China women's national goalball team
| File:Goalball-2015 IBSA World CHN F podium silver.jpg Silver medalists at the IBSA World Games, Seoul, South Korea (May 2015). | |
| Sport | Goalball |
|---|---|
| League | IBSA |
| Division | Women |
| Region | IBSA Asia |
| Location | China |
| Colours | Red |
| Championships | Paralympic Games medals:
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| Parent group | China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities |
China women's national goalball team is the women's national team of China. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing
As the host nation, the team competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China. There were 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams taking part in this event. They took the silver medal.
2012 London
The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. The team came second. {{#section:Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters|CHN}} {{#section:Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament|C}} {{#section:Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament|C1}}
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- Quarter-finals
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- Semi-finals
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- Finals
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2016 Rio de Janeiro
The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday, 8 September, to the finals on Friday, 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team came second. {{#section:Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters|CHN}} {{#section:Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament|D}} {{#section:Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament|D1}}
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- Quarter-finals
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- Semi-finals
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- Finals
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2020 Tokyo
The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday, 25 August, to the finals on Friday, 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan. {{#section:Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters|CHN}} {{#section:Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament|C}}
- Round-robin
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World championships
2010 Sheffield
The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England, in Pool Y.[1]
2014 Espoo
The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. They placed second in Pool Y, and lost to Russia in the quarter-finals, 1:4.[1]
2018 Malmö
The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. They placed sixth in Pool D, and tenth in the final standings.[1] Athletes included Zhenhua Cao, Wang Chunhua, Chunyan Wang, Xiling Zhang, and coach Zhang Xiaopeng.[1][2]
IBSA World Games
2003 Quebec City
The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from 1 to 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada. Ten teams competed. The first stage was pool play with five teams per pool and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the next round.[3]
2015 Seoul
The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea. They played in Group A with seven out of seven wins, against Denmark, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Spain, and Ukraine.[1] In the quarter-finals, they beat Japan 1:0, Australia 6:0, and in the finals were beaten by Israel 4:1, to take the silver medal.
Regional championships
The team competed in IBSA Asia goalball region, and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.
2013 Beijing
The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China. Of the four women's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan), China beat Japan 3:0, going into extra throws, to take the gold medal.[1]
2015 Hangzhou
The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 8 to 12 November 2015, in the China National Goalball Training Centre, Hangzhou, China. Of the five women's teams (Australia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), China lost to Japan 0:1 in the gold medal match.[1]
2017 Bangkok
The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Asia/Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from Monday, 21, to Saturday, 26 August 2017, in the Thai-Japan Sports Stadium, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand. They lost to Japan 2:6 in the finals to take the silver medal.[1]
2019 Chiba
The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Regional Championships, from Thursday, 5, to Tuesday, 10 December 2019, in the Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan. They beat South Korea in the semi-finals 9:1, but lost to Japan in the finals 1:2, to get the silver medal.[1]
FESPIC Games
In 2006, the team participated in the ninth and final FESPIC Games, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were one of three teams competing, the other two being Iran and Japan.[4]
Competitive history
The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "China women's goalball team 'harmonious' ahead of Worlds". International Blind Sports Federation. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "IBSA World Games Brazil 2003 Results". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Goalball Tournament Results". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.