Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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

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

Qualifying[edit]

Change to format[edit]

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 Portugal Matosinhos 2  Brazil
 China
IBSA World Games[7] 18–27 August 2023 United Kingdom Birmingham 1  Japan
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships[8] 10–19 November 2023 China Hangzhou 1  Iran[9]
2023 Parapan American Games[10] 17 – 23 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  United States
IBSA European Championships[11] 6–17 December 2023 Montenegro Podgorica 1  Ukraine
IBSA Africa Championships[12] 8–15 December 2023 Egypt 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 Portugal Matosinhos 2  South Korea
 Turkey
IBSA World Games[7] 18–27 August 2023 United Kingdom Birmingham 2  China
 Brazil
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships 10–19 November 2023 China Hangzhou 1  Japan[9]
2023 Parapan American Games[10] 17 – 23 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  Canada
IBSA European Championships[11] 6–17 December 2023 Montenegro 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.