2022 Goalball World Championships

The 2022 Goalball World Championships was held in Matosinhos, Portugal from 5 to 16 December 2022.

2022 Goalball World Championships
Location Matosinhos, Portugal
Dates5–16 December 2022
Teams32
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The 2022 Goalball World Championships were scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China, to commence Monday, 5 June 2022,[1] although originally set for Sunday 3 to Friday 15 July 2022.[2] 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,[2][3] and IBSA Asia moved from November 2021 to commence 21 March 2022.[4]

By June 2022, the IBSA Asia Regional Championships were moved from South Korea to the ISA Sport City at Bahrain for July 2022,[5] and the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal, to be the location for the World Championships in December 2022.[6]

The world title won Brazil and Turkey. For Brazil was their third world title in a row.[7]

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Brazil   China   Ukraine
Women   Turkey   South Korea   Israel

Team rosters edit

Men's rosters edit

  Algeria   Argentina   Belgium   Brazil
Coach: Saad Boutiba Coach: Damián Pelozo Coach: Johan De Rick Coach: Jônatas Castro
1 Samir Belhouchat 1 Matías Brítez 1 Arne Vanhove 4 Leomon Moreno
2 Firas Bentria 2 Oscar Silva 2 Wassime Amnir 5 Jose Márcio Sousa
3 Imad Eddine Godmane 3 Leonardo Jazmín 3 Oljan Mapreni 6 Romário Marques
4 Abdelhalim Larbi 4 Mario Velarde 4 Cemil Dzemail 7 Emerson Silva
5 Djalal Boutadjine 5 Matías Miranda 5 Klison Mapreni 8 Paulo Saturnino
6 Omar Mebarki 6 Eloy Nieva 6 Tom Vanhove 9 André Dantas
  Canada   China   Colombia   Egypt
Coach: Nathalie Séguin Coach: Yin Shiqiang Coach: Juan Negrete Coach: Mohamed Farahat
1 Ahmad Zeividavi 3 Yang Mingyuan 1 Víctor Montaño 2 Mohamed Elsayed
2 Aron Ghebreyohannes 5 Hu Mingyao 2 Jesús Hernández 3 Ahmed Abdelrazek
6 Blair Nesbitt 6 Yu Qinquan 3 Enrique Acero 5 Sayed Awwad
7 Doug Ripley 7 Yu Deyi 4 Javier Arroyo 6 Ali Ali
8 Mason Smith 8 Sun Zhen 7 Andrés Berrío 7 Omar Mohamed
9 Peter Parsons 9 Wang Jinhao 9 Eider Cuéllar 9 Ahmed Elsayed
  Germany   Iran   Japan   Lithuania
Coach: Stefan Weil Coach: Bahman Dousti Coach: Rikiya Kudo Coach: Klaidas Janeika
1 Michael Dennis 1 Khalil Shahrionarsab 1 Yuto Sano 1 Nerijus Montvydas
3 Thomas Steiger 2 Mohammad Mansouri 3 Masatoshi Ito 2 Artūras Jonikaitis
4 Philipp Tauscher 3 Hasan Jafari 5 Ryoga Yamaguchi 3 Justas Pažarauskas
6 Oliver Hörauf 6 Mohammadmahdi Nafisinab 7 Kazuya Kaneko 5 Mantas Brazauskis
8 Nils Emig 7 Mohammad Soranji 8 Koji Miyajiki 6 Normantas Prušinskas
9 Fabian Diehm 9 Mohsen Abdolmaleki 9 Yuta Kawashima 7 Genrik Pavliukianec
  Portugal   Turkey   Ukraine   United States
Coach: Márcia Ferreira Coach: Hüseyin Pelgz Coach: Fedor Dubrovin Coach: Keith Young
2 Alexandre Almeida 1 Hüseyin Alkan 1 Vasyl Oliinyk 1 Daryl Walker
3 Fábio Oliveira 2 Oğuzhan Yılmaz 2 Anton Strelchyk 2 Tyler Merren
5 João Mota 3 Ebubekir Sıddık Kara 3 Vitalii Haponenko 3 Andrew Jenks
6 João Macedo 4 Bilal Tekin 4 Yevheniy Tsyhanenko 7 Matthew Simpson
9 João Sousa 6 Yunus Emre Akyüz 5 Rodion Zhyhalin 8 Christian King
7 Tuncay Karakaya 7 Oleksandr Toporkov 9 Lewis Walker

