Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The goalball women's tournament was contested from 25 August to 3 September. There were ten teams consisting of six players split into two groups: Group C and Group D.^[2]

Women's goalball
at the XVI Paralympic Games

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25 August – 3 September 2021
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	239 (8.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sevda Altunoluk (46 goals)[1]
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Turkey were the defending Paralympic champions. They successfully defended their title by beating the United States in the gold medal match.

Participating teams

Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters

Group C

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  China
•  Israel
•  RPC

Group D

•  Brazil
•  Egypt
•  Japan
•  Turkey
•  United States

Preliminary round

Group C

Pos	Team	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.

25 August 2021

10:30

RPC	5–1	Canada
Gerasimova 1' Arestova 2', 9', 16' Chudina 23'	Report	Reinke 23'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)

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25 August 2021

19:00

Israel	11–1	Australia
Mizrahi 1' Ben-David 2', 2', 5', 7', 7', 14', 16' Mahamid 18', 18'	Report	Horsburgh 10'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

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

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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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26 August 2021

20:30

Canada	6–2	Israel
Reinke 9', 13', 14', 16' Salehizadeh 18', 22'	Report	Mizrahi 18' Ben-David 23'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

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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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28 August 2021

09:00

Canada	3–4	Australia
Salehizadeh 16' Reinke 24', 24'	Report	Horsburgh 12', 18', 19', 23'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Reza Dehghan (Iran)

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28 August 2021

17:30

RPC	3–8	Israel
Arestova 9', 20' Chudina 16'	Report	Mahamid 1', 1' Mizrahi 2', 3' Ben-David 16', 19', 24', 24'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

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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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29 August 2021

19:00

Australia	4–1	RPC
Horsburgh 1', 5', 19' Smith 9'	Report	Arestova 19'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)

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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)

Group D

Pos	Team	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

25 August 2021

14:45

Turkey	7–1	Japan
Sevd. Altunoluk 3', 11', 17', 21' Güler 5', 20' Yilmaz 21'	Report	Hagiwara 5'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)

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25 August 2021

20:30

Brazil	4–6	United States
Custodio 1' Amorim 9' Gomes 16', 19'	Report	Czechowski 2' Dennis 2', 14', 21' Mason 5', 8'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)

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26 August 2021 14:45	Egypt	2–12	Turkey	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Raili Sipura (Finland)
	Elgabry 1 Ezzeldin 1	Report	Sevd. Altunoluk 8 Sevt. Altunoluk 2 Güler 1 Çelik 1

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27 August 2021

10:30

Japan	4–4	Brazil
Temma 1' Hagiwara 7', 10', 16'	Report	Custodio 14', 21' Amorim 16', 21'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

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27 August 2021

19:00

United States	10–0	Egypt
Dennis 1', 4', 5', 6' Czechowski 5', 12' Mason 7', 8' Miller 11', 15'	Report

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)

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28 August 2021

13:15

Japan	3–2	United States
Hagiwara 8', 11' Wakasugi 17'	Report	Dennis 8', 19'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)

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28 August 2021

20:30

Turkey	8–4	Brazil
Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 1', 5', 16', 17', 23' Güler 2', 3'	Report	Amorim 6', 10' Custodio 13', 15'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raili Sipura (Finland)

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29 August 2021

10:30

Egypt	0–10	Japan
	Report	Hagiwara 1', 1', 5', 6', 7', 8', 8' Kakehata 1', 6', 7'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

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30 August 2021

10:30

Brazil	11–1	Egypt
Gomes 1', 6', 7', 9', 11', 12', 15', 16' Ferreira 13', 14' Custodio 15'	Report	Elgabry 12'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)

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30 August 2021

19:00

United States	4–3	Turkey
Mason 8' Miller 11' Dennis 13', 22'	Report	Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 4', 9'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	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

Quarterfinals

1 September 2021

13:15

Turkey	10–6	Australia
Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 3', 4', 6', 6', 9', 17', 17' Güler 5' Çelik 24'	Report	Horsburgh 2', 11', 20', 21', 24' Smith 5'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Launel Scott (Canada)

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1 September 2021

15:00

Israel	1–4	Japan
Mahamid 13'	Report	Hagiwara 4', 5', 12', 23'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)

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1 September 2021

17:45

China	0–1 (2OT)	Brazil
	Report	Custodio 28'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Reza Dehghan (Iran)

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1 September 2021

19:30

United States	5–3	RPC
Mason 4', 8', 19' Dennis 14', 19'	Report	Arestova 2', 7', 9'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Robert Avery (Great Britain)

Semi-finals

2 September 2021

15:00

Turkey	8–5	Japan
Sevd. Altunoluk 2', 3', 8', 10', 18', 18', 22', 23'	Report	Hagiwara 1', 1', 8', 18', 19'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

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2 September 2021

19:30

Brazil	4–5 (ET)	United States
Gomes 7', 9' Custodio 1 ET Aparecida de Lima 1 ET	Report	Dennis 22', 24', 1 ET Czechowski 1 ET Mason 1 ET

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Robert Avery (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match

3 September 2021

13:15

Brazil	1–6	Japan
Amorim 22'	Report	Kakehata 2', 4', 12' Hagiwara 4', 10', 20'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

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

Gold medal match

3 September 2021

17:45

United States	2–9	Turkey
Mason 9' Miller 22'	Report	Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 1', 5', 6', 6', 8', 18', 18', 20'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	United States
	Japan
4	Brazil
5	China
6	Israel
7	RPC
8	Australia
9	Canada
10	Egypt