Goalball World Championships

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    The IBSA Goalball World Championships is an international goalball tournament held every four years, since 1978, between Paralympic Games goalball tournaments.[1] It is organised by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Subcommittee.

    A 'world' youth-level championships was created in 2005. It was not officially recognised in the Rules until the 2014–2017 version, and has no prescribed selection process unlike the World Championships or Paralympic Games tournaments. Games are undertaken with the standard 1.25 kilograms (2.8 lb) competition ball.

    Qualification for the World Championships is usually through Africa, Asia-Pacific, America, and Europe regional championships.

    Hostings

    1978 Voecklamarkt

    The inaugural world championships were held in Vöcklamarkt, Austria. Final ranked men's teams were: Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, Israel, Canada, United States of America, South Africa, Great Britain.[2]

    1982 Indianapolis

    The 1982 Goalball World Championships was held at

    United States of America. Final ranked teams were:[2]

    Men: United States of America, The Netherlands, Egypt, Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Israel, France, Mexico.
    Women: United States of America, Denmark, Canada, The Netherlands, Austria, Mexico.

    1986 Roermond

    The 1986 Goalball World Championships was held at

    The Netherlands. Final ranked teams were:[2]

    Men: Yugoslavia, Israel, Egypt, United States of America, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Finland, Bulgaria, Belgium, Canada, Poland, The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, Australia, France.
    Women: United States of America, Denmark, The Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Belgium, Egypt.

    1990 Calgary

    The 1990 Goalball World Championships was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Final ranked teams were:[2]

    Men: Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Israel, United States of America, Canada, Finland, The Netherlands, USSR, Great Britain, Hungary, Australia.
    Women: Denmark, United States of America, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Canada, South Korea.

    1994 Colorado Springs

    The 1994 Goalball World Championships was held in

    United States of America. Final ranked teams were:[2]

    Men: Finland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Canada, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, United States of America, Israel, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Mexico.
    Women: Finland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, The Netherlands, Spain, United States of America, Mexico.

    1998 Madrid

    The 1998 Goalball World Championships was held in Madrid, Spain. Final ranked teams were:[2]

    Men: Slovenia, Spain, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Finland, United States of America, Australia, South Africa, Italy, Iran, Kuwait, Egypt, Algeria, Mexico.
    Women: Finland, Sweden, United States of America, Great Britain, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Canada, Australia, Argentina.

    2002 Rio de Janeiro

    The 2002 Goalball World Championships was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new long ball penalty rule was played (the ball must bounce once in each of the neutral areas), but quickly dismissed and the penalty reverted to the previous rule (the ball must bounce at least once in one or both of the neutral areas). There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams. The pools were:

    Men:
    Pool A: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain.
    Pool B: Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Lithuania, Sweden, United States of America.
    Women:
    Pool A: Canada, Denmark, The Netherland, South Korea, United States of America.
    Pool B: Brazil, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden.

    Final ranked teams were:[2]

    Men: Sweden, Lithuania, Slovenia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Australia, United States of America, Algeria, South Korea, Japan.
    Women: United States of America, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Brazil, Japan, South Korea.

    2006 Spartanburg

    The 2006 Goalball World Championships was held in

    United States of America. Hall 1 was in the main basketball court of the University of South Carolina Upstate
    , while Hall 2 was at the nearby Lone Oak Elementary School. Most athletes stayed in the residences of the university.

    The teams were:[2]

    Men: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iran, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United States of America.
    Women: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, United States of America.

    2010 Sheffield

    The 2010 Goalball World Championships was held in

    English Institute of Sport. Officials and many athletes stayed at the Novotel Hotel in the Sheffield City Centre. Sponsorship and many volunteers were provided by Cadbury and other corporations. The organising committee used the Twitter
    account 'worldgoalball'.

    There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams. The pools were:[2]

    Men
    Pool A: Algeria, Belgium (12th), Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, United States of America.
    Pool B: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Hungary (11th), Lithuania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
    Women
    Pool X: Australia, Canada, Greece (12th), Israel, Sweden, United States of America.
    Pool Y: China, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain (11th), Japan, Russia.

    2014 Espoo

    The 2014 Goalball World Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, from 30 June to 5 July 2014.[4] A webcam was also used to broadcast the games at the tournament.

    The pools were:[2]

    Men
    Pool A: Algeria, Spain, Iran, Germany, Finland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, United States of America
    Pool B: Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Canada, China, Lithuania, Turkey.
    Women
    Pool X: Japan, Germany, Finland, Turkey, United States of America, Russia
    Pool Y: Brazil, Iran, Israel, China, Sweden, Ukraine.

    2018 Malmö

    Finalists of the women's division of the 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden. Shows gold medal Russia (mid), silver medal Turkey (right), and start of bronze medal Brazil (left).

