Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics will be held in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Pierre de Coubertin Stadium) in Paris, France.[2]

Goalball
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade Pierre de Coubertin (Pierre de Coubertin Stadium)
Dates29 August – 5 September 2024[1]
2020

Qualifying edit

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Both men's and women's tournaments were used to qualify ten teams each for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] On 19 November 2021, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that during the 2024 Summer Paralympics,all the team sports would only have 8 participating teams for both men and women.[4] This reduced the round-robin games of two events from 40 to 24 games.[5]

Men edit

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country allocation 1   France
2022 Goalball World Championships[6] 5 – 17 December 2022   Matosinhos 2   Brazil
  China
IBSA World Games[7] 18–27 August 2023   Birmingham 1   Japan
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships[8] 10–19 November 2023   Hangzhou 1   Iran[9]
2023 Parapan American Games[10] 17 – 23 November 2023   Santiago 1   United States
IBSA European Championships[11] 6–17 December 2023   Podgorica 1   Ukraine
IBSA Africa Championships[12] 8–15 December 2023   Cairo 1   Egypt
Total 8

Women edit

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country allocation 1   France
2022 Goalball World Championships[6] 5 – 17 December 2022   Matosinhos 2   South Korea
  Turkey
IBSA World Games[7] 18–27 August 2023   Birmingham 2   China
  Brazil
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships 10–19 November 2023   Hangzhou 1   Japan[9]
2023 Parapan American Games[10] 17 – 23 November 2023   Santiago 1   Canada
IBSA European Championships[11] 6–17 December 2023   Podgorica 1   Israel
Total 8

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details
Women's tournament
details

References edit

  1. ^ "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2024 Paralympic Games". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Paris 2024". Architecture of the Games. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Goalball Rules - IBSA". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Medal Events Programme and Athletes Quotas announced". International Paralympic Committee. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024 medal events, athlete quotas announced". International Blind Sports Federation. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Goalball application form for IBSA World Games released". International Blind Sports Federation. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. ^ "China, Montenegro, Italy and Finland win bids". International Blind Sports Federation. 20 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Goalball: Iran and China are the new Asia/Pacific champions". News: Goalball. International Blind Sports Federation. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2023 Parapan American Games". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Goalball: Ukraine is the new European champion and gets the slot to Paris 2024". News. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 16 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Goalball: The Pharaohs are on their way to Paris 2024". News. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.