Women's rosters edit

  Algeria   Argentina   Australia   Brazil
Coach: Miloud Djelaili Coach: Irina Versele Coach: Meica Horsburgh Coach: Gabriel Siqueira
1 Saliha Slimi 1 Mailen Benítez 1 Zara Perry 1 Larissa Saturnino
2 Chafika Kehifoun 2 Romina Cardozo 2 Nikita Grosser 2 Geovanna Moura
3 Khalida Ibziz 3 Milagros Porretta 3 Clare Whelan 5 Moniza Lima
4 Sarah Abdellaoui 5 Mariela Almada 4 Jessica Clark 6 Kátia Silva
5 Bakhta Benallou 6 Graciela Almada 6 Amelia Hart 7 Danielle Longhini
6 Saida Bourouba 7 Lorena Magaña 7 Raissa Martin 8 Jéssica Vitorino
  Canada   Denmark   Egypt   France
Coach: Trent Farebrother Coach: Ricky Nielsen Coach: Abobakr Shaaban Coach: Anthony Puaud
3 Whitney Bogart 2 Beritan Dener 2 Amany Abouhussein 1 Audrey Belkhir
4 Meghan Mahon 3 Hazel Gezen 3 Gehad Ezzeldin 2 Sandrine Mourey
5 Emma Reinke 4 Anja Christensen 4 Dina Eladgham 6 Jahmali Berquier
6 Brieann Baldock 7 Juliane Lund 7 Hasnaa Elgabry 7 Gwendoline Matos
7 Amy Burk 9 Shaimaa Hanafy 8 Loïse Rondepierre
8 Maryam Salehizadeh
  Great Britain   Israel   Japan   Mexico
Coach: Aaron Ford Coach: Raz Shoham Coach: Kyoichi Ichikawa Coach: Rafael Godínez
1 Sarah Leiter 1 Elham Mahamid Ruzin 1 Yuki Temma 2 Valeria Aguilar
2 Antonia Bunyan 2 Noa Malka 3 Eiko Kakehata 3 Arlyn Moreno
4 Georgie Bullen 3 Gal Hamrani 4 Saki Amuro 4 María Ornelas
5 Meme Robertson 4 Or Mizrahi 6 Norika Hagiwara 7 Adriana Vizcarra
7 Megan Smithson-Booth 5 Roni Ohayon 7 Rieko Takahashi NP Abril Moreno
8 Lois Turner 6 Lihi Ben-David 9 Masae Komiya
  Portugal   South Korea   Turkey   United States
Coach: Márcia Ferreira Coach: Jung Ji-young Coach: Gültekin Karasu Coach: Jacob Czechowski
1 Eduarda Azevedo 1 Kim Hee-jin 1 Fatma Gül Güler 1 Elizabeth Daugherty
3 Marlene Brandão 2 Park Min-kyoung 2 Reyhan Yılmaz 4 Asya Miller
4 Bruna Lourinho 3 Kim Eun-ji 3 Sevda Altunoluk 5 Amanda Dennis
5 Leonor Silva 6 Sim Seon-hwa 4 Şeydanur Kaplan 7 Eliana Mason
8 Jéssica Castro 7 Seo Min-ji 7 Sevtap Altunoluk 8 Shavon Lockhardt
8 Choi Eum-jee 8 Berfin Altan 9 Mindy Cook

Men's event edit

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Brazil 7 7 0 0 82 36 +46 21 Qualification for quarterfinals
2   Turkey 7 4 2 1 50 32 +18 14
3   Japan 7 4 1 2 59 30 +29 13
4   Germany 7 4 0 3 64 52 +12 12
5   Belgium 7 2 2 3 40 55 −15 8
6   Portugal 7 2 0 5 40 67 −27 6
7   Canada 7 1 1 5 37 74 −37 4
8   Algeria 7 1 0 6 36 62 −26 3
Source: IBSA
Portugal  5−7  Japan
Brazil  10−5  Algeria
Turkey  10−7  Germany
Canada  6−6  Belgium

Germany  16−7  Canada
Portugal  4−13  Turkey
Brazil  8−6  Japan
Belgium  12−2  Algeria

Canada  7−8  Portugal
Turkey  6−9  Brazil
Japan  12−2  Algeria
Belgium  3−13  Germany

Algeria  3−4  Turkey
Japan  13−3  Belgium
Portugal  2−8  Germany
Brazil  13−3  Canada

Turkey  2−2  Japan
Canada  3−13  Algeria
Belgium  10−5  Portugal
Germany  5−13  Brazil

Belgium  1−11  Brazil
Algeria  5−6  Portugal
Germany  1−11  Japan
Canada  2−10  Turkey

Algeria  6−14  Germany
Japan  8−9  Canada
Turkey  5−5  Belgium
Portugal  10−17  Brazil

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   China 7 7 0 0 62 23 +39 21 Qualification for quarterfinals
2   Lithuania 7 5 1 1 78 40 +38 16
3   Ukraine 7 4 1 2 46 29 +17 13
4   Iran 7 4 0 3 59 51 +8 12
5   United States 7 4 0 3 59 55 +4 12
6   Argentina 7 2 0 5 39 59 −20 6
7   Egypt 7 1 0 6 44 73 −29 3
8   Colombia 7 0 0 7 20 77 −57 0
Source: IBSA
Lithuania  5−10  China
Ukraine  8−3  Argentina
United States  15−10  Egypt
Iran  15−5  Colombia

China  8−2  Ukraine
Colombia  2−12  Lithuania
Argentina  3−9  United States
Egypt  3−10  Iran

Ukraine  5−5  Lithuania
Iran  10−6  Argentina
Colombia  5−9  Egypt
United States  4−7  China

