Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Men's goalball at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Makuhari Messe
Dates	25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors	58 from 10 nations
Teams	10
Medalists
Brazil  China  Lithuania
←2016

Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
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The goalball men's tournament was contested from 25 August to 3 September. There were ten teams consisting of six players split into two groups: Group A and Group B.^[1]

Defending Paralympic champions Lithuania failed to defend the title after a semi-final defeat to eventual champions Brazil, they ended up with bronze medal.

Participating teams[]

Preliminary rounds[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	4	3	0	1	37	15	+22	9	Quarter-finals
2	Brazil	4	3	0	1	35	17	+18	9
3	United States	4	2	0	2	25	35	−10	6
4	Lithuania	4	1	1	2	24	31	−7	4
5	Algeria	4	0	1	3	20	43	−23	1

25 August 2021 09:00 v	Brazil	11–2	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	4 Moreno 3 3 1	Report	Pavliukianec 1 Zibolis 1

25 August 2021 13:15 v	Algeria	4–13	Japan	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
	3 1	Report	7 3 2 1

26 August 2021 13:15 v	United States	8–6	Brazil	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
	4 Merren 1 Simpson 1 Walker 1 1 (o.g.)	Report	Moreno 3 2 1

26 August 2021 19:00 v	Lithuania	7–7	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
	Pavliukianec 3 Pazarauskas 3 Zibolis 1	Report	7

27 August 2021 13:15 v	Japan	11–1	United States	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
	6 3 2	Report	Walker 1

27 August 2021 20:30 v	Brazil	10–4	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain)
	Moreno 5 4 1	Report	4

28 August 2021 14:45 v	Lithuania	2–10	Japan	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
	Montvydas 1 Pavliukianec 1	Report	4 3 2 1

29 August 2021 09:00 v	Japan	3–8	Brazil	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Launel Scott (Canada)
	2 1	Report	5 Moreno 3

29 August 2021 17:30 v	Algeria	5–13	United States	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	4 1	Report	8 Simpson 3 Walker 2

30 August 2021 13:15 v	United States	3–13	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
	Simpson 2 1	Report	Montvydas 5 Zibolis 4 Pavliukianec 2 Pazarauskas 2

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	4	2	0	2	18	13	+5	6	Quarter-finals
2	Ukraine	4	2	0	2	18	15	+3	6
3	Turkey	4	2	0	2	15	15	0	6
4	China	4	2	0	2	21	22	−1	6
5	Germany	4	2	0	2	16	23	−7	6

25 August 2021 17:30 v	Germany	6–4	Turkey	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Reza Dehghan (Iran)
	4 1 1	Report	Karakaya 3 1

26 August 2021 09:00 v	Belgium	10−3	China	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
	8 1 1	Report	1 1 1

26 August 2021 17:30 v	Ukraine	11–5	Germany	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)
	7 4	Report	3 2

27 August 2021 09:00 v	Turkey	4–6	Belgium	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
	Karakaya 3 1	Report	3 2 1

27 August 2021 17:30 v	China	7–3	Ukraine	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Chen Liangliang 3 Cai Changgui 2 2	Report	2 1

28 August 2021 10:30 v	Turkey	6–3	China	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
	3 Karakaya 3	Report	2 Cai Changgui 1

28 August 2021 19:00 v	Germany	2–0	Belgium	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)
	2	Report

29 August 2021 13:15 v	Belgium	2–4	Ukraine	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
	2	Report	2 2

30 August 2021 09:00 v	Ukraine	0–1	Turkey	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
		Report	Karakaya 1

30 August 2021 17:30 v	China	8–3	Germany	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
	7 1	Report	2 1

Knock-out stage[]

Bracket[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	31 August
	Japan	4
					2 September
	China	7
					China	8
	31 August
					United States	1
	Ukraine	4
									3 September
	United States	5
									China	2
	31 August
									Brazil	7
	Belgium	4
					2 September
	Lithuania	7
					Lithuania	5
	31 August
					Brazil	9			Bronze medal match
	Brazil	9
									3 September
	Turkey	4
									United States	7
									Lithuania	10

Quarter-finals[]

31 August 2021 13:15 v	Japan	4–7	China	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
	4	Report	6 Cai Changgui 1

31 August 2021 15:00 v	Ukraine	4–5	United States	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Vaida Pokvytytė (LTU)
	3 1	Report	4 Simpson 1

31 August 2021 17:45 v	Belgium	4–7	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	3 1	Report	Pavliukianec 4 Montvydas 2 Pazarauskas 1

31 August 2021 19:30 v	Brazil	9–4	Turkey	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
	Moreno 6 3	Report	4

Semi-finals[]

2 September 2021 13:15 v	China	8–1	United States	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain)
	6 2	Report	1

2 September 2021 17:45 v	Lithuania	5–9	Brazil	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Pavliukianec 2 1 Pažarauskas 1 Zibolis 1	Report	6 Moreno 2 1

Bronze medal match[]

3 September 2021 15:00 v	United States	7–10	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Simpson 2 Walker 2 2 Kusku 1	Report	Zibolis 4 Pavliukianec 3 Montvydas 2 Pažarauskas 1

Gold medal match[]

3 September 2021 19:30 v	China	2–7	Brazil	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
	2	Report	Moreno 3 3 1

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