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China women's national goalball team
Silver medalists at the IBSA World Games, Seoul, South Korea (May 2015).
SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionWomen
Region IBSA Asia
LocationChina
ColoursRed
 
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

: 0 : 3 : 0
World Championship medals:

: 0 : 0 : 0
Parent groupChina 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[edit]

Main article: Goalball at the Summer Paralympics

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. They took the silver medal.

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. The team came second.

The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]

No. Player Age
1 Wang Ruixue 25
2 Chen Fengqing 27
3 Lin Shan 26
4 Wang Shasha 26
5 Fan Feifei 23
6 Ju Zhen 23
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 China 4 4 0 0 28 4 +24 12 Quarterfinals
 Great Britain 4 2 1 1 10 9 +1 7
 Brazil 4 2 0 2 8 15 −7 6
 Finland 4 1 1 2 10 13 −3 4
 Denmark 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0 Eliminated
Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.


30 August 2012
18:30 		China  7 – 1  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Referees: Janned Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Wang R. 4
Chen 2
Lin 1 		Report Sharkey 1
31 August 2012
16:15 		Brazil  0 – 8  China Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
Report Wang S. 5
Chen 1
Lin 1
Ju 1
3 September 2012
13:45 		China  8 – 1  Denmark Copper Box, London
Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
Chen 4
Wang S. 3
Ju 1 		Report Jørgensen 1
4 September 2012
10:15 		Finland  2 – 5  China Copper Box, London
Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN)
Hynninen 1
Somerkivi 1 		Report Wang R. 4
Chen 1
Quarter-finals
5 September 2012
09:00 		China  5 – 0  United States Copper Box, London
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
Chen 2
Wang S. 2
Lin 1 		Report
Semi-finals
6 September 2012
13:30 		China  4 – 1  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
Chen 2
Lin 1
Wang S. 1 		Report Leppänen 1
Finals
7 September 2012
15:00 		China  0 – 1  Japan Copper Box, London
Report Adachi 1

2016 Rio de Janeiro[edit]

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.

The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Chen Fengqing B1 (1985-07-17)17 July 1985 (aged 31)
2 Ju Zhen B2 (1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 27)
3 Zhang Wei B1 (1989-12-22)22 December 1989 (aged 26)
4 Zhao Kaimei B2 (1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 28)
5 Zhang Huiwen B1 (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 23)
6 Sun Le B1 (1993-08-17)17 August 1993 (aged 23)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 4 4 0 0 37 11 +26 12 Quarter-finals
2  China 4 3 0 1 21 14 +7 9
3  Canada 4 2 0 2 16 22 −6 6
4  Ukraine 4 0 1 3 9 17 −8 1
5  Australia 4 0 1 3 6 25 −19 1
Source: Paralympic.org


8 September 2016
18:45 		Australia  2–5  China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Horsburgh 1
Esdaile 1 		Report Zhang W. 4
Chen 1
10 September 2016
14:30 		China  2–7  Turkey Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Nejc Jakic (SLO)
Zhang W. 1
Ju 1 		Report Altunoluk 7
12 September 2016
18:15 		China  8–3  Canada Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
Zhang W. 7
Ju 1 		Report Andrews 2
Morin 1
13 September 2016
19:30 		Ukraine  2–6  China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU)
Rud 1
Miroshnyk 1 		Report Zhang W. 3
Chen 3
Quarter-finals
15 September 2016
15:00 		Brazil  3–4  China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
Custodio 2
Amorim 1 		Report Chen 3
Zhang W. 1
Semi-finals
15 September 2016
15:00 		Brazil  3–4  China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
Custodio 2
Amorim 1 		Report Chen 3
Zhang W. 1
Finals
16 September 2016
18:30 		China  1–4  Turkey Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN)
Chen 1 Report Altunoluk 3
Yıldız 1

2020 Tokyo[edit]

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.

The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Zhang Xiling B3 (1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 23)
2 Cao Zhenhua B1 (1997-08-23)23 August 1997 (aged 24)
3 Chen Fengqing B1 (1985-07-17)17 July 1985 (aged 36)
5 Zhang Wei B1 (1989-12-22)22 December 1989 (aged 31)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 3 0 1 17 7 +10 9 Quarterfinals
2  Israel 4 2 0 2 22 14 +8 6
3  RPC 4 2 0 2 13 16 −3 6
4  Australia 4 2 0 2 9 21 −12 6
5  Canada 4 1 0 3 12 15 −3 3
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
Round-robin
China 3–4 RPC
 Report
Referee: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Launel Scott (Canada)
Australia 0–6 China
Report
Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Raili Sipura (Finland)
Israel 1–4 China
 Report
Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)
China 4–2 Canada
 Report
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)

World championships[edit]

Main article: Goalball World Championships

2010 Sheffield[edit]

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England, in Pool Y.[4]

2014 Espoo[edit]

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.[4]

2018 Malmö[edit]

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.[4]

Athletes included Zhenhua Cao, Wang Chunhua, Chunyan Wang, Xiling Zhang, and coach Zhang Xiaopeng.[4][5]

IBSA World Games[edit]

Main article: IBSA World Games

2003 Quebec City[edit]

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.[6]

2015 Seoul[edit]

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.[4] 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[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 four women's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan), China beat Japan 3:0, going into extra throws, to take the gold medal.[4]

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 women's teams (Australia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), China lost to Japan 0:1 in the gold medal match.[4]

2017 Bangkok[edit]

China and South Korea women's goalball teams lined up. IBSA Asia regional championships, Chiba city, Chiba, Japan (Dec 2019).

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.[4]

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 beat South Korea in the semi-finals 9:1, but lost to Japan in the finals 1:2, to get the silver medal.[4]

FESPIC Games[edit]

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.[7]

Competitive history[edit]

The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.

Year Event Opponent Date Venue Team Team Winner Ref
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games  Ukraine 7 August Quebec City, Canada 4 5  China [6]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games  Spain 7 August Quebec City, Canada 4 1  Spain [6]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games  Brazil 7 August Quebec City, Canada 3 5  Brazil [6]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games  Algeria 7 August Quebec City, Canada 10 0  China [6]
2006 FESPIC Games  Iran 24 November Kuala Lumpur 1 11  China [7]
2006 FESPIC Games  Japan 25 November Kuala Lumpur 5 2  China [7]
2006 FESPIC Games  Japan 27 November Kuala Lumpur 1 1 [7]
2006 FESPIC Games  Iran 29 November Kuala Lumpur 8 4  China [7]
2006 FESPIC Games  Iran 30 November Kuala Lumpur 8 2  China [7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Women's Goalball – Team Rosters – China". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Women's Goalball – Team Rosters – China". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ "China women's goalball team 'harmonious' ahead of Worlds". International Blind Sports Federation. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e "IBSA World Games Brazil 2003 Results". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Goalball Tournament Results". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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