Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be held in the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event to be held 26 August to 4 September 2020 was reassigned from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2] The impact of World Anti-Doping Agency on Russia's participation (first place in the women's category of the 2018 World Championships) has also to be determined.

Goalball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueMakuhari Messe
Dates24 August – 5 September 2021
Competitors120

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
Women's team

Qualifying

Both men's and women's tournaments qualified 10 teams each for the Games.[3]

Men
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships3 – 8 June 2018 Malmö3 Belgium (BEL)
 Brazil (BRA)
 Germany (GER)
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament[4]29 June – 9 July 2019 Fort Wayne2 Turkey (TUR)
 Lithuania (LTU)
2019 Parapan American Games23 August - 1 September 2019 Lima1 United States (USA)
2019 European Championships[5]5 – 14 October 2019 Rostock1 Ukraine (UKR)
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships[6]5 – 11 December 2019 Tokyo1 China (CHN)
2020 African Championships[7]28 February – 6 March 2020 Port Said1 Algeria (ALG)[lower-alpha 1]
Host Country Allocation7 September 2013 Buenos Aires1 Japan (JPN)
Total10

Women
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships3 – 8 June 2018 Malmö3 Brazil (BRA)
 Russia (RUS)
 Turkey (TUR)
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament29 June – 9 July 2019 Fort Wayne2 China (CHN)
 United States (USA)
2019 Parapan American Games23 August – 1 September 2019 Lima1 Canada (CAN)
2019 European Championships5 – 14 October 2019 Rostock1 Israel (ISR)
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships[8]5 – 11 December 2019 Tokyo1 South Korea (KOR)
2020 African Championships28 February – 6 March 2020 Port Said1 Algeria (ALG)[lower-alpha 1]
Host Country Allocation7 September 2013 Buenos Aires1 Japan (JPN)
Total10

Notes
  1. Regulation 47 of the IBSA Goalball Rules and Regulations 2018–2020 requires in part, 'Tournaments must have a minimum of four participating countries to qualify as a Regional Championship tournament'. Regulations 42 and 54 to vary the regulations was not exercised outside of the minimum sixty day publication period. The IBSA Africa regional championship was therefore a regional tournament only. The same situation existed for the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games where the International Paralympic Committee promoted Algeria for male and female teams regardless of the rules.

References
  1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 July 2020.
  2. "New dates for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". International Blind Sports Federation. International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. "Goalball Calendar - IBSA". IBSA. 28 August 2018.
  4. "2019 IBSA Goalball and Judo International Qualifier". ibsafortwayne2019.com. 1 July 2019.
  5. "Hosts Germany reach finals as Israel and Ukraine qualify for Tokyo 2020". International Blind Sports Federation. 13 October 2019.
  6. "Asia Pacific Goalball Championship Schedule". gb-aprc.com. 10 December 2019.
  7. "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 24 December 2019.
  8. "Japan claim home gold at goalball Asia Pacific championships". ibsasport.org. 10 December 2019.
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