Germany men's national goalball team
German national team, for the Paralympic sport of goalball
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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
1976 Toronto
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
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
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
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]
- 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
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
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
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.
The team has participated in the IBSA goalball regional championships, including the inaugural 1983 Greeve (Denmark) championships.