    The 2018 Goalball World Championships were held at Malmö, Sweden, for Sunday 3 to Friday 8 June 2018, with 16 men's teams and 12 women's teams. The international subcommittee has determined the 2014–2017 Rules about the world championships will apply in 2018. The 2018–2021 Rules states there will be 16 men's and 16 women's teams, which may be the format for the 2022 championships.

    Held at the Baltiska Hallen sports and entertainment centre, Hall 2 was at the Baltiska träningshallen. The warm-up court was across the road from the main halls.[5] The pools are:

    Men:
    Pool A: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, Lithuania, Sweden, Turkey.
    Pool B: Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Japan, United States of America.
    Women:
    Pool X: Australia, Israel, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Turkey.
    Pool Y: Algeria, Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, United States of America.

    Final standings were (starting with first place):[6]

    Men:
    Brazil, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania, USA, Iran, China, Sweden, Japan, Turkey, Algeria, Canada, Argentina, Czech Republic, Australia, Egypt.
    Women:
    Russia, Turkey, Brazil, Canada, Japan, USA, Algeria, Australia, Greece, China, Israel, Sweden.

    2022 Matosinhos

    Main article: 2022 Goalball World Championships

    The 2022 Goalball World Championships were scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China, to commence Monday, 5 June 2022,[7] although originally set for Sunday 3 to Friday 15 July 2022.[8] Some precursor regional championships were moved due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: IBSA America moved from 6 to 13 November 2021 to 18 to 22 February 2022,[8][9] and IBSA Asia moved from November 2021 to commence 21 March 2022.[10]

    By June 2022, the IBSA Asia Regional Championships were moved from South Korea to the ISA Sport City at Bahrain for July 2022,[11] and the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal, to be the location for the World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022.[12]

    Final standings were (starting with first place):[13]

    Men:
    Brazil, China, Ukraine, Lithuania, Turkey, Japan, Germany, Iran, United States, Belgium, Argentina, Portugal, Canada, Algeria, Egypt, Colombia.
    Women:
    Turkey, South Korea, Canada, Israel, Japan, United States, Great Britain, Denmark, Brazil, Algeria, Australia, France, Argentina, Egypt, Mexico, Portugal.

    World championship results

    Men

    Year Host (final location) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
    Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
    1978
    Voecklamarkt
    )     		 Germany  Austria  Denmark  Italy
    1982
    		United States (Indianapolis)  United States  Netherlands  Egypt  Canada
    1986
    		Netherlands (Roermond)  Yugoslavia  Israel  Egypt  United States
    1990
    		Canada (Calgary)  Germany  Italy  Yugoslavia  Israel
    1994
    Colorado Springs
    )     		 Finland  Italy  Slovenia  Spain
    1998
    		Spain (Madrid)  Slovenia  Spain  Lithuania  Denmark
    2002
    		Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)  Sweden  Lithuania  Slovenia  Denmark
    2006
    Spartanburg
    )     		 Lithuania  Sweden  United States  Slovenia
    2010
    		United Kingdom (Sheffield)  Lithuania  China  Iran  United States
    2014
    		Finland (Espoo)  Brazil 9–1  Finland  United States 4–2  Lithuania
    2018
    		Sweden (Malmö)  Brazil 8–3  Germany  Belgium 9–2  Lithuania
    2022
    		Portugal (Matosinhos)  Brazil 6–5  China  Ukraine 6–2  Lithuania
    Men's medal count
    RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
    1 Brazil (BRA)3003
    2 Lithuania (LTU)2114
    3 Germany (GER)2103
    4 Finland (FIN)1102
     Sweden (SWE)1102
    6 Slovenia (SLO)1023
     United States (USA)1023
    8 Yugoslavia (YUG)1012
    9 China (CHN)0202
     Italy (ITA)0202
    11 Austria (AUT)0101
     Israel (ISR)0101
     Netherlands (NED)0101
     Spain (ESP)0101
    15 Egypt (EGY)0022
    16 Belgium (BEL)0011
     Denmark (DEN)0011
     Iran (IRI)0011
     Ukraine (UKR)0011
    Totals (19 entries)12121236

