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)
Dates28 August – 8 September 2024[1]

Athletes and officials are likely to reside at the Paralympic Village at the commune of L'Île-Saint-Denis.

Qualifying

Change to format

Both men's and women's tournaments were used to qualify ten teams each for the 2020 Summer Paralympicd.[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 might reduce the round-robin games of two divisions with four pools in total, for two sexes, from 40 to 24 games. [5]

Men
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host country allocation——1 France
2022 Goalball World Championships[6]5 – 17 December 2022Portugal Matosinhos2 Brazil
 China
IBSA World Games[7]18–27 August 2023United Kingdom Birmingham1 Japan
2023 Parapan American Games[8]17 – 23 November 2023Chile Santiago1
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships[9]10–19 November 2023China Hangzhou1
IBSA European Championships6–17 December 2023Montenegro Podgorica1
IBSA Africa Championships8–15 December 2023Egypt Cairo1
Total8

Women
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host country allocation——1 France
2022 Goalball World Championships[6]5 – 17 December 2022Portugal Matosinhos2 South Korea
 Turkey
IBSA World Games[7]18–27 August 2023United Kingdom Birmingham1 China
2023 Parapan American Games[8]17 – 23 November 2023Chile Santiago1
IBSA Asia-Pacific Championships10–19 November 2023China Hangzhou1
IBSA European Championships6–17 December 2023Montenegro Podgorica1
IBSA Africa Championships8–15 December 2023Egypt Cairo1
Total8

References
  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. "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. "Goalball application form for IBSA World Games released". International Blind Sports Federation. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. "IBSA Goalball calendar – 2023 Parapan American Games". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  9. "China, Montenegro, Italy and Finland win bids". International Blind Sports Federation. 20 March 2023.
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