China women's national goalball team

China women's national goalball team is the women's national team of China. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.

China women's national goalball team

Silver medalists at the IBSA World Games, Seoul, South Korea (May 2015).
Sport	Goalball
League	IBSA
Division	Women
Region	IBSA Asia
Location	China
Colours	Red
Championships	Paralympic Games medals: : 0 : 3 : 1 World Championship medals: : 1 : 1 : 0
Parent group	China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities

Paralympic Games

Main article: Goalball at the Summer Paralympics

2008 Beijing

As the host nation, the team competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China. There were 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams taking part in this event. They took the silver medal.

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. The team came second.

The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[1]

No.	Player	Age
1	Wang Ruixue	25
2	Chen Fengqing	27
3	Lin Shan	26
4	Wang Shasha	26
5	Fan Feifei	23
6	Ju Zhen	23

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
China	4	4	0	0	28	4	+24	12	Quarterfinals
Great Britain	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	7
Brazil	4	2	0	2	8	15	−7	6
Finland	4	1	1	2	10	13	−3	4
Denmark	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.

30 August 2012 18:30	China	7 – 1	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Janned Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Wang R. 4 Chen 2 Lin 1	Report	Sharkey 1

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31 August 2012 16:15	Brazil	0 – 8	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
		Report	Wang S. 5 Chen 1 Lin 1 Ju 1

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3 September 2012 13:45	China	8 – 1	Denmark	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
	Chen 4 Wang S. 3 Ju 1	Report	Jørgensen 1

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4 September 2012 10:15	Finland	2 – 5	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Hynninen 1 Somerkivi 1	Report	Wang R. 4 Chen 1

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012 09:00	China	5 – 0	United States	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
	Chen 2 Wang S. 2 Lin 1	Report

Semi-finals

6 September 2012 13:30	China	4 – 1	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Chen 2 Lin 1 Wang S. 1	Report	Leppänen 1

Finals

7 September 2012 15:00	China	0 – 1	Japan	Copper Box, London
		Report	Adachi 1

2016 Rio de Janeiro

The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday, 8 September, to the finals on Friday, 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team came second.

The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Chen Fengqing	B1	(1985-07-17)17 July 1985 (aged 31)
2	Ju Zhen	B2	(1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 27)
3	Zhang Wei	B1	(1989-12-22)22 December 1989 (aged 26)
4	Zhao Kaimei	B2	(1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 28)
5	Zhang Huiwen	B1	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 23)
6	Sun Le	B1	(1993-08-17)17 August 1993 (aged 23)

Pos	Team v t e	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

8 September 2016 18:45	Australia	2–5	China	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
	Horsburgh 1 Esdaile 1	Report	Zhang W. 4 Chen 1

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10 September 2016 14:30	China	2–7	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Nejc Jakic (SLO)
	Zhang W. 1 Ju 1	Report	Altunoluk 7

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12 September 2016 18:15	China	8–3	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
	Zhang W. 7 Ju 1	Report	Andrews 2 Morin 1

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13 September 2016 19:30	Ukraine	2–6	China	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU)
	Rud 1 Miroshnyk 1	Report	Zhang W. 3 Chen 3

Quarter-finals

15 September 2016 15:00	Brazil	3–4	China	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
	Custodio 2 Amorim 1	Report	Chen 3 Zhang W. 1

Semi-finals

15 September 2016 15:00	Brazil	3–4	China	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
	Custodio 2 Amorim 1	Report	Chen 3 Zhang W. 1

Finals

16 September 2016 18:30	China	1–4	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Chen 1	Report	Altunoluk 3 Yıldız 1

2020 Tokyo

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday, 25 August, to the finals on Friday, 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.

The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[3]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Zhang Xiling	B3	(1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 23)
2	Cao Zhenhua	B1	(1997-08-23)23 August 1997 (aged 24)
3	Chen Fengqing	B1	(1985-07-17)17 July 1985 (aged 36)
5	Zhang Wei	B1	(1989-12-22)22 December 1989 (aged 31)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	3	0	1	17	7	+10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Israel	4	2	0	2	22	14	+8	6
3	RPC	4	2	0	2	13	16	−3	6
4	Australia	4	2	0	2	9	21	−12	6
5	Canada	4	1	0	3	12	15	−3	3

Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.

