019 United States Fort Wayne 2  Turkey
 Lithuania
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Peru Lima 1  United States
2019 European Championships[12] 5–14 October 2019 Germany Rostock 1  Ukraine
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships[13] 5–11 December 2019 Japan Tokyo 1  China
2020 African Championships[14] 28 February – 6 March 2020 Egypt Port Said 1  Algeria[a]
Host country allocation 7 September 2013 Argentina Buenos Aires 1  Japan
Total 10

Women[]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country allocation 7 September 2013 Argentina Buenos Aires 1  Japan
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships 3–8 June 2018 Sweden Malmö 3  Brazil
 Russia[b]
 Turkey
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament 29 June – 9 July 2019 United States Fort Wayne 2  Australia
 Canada
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Peru Lima 1  United States
2019 European Championships 5–14 October 2019 Germany Rostock 1  Israel
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships[15] 5–11 December 2019 Japan Tokyo 1  China
2020 African Championships 28 February – 6 March 2020 Egypt Port Said 1  Egypt[c]
Total 10

Schedule[]

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
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 G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Women G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's goalball
details 		 Brazil (BRA)




Leomon Moreno
  China (CHN)
Cai Changgui
Chen Liangliang



  Lithuania (LTU)
Mantas Brazauskis

Nerijus Montvydas
Genrik Pavliukianec
Justas Pažarauskas
Marius Zibolis
Women's goalball
details 		 Turkey (TUR)
Sevda Altınoluk
Sevtap Altunoluk
Kader Çelik
Fatma Gül Güler
Şeydanur Kaplan
Reyhan Yılmaz 		 United States (USA)
Mindy Cook
Lisa Czechowski
Amanda Dennis
Marybai Huking
Eliana Mason
Asya Miller 		 Japan (JPN)

Eiko Kakehata


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 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.

References[]

  1. ^ "Third coordination meeting for COVID-19 countermeasures at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "New dates for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Focus on news: CAS arbitration WADA v. RUSADA: Decision". tas-cas.org. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Goalball pools decided for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw to take place". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw postponed". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Egypt to take women's goalball slot at Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  11. ^ "2019 IBSA Goalball and Judo International Qualifier". ibsafortwayne2019.com. International Blind Sports Federation. 1 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Hosts Germany reach finals as Israel and Ukraine qualify for Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 13 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Asia Pacific Goalball Championship Schedule". gb-aprc.com. 10 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 24 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Japan claim home gold at goalball Asia Pacific championships". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 10 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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