    Women

    Year Host (final location) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
    Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
    1982
    		United States (Indianapolis)  United States  Denmark  Canada  Netherlands
    1986
    		Netherlands (Roermond)  United States  Denmark  Netherlands  Finland
    1990
    		Canada (Calgary)  Denmark  United States  Finland  Germany
    1994
    Colorado Springs
    )     		 Finland  Germany  Sweden  Denmark
    1998
    		Spain (Madrid)  Finland  Sweden  United States  Great Britain
    2002
    		Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)  United States  Canada  Netherlands  Germany
    2006
    Spartanburg
    )     		 Canada  China  United States  Denmark
    2010
    		United Kingdom (Sheffield)  China  United States  Sweden  Canada
    2014
    		Finland (Espoo)  United States 3–0  Russia  Turkey 3–0  Japan
    2018
    		Sweden (Malmö)  Russia 4–3  Turkey  Brazil 7–2  Canada
    2022
    		Portugal (Matosinhos)  Turkey 10–4  South Korea  Israel 4–2  Canada
    Women's medal count
    RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
    1 United States (USA)4228
    2 Finland (FIN)2013
    3 Denmark (DEN)1203
    4 Canada (CAN)1113
     Turkey (TUR)1113
    6 China (CHN)1102
     Russia (RUS)1102
    8 Sweden (SWE)0123
    9 Germany (GER)0101
     South Korea (KOR)0101
    11 Netherlands (NED)0022
    12 Brazil (BRA)0011
     Israel (ISR)0011
    Totals (13 entries)11111133

    Youth championship results

    2005 Colorado

    The 2005 Junior World Championships were held in

    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    , United States of America. There were boys teams (including Canada, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America), and three national girls teams (Great Britain, South Africa, United States of America).

    2007 Colorado

    On 14 July 2007, the IBSA World Youth and Student Games 2007 were held.[1] Eight countries attended, eight boys teams (Brazil, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Russia, Thailand, United States of America) and four girls teams (Canada, Germany, Russia, United States of America).

    • Final boys ranking: Germany (1st), United States of America (2nd), Hungary (3rd), Canada, Lithuania, Russia, Brazil, Thailand.
    • Final girls ranking: United States of America (1st), Germany (2nd), Russia (3rd), Canada.

    2009 Colorado

    From 16 to 19 July 2009, the IBSA World Youth and Student Championships, in conjunction with the 2009

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.[14]

    Six countries attended, six boys teams (Bolivia, Canada, Germany, Kuwait, Russia, United States of America), and four girls teams (Canada, Germany, Russia, United States of America).

    • Final boys ranking: United States of America (1st), Canada (2nd), Germany (3rd), Russia.
    • Final girls ranking: Russia (1st).

    2011 Colorado

    From 14 July 2011, the IBSA World Youth and Student Championships and

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.[15]

    Athletes were to be at least twelve years old on 13 July 2011 and not older than nineteen years old on 18 July 2011, and have a visual impairment classification of B1, B2, or B3.[16]

    • Final boys ranking: South Korea (1st), Germany (2nd).
    • Final girls ranking: Russia (1st).

    2013 Colorado

    From 13 July 2013, the IBSA Goalball World Youth Championships were held in

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.[1] Ten countries attended, nine boys teams (Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America) and seven girls teams (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, South Korea, United States of America).[17]

    2015 Colorado

    From 26 July 2015 to 1 August 2013, the 2015 IBSA World Youth Games Goalball Championships were held in

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America.[1][18]
    Seven countries attended, six boys teams (Canada, Germany, Hungary, South Korea, Sweden, United States of America) and five girls teams (Canada, China, Germany, South Korea, United States of America).

    2017 Hungary

    From 30 June 2017 to 9 July 2017, the IBSA Goalball World Youth Championships were held in Budaörs, Hungary.[20] Organised by the Hungarian Paralympic Committee together with the Hungarian Handball Federation, athletes were to be no older than 19 as of 31 December 2017, and a visual impairment classification of B1, B2, or B3. Eleven countries attended, ten boys teams (Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United States of America), and nine girls teams (Australia, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Russia, South Korea, Spain, United States of America).[21]

    • Final boys ranking: United States of America (1st), Brazil (2nd), Russia (3rd), Hungary, Poland, Israel, Sweden, South Korea, Germany, Spain.
    • Final girls ranking: Australia (1st), Russia (2nd), Brazil (3rd), Germany, United States of America, Israel, South Korea, Hungary, Spain.[22]

    2019 Australia

    From Monday 5 August 2019 to Friday 9 August 2019 as competition days, the eighth IBSA Goalball World Youth Championships were held in Penrith, Sydney, Australia.[23] Organised by the New South Wales Goalball Association together with Goalball Australia and Blind Sports Australia, eight countries are expected to attend, six boys teams (Australia, Brazil, South Korea, Poland, Sweden, Thailand), and six girls teams (Australia, Brazil, Germany, Great Britain, South Korea, Thailand).[24]

    • Final boys ranking: Thailand (1st), Brazil (2nd), Sweden (3rd), Poland, South Korea, Australia.
    • Final girls ranking: Brazil (1st), Australia (2nd), Great Britain (3rd), South Korea, Germany, Thailand.[25]

    2023 São Paulo

    The 2021 IBSA Goalball Youth World Championships were scheduled to be held in São Paulo, Brazil, for Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 July 2021.[26][27] Due to a busy 2021 competition year with rescheduled events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced the tournament is to be held on Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 March 2022.[28] Due to the ongoing global pandemic, the date was moved again to 9 to 6 July 2023.[29]

    See also

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