Round-robin

26 August 2021

10:30

China	3–4	RPC
Cao Zhenhua 3', 10' Chen Fengqing 24'	Report	Arestova 3', 4', 12' Gerasimova 3'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Launel Scott (Canada)

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27 August 2021

14:45

Australia	0–6	China
	Report	Cao Zhenhua 9', 16' Chen Fengqing 13' Zhang Xiling 15', 21', 22'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Raili Sipura (Finland)

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29 August 2021

14:45

Israel	1–4	China
Ben-David 5'	Report	Zhang Xiling 6', 6', 15' Cao Zhenhua 24'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)

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30 August 2021

14:45

China	4–2	Canada
Chen Fengqing 2' Zhang Xiling 3', 4', 22'	Report	Reinke 16' Burk 18'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)

World championships

Main article: Goalball World Championships

2010 Sheffield

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England, in Pool Y.^[4]

2014 Espoo

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. They placed second in Pool Y, and lost to Russia in the quarter-finals, 1:4.^[4]

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. They placed sixth in Pool D, and tenth in the final standings.^[4]

Athletes included Zhenhua Cao, Wang Chunhua, Chunyan Wang, Xiling Zhang, and coach Zhang Xiaopeng.^[4][5]

IBSA World Games

Main article: IBSA World Games

2003 Quebec City

The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from 1 to 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada. Ten teams competed. The first stage was pool play with five teams per pool and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the next round.^[6]

2015 Seoul

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea. They played in Group A with seven out of seven wins, against Denmark, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Spain, and Ukraine.^[4] In the quarter-finals, they beat Japan 1:0, Australia 6:0, and in the finals were beaten by Israel 4:1, to take the silver medal.

Regional championships

The team competed in IBSA Asia goalball region, and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.

2013 Beijing

The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China. Of the four women's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan), China beat Japan 3:0, going into extra throws, to take the gold medal.^[4]

2015 Hangzhou

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 8 to 12 November 2015, in the China National Goalball Training Centre, Hangzhou, China. Of the five women's teams (Australia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), China lost to Japan 0:1 in the gold medal match.^[4]

2017 Bangkok

China and South Korea women's goalball teams lined up. IBSA Asia regional championships, Chiba city, Chiba, Japan (Dec 2019).

The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Asia/Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from Monday, 21, to Saturday, 26 August 2017, in the Thai-Japan Sports Stadium, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand. They lost to Japan 2:6 in the finals to take the silver medal.^[4]

2019 Chiba

The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Regional Championships, from Thursday, 5, to Tuesday, 10 December 2019, in the Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan. They beat South Korea in the semi-finals 9:1, but lost to Japan in the finals 1:2, to get the silver medal.^[4]

FESPIC Games

In 2006, the team participated in the ninth and final FESPIC Games, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were one of three teams competing, the other two being Iran and Japan.^[7]

Competitive history

The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.

Year	Event	Opponent	Date	Venue	Team	Team	Winner	Ref
2003	IBSA World Championships and Games	Ukraine	7 August	Quebec City, Canada	4	5	China	[6]
2003	IBSA World Championships and Games	Spain	7 August	Quebec City, Canada	4	1	Spain	[6]
2003	IBSA World Championships and Games	Brazil	7 August	Quebec City, Canada	3	5	Brazil	[6]
2003	IBSA World Championships and Games	Algeria	7 August	Quebec City, Canada	10	0	China	[6]
2006	FESPIC Games	Iran	24 November	Kuala Lumpur	1	11	China	[7]
2006	FESPIC Games	Japan	25 November	Kuala Lumpur	5	2	China	[7]
2006	FESPIC Games	Japan	27 November	Kuala Lumpur	1	1		[7]
2006	FESPIC Games	Iran	29 November	Kuala Lumpur	8	4	China	[7]
2006	FESPIC Games	Iran	30 November	Kuala Lumpur	8	2	China	[7]

See also

• Disabled sports
• China men's national goalball team
• China at the Paralympics