Germany men's national goalball team
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| Sport | Goalball |
|---|---|
| League | IBSA |
| Division | Men |
| Region | IBSA Europe |
| Location | Germany |
| Colours | White, black |
| Championships | Paralympic Games medals:
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Germany men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Germany. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
Paralympic Games[edit]
1976 Toronto[edit]
The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in Toronto, Canada. The team was one of seven men's teams participating, and they finished second overall.[1]
1980 Arnhem[edit]
The team competed in the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, where twelvemen's teams took part.[1] The team finished first.
1984 New York[edit]
The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated.[1] The team finished sixth.[1]
2020 Tokyo[edit]
The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.
The following is the Germany roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]
| No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Dennis | B2 | 13 October 1992 (aged 28) |
| 2 | Felix Rogge | B3 | 17 January 1989 (aged 32) |
| 3 | Thomas Steiger | B2 | 31 July 1996 (aged 25) |
| 6 | Oliver Hörauf | B2 | 13 November 1996 (aged 24) |
| 7 | Reno Tiede | B2 | 16 March 1990 (aged 31) |
| 9 | Fabian Diehm | B3 | 6 October 1997 (aged 23) |
| Pos | Team | 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 |
- Round-robin
| 25 August 2021 17:30 | Germany | 6–4 | Turkey | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Reza Dehghan (Iran) |
| Dennis 4 Hörauf 1 Steiger 1 | Report | Karakaya 3 Gündoğdu 1 | ||
| 26 August 2021 17:30 | Ukraine | 11–5 | Germany | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania) |
| Zhyhalin 7 Oliinyk 4 | Report | Dennis 3 Rogge 2 | ||
| 28 August 2021 19:00 | Germany | 2–0 | Belgium | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania) |
| Dennis 2 | Report | |||
| 30 August 2021 17:30 | China | 8–3 | Germany | Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania) |
| Yang Mingyuan 7 Hu Mingyao 1 | Report | Dennis 2 Tiede 1 | ||
World Championships[edit]
IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978. Placing first or second in the tournament may earn a berth in the Paralympic Games goalball tournaments.
2022 Matosinhos[edit]
The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal. There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams. They placed fourth in Pool C, and seventh in final standings.[3]
Regional championships[edit]
The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.[4] Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Goalball – Team Germany". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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