Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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]

Goalball at the XVI Paralympic Games
Goalball pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Makuhari Messe, Hall C[1]
Dates	25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors	120 from 14 nations
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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	Malmö	3	Belgium  Brazil  Germany
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament[11]	29 June – 9 July 2019	Fort Wayne	2	Turkey  Lithuania
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	1	United States
2019 European Championships[12]	5–14 October 2019	Rostock	1	Ukraine
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships[13]	5–11 December 2019	Tokyo	1	China
2020 African Championships[14]	28 February – 6 March 2020	Port Said	1	Algeria[a]
Host country allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
Total			10

Women

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

Men's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – 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 v t e	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

Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: TOCOG

Finals

	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

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – 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.

Group stage

Group C

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.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	3	0	1	30	11	+19	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	22	10	+12	9
3	Japan (H)	4	2	1	1	18	13	+5	7
4	Brazil	4	1	1	2	23	19	+4	4
5	Egypt	4	0	0	4	3	43	−40	0

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

Finals

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	1 September
	China	0
					2 September
	Brazil (2OT)	1
					Brazil	4
	1 September
					United States (ET)	5
	United States	5
									3 September
	RPC	3
									United States	2
	1 September
									Turkey	9
	Turkey	10
					2 September
	Australia	6
					Turkey	8
	1 September
					Japan	5			Bronze medal match
	Israel	1
									3 September
	Japan	4
									Brazil	1
									Japan	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's goalball details	Brazil (BRA) Emerson Ernesto Alex de Melo José Roberto de Oliveira Romário Marques Leomon Moreno Josemárcio Sousa	China (CHN) Cai Changgui Chen Liangliang Hu Mingyao Lai Liangyu Yang Mingyuan Yu Qinquan	Lithuania (LTU) Mantas Brazauskis Artūras Jonikaitis Nerijus Montvydas Genrik Pavliukianec Justas Pažarauskas Marius Zibolis
Women's goalball details	Turkey (TUR) Sevda Altunoluk 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) Norika Hagiwara Eiko Kakehata Rieko Takahashi Yuki Temma Rie Urata Haruka Wakasugi

See also

• Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament game details
• Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament game details

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 Paralympics 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.