Argentina women's national goalball team
| Sport | Goalball |
|---|---|
| League | IBSA |
| Division | Women |
| Region | IBSA America |
| Location | Argentina |
| Colours | Dark blue, white, light blue |
| Championships | Paralympic Games medals:
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Argentina women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Argentina. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international goalball competitions.
World Championships
[edit]1998 Madrid
[edit]The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain.[1] The team was one of eleven women's teams participating, and they finished eleventh overall.
2022 Matosinhos
[edit]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 seventh in Pool A, and thirteenth in final standings.[2]
Regional championships
[edit]The team competes in the IBSA America goalball region.[3] The winner of the championships usually qualifies for a berth at the World Championships or the Paralympic Games.
2022 São Paulo
[edit]Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: IBSA America moved from 6 to 13 November 2021, to 18 to 22 February 2022.[4][5] The event was held at the Centro de Treinamento Paralímpico (Paralympic Training Center) in São Paulo. This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships. There are twelve women's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, USA, Venezuela.[6]
This was the team's first regional championships appearance, although the men's team has been involved since 2005.
The team's round-robin section resulted in being mercied by USA (1:11), but mercying Costa Rica (10:0), beating Nicaragua (6:2) and Chile (7:3), and narrowly avoiding mercy by Canada (10:1). Entering the quarter-finals, they were successful against Mexico (5:4), but lost to Canada (4:2) in the semi-finals. They were defeated by USA (6:0) in the bronze medal match, to take fourth position overall.[7]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ HOUSTON, Michael (6 June 2020). "IBSA reveals new dates for Goalball World Championships". Inside the Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "2022 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships". International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Campeonato das Américas de goalball: tabela e credenciamento (Goalball Americas Championship: table and accreditation)". Confederação Brasileira de Desportos de Deficientes Visuais (Brazilian Confederation of Sports for the Visually Impaired) (in Portuguese). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Brazil take double gold at Americas Champs". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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