Germany men's national goalball team
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.
| Sport | Goalball |
|---|---|
| League | IBSA |
| Division | Men |
| Region | IBSA Europe |
| Location | Germany |
| Colours | White, black |
| Championships | Paralympic Games medals:
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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]
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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.
References
- "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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