Argentina  9−8  Egypt
China  7−5  Iran
Lithuania  12−2  United States
Ukraine  10−0  Colombia

Egypt  2−12  China
Iran  5−15  Lithuania
United States  5−11  Ukraine
Colombia  4−7  Argentina

Iran  9−11  United States
Egypt  3−6  Ukraine
Colombia  1−11  China
Argentina  7−13  Lithuania

China  7−4  Argentina
Lithuania  16−9  Egypt
Ukraine  4−5  Iran
United States  13−3  Colombia

Knockouts edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 December 2022
 
 
  Brazil 15
 
15 December 2022
 
  Iran 5
 
  Brazil 9
 
15 December 2022
 
  Lithuania 4
 
  Lithuania 6
 
16 December 2022
 
  Japan 4
 
  Brazil 6
 
15 December 2022
 
  China 5
 
  China 12
 
15 December 2022
 
  Germany 2
 
  China 9
 
15 December 2022
 
  Ukraine 4 Third place
 
  Turkey 5
 
16 December 2022
 
  Ukraine 6
 
  Lithuania 2
 
 
  Ukraine 6
 

Women's event edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Canada 7 7 0 0 75 22 +53 21 Qualification for quarterfinals
2   Turkey 7 6 0 1 75 25 +50 18
3   South Korea 7 5 0 2 51 38 +13 15
4   Denmark 7 4 0 3 60 55 +5 12
5   Algeria 7 3 0 4 42 43 −1 9
6   France 7 1 1 5 34 64 −30 4
7   Argentina 7 1 1 5 33 65 −32 4
8   Mexico 7 0 0 7 25 83 −58 0
Source: IBSA
South Korea  2−11  Turkey
Algeria  9−4  Mexico
Denmark  9−6  France
Canada  6−4  Argentina

Mexico  6−14  Denmark
France  2−12  Canada
Turkey  12−2  Algeria
Argentina  2−11  South Korea

Canada  11−1  Mexico
Algeria  2−3  South Korea
Argentina  5−5  France
Denmark  4−10  Turkey

Turkey  7−12  Canada
South Korea  11−9  Denmark
Algeria  14−4  Argentina
Mexico  7−17  France

Denmark  8−3  Algeria
France  1−11  Turkey
Canada  9−3  South Korea
Argentina  9−4  Mexico

Argentina  3−13  Turkey
Mexico  2−12  South Korea
France  1−11  Algeria
Canada  14−4  Denmark

Turkey  11−1  Mexico
South Korea  9−3  France
Algeria  1−11  Canada
Denmark  12−6  Argentina

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Israel 7 7 0 0 64 25 +39 21 Qualification for quarterfinals
2   Japan 7 5 1 1 42 17 +25 16
3   United States 7 5 0 2 50 29 +21 15
4   Great Britain 7 4 1 2 43 23 +20 13
5   Brazil 7 3 0 4 50 36 +14 9
6   Australia 7 2 0 5 34 55 −21 6
7   Egypt 7 1 0 6 20 58 −38 3
8   Portugal 7 0 0 7 13 73 −60 0
Source: IBSA
Portugal  3−10  Australia
United States  2−6  Japan
Brazil  5−7  Great Britain
Israel  10−0  Egypt

Japan  11−1  Portugal
United States  11−4  Brazil
Great Britain  3−8  Israel
Egypt  7−12  Australia

Israel  9−7  United States
Brazil  4−5  Japan
Portugal  5−10  Egypt
Australia  3−7  Great Britain

Brazil  10−0  Portugal
Great Britain  10−0  Egypt
United States  9−1  Australia
Japan  6−8  Israel

Israel  8−4  Brazil
Portugal  0−10  Great Britain
Egypt  1−4  United States
Australia  0−7  Japan

Portugal  4−12  United States
Egypt  2−12  Brazil
Australia  5−11  Israel
Great Britain  2−2  Japan

Japan  5−0  Egypt
Brazil  11−3  Australia
Israel  10−0  Portugal
United States  5−4  Great Britain

Knockouts edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 December 2022
 
 
  Canada 7
 
15 December 2022
 
  Great Britain 4
 
  Canada 2
 
15 December 2022
 
  South Korea 5
 
  Japan 2
 
16 December 2022
 
  South Korea 3
 
  South Korea 4
 
15 December 2022
 
  Turkey 10
 
  Israel 12
 
15 December 2022
 
  Denmark 2
 
  Israel 2
 
15 December 2022
 
  Turkey 4 Third place
 
  Turkey 5
 
16 December 2022
 
  United States 4
 
  Canada 2
 
 
  Israel 4
 

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships". International Blind Sports Federation. IBSA. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b HOUSTON, Michael (6 June 2020). "IBSA reveals new dates for Goalball World Championships". Inside the Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships". International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. ^ "New dates: 2021 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships". International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Goalball: Bahrain and Portugal will host the next 2022 Continental Championships". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Goalball: Portugal wins the bid for the World Championships". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Goalball: Brazil and Turkiye are the new World Champions". International Blind Sports Federation. 16 December 2016.

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