China men's national goalball team
| Silver medalists at the IBSA World Games, Seoul, South Korea (May 2015). | |
| Sport | Goalball |
|---|---|
| League | IBSA |
| Division | Men |
| Region | IBSA Asia |
| Location | China |
| Colours | Red |
| Championships | Paralympic Games medals:
: 1 : 1 : 0
|
| Parent group | China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities |
The China men's national goalball team is the men'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
[edit ]2008 Beijing
[edit ]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. The team took gold.
2012 London
[edit ]The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. They came sixth.
The following is the China roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]
| No. | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yao Yongquan | 25 |
| 2 | Cai Changgui | 29 |
| 3 | Bao Daolei | 24 |
| 4 | Chen Liangliang | 28 |
| 6 | Shao Shuai | 25 |
| 7 | Du Jinran | 26 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 10 | |
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | |
| Algeria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 3 |
13:45 China 5 – 9 Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
18:30 China 11 – 4 South Korea Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Christl Daentler (GER)
19:45 Algeria 0 – 1 China Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
15:00 Belgium 0 – 0 China Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
11:30 China 3 – 1 Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Christl Daentler (GER)
- Quarter-finals
18:00 China 4 – 12 Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
2016 Rio de Janeiro
[edit ]The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday, 8 September, to finals on Friday, 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They came seventh.
The following is the China roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]
| No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shao Shuai | B1 | (1987年01月07日)7 January 1987 (aged 29) |
| 2 | Cai Changgui | B1 | (1983年04月15日)15 April 1983 (aged 33) |
| 3 | Yang Mingyuan | B2 | (1998年01月13日)13 January 1998 (aged 18) |
| 4 | Chen Liangliang | B1 | (1984年09月28日)28 September 1984 (aged 31) |
| 5 | Hu Mingyao | B2 | (1995年01月14日)14 January 1995 (aged 21) |
| 6 | Yu Qinquan | B1 | (1996年04月19日)19 April 1996 (aged 20) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 3 |
09:00 United States 5–2 China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
13:15 China 10–3 Turkey Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Patricia Fras (SLO)
14:15 Lithuania 3–1 China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN)
18:15 China 7–11 Finland Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Joelle Boulet (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
- Quarter-finals
09:00 Brazil 10–3 China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
2020 Tokyo
[edit ]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 team was selected for Tokyo 2020 following the 2019 IBSA Asia Regional Championships.[3]
The following is the China roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4]
| No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lai Liangyu | B1 | (2000年10月09日)9 October 2000 (aged 20) |
| 2 | Cai Changgui | B1 | (1983年04月15日)15 April 1983 (aged 38) |
| 3 | Yang Mingyuan | B2 | (1998年01月13日)13 January 1998 (aged 23) |
| 4 | Chen Liangliang | B1 | (1984年09月28日)28 September 1984 (aged 36) |
| 5 | Hu Mingyao | B2 | (1995年01月14日)14 January 1995 (aged 26) |
| 6 | Yu Qinquan | B1 | (1996年04月19日)19 April 1996 (aged 25) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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
09:00 Belgium 10−3 China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
17:30 China 7–3 Ukraine Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
10:30 Turkey 6–3 China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
17:30 China 8–3 Germany Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
World Championships
[edit ]2006 Spartanburg
[edit ]The team competed in the 2006 World Championships, in July 2006, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America.
2010 Sheffield
[edit ]The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England, in Pool A.[3]
2014 Espoo
[edit ]The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. In Pool B, they made the quarter-finals, but were defeated by Finland 2:5.[3]
2018 Malmö
[edit ]The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. They placed third in Pool A, but lost to Germany 0:8 in the quarter-finals, to place seventh in the final standings.[3]
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 first in Pool D, winning all seven games, and second overall to Brazil in the final standings.[5]
China, together with Brazil, secured berths for the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris, France.[6]
IBSA World Games
[edit ]2015 Seoul
[edit ]The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea. They were beaten by Lithuania, 3:10 in the gold medal match, to take silver.[3]
Regional championships
[edit ]The team competed in IBSA Asia goalball region, and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.
2013 Beijing
[edit ]The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China. Of the six men's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), China beat Australia 10:1, to take the bronze medal.[3]
2015 Hangzhou
[edit ]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 men's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan, Korea), the team took the gold medal.[3]
2017 Bangkok
[edit ]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. Competing in Pool A, they came third, going onto mercy South Korea 11:1 in the quarter-finals, beating Australia 7:3 in the semi-finals, and finally beating Iran 10:2, to take the gold medal.[3]
2019 Chiba
[edit ]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 placed first in Pool A in the round-robin, and took the gold medal.[3]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – China". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – China". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Goalball – Team China". 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. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Goalball: Four tickets granted to Paris 2024". 15 December 2022.