Lithuania men's national goalball team

Lithuania men's national goalball team
	Lithuania men's goalball team ready to defend against Australia at the Goalball World Championships, Malmö, Sweden (2018).
Full name	Lietuvos nacionalinė golbolo rinktinė
Nicknames	Liūtai (Lions)
Sport	Goalball
League	IBSA
Division	Men
Region	IBSA Europe
Location	Lithuania
Colours	Yellow, green ;
Championships	Paralympic Games medals: : 1 : 2 : 1 ; World Championship medals: : 0 : 0 : 0
Parent group	Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
Website	paralympics.lt

Lithuania men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Lithuania. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.

Members of the team participate in the several international tournaments each year within the country at the capital Vilnius and the Paralympic training centre nearby at historic Trakai.

Paralympic Games[edit]

2000 Sydney[edit]

The team competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, between 18 and 29 October 2000, at an Olympic Park indoor hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They came second.

2004 Athens[edit]

The team competed in 2004 Summer Paralympics, between 17 and 28 September 2004, in the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens, Greece. They came ninth.

2008 Beijing[edit]

The team competed in 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 came second.

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 fourth.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[1]

No.	Player	Age
1	Nerijus Montvydas	27
3	Arvydas Juchna	28
5	Saulius Leonavicius	39
6	Mantas Panovas	23
7	Genrik Pavliukianec	36
8	Marius Zibolis	37

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Turkey	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13	Quarterfinals
Brazil	5	3	0	2	30	20	+10	9
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	33	20	+13	8
Finland	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8	6
Sweden	5	1	2	2	16	25	−9	5	Eliminated
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.

30 August 2012 09:00	Lithuania	11 – 1	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	Pavliukianec 4 Zibolis 3 Juchna 2 Panovas 2	Report	Sharkey 1

31 August 2012 10:15	Lithuania	10 – 0	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
	Pavliukianec 5 Juchna 3 Leonavicius 1 Zibolis 1	Report

1 September 2012 11:30	Brazil	12 – 5	Lithuania	Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Marques 10 Almeida Maciel Celente 2	Report	Montvydas 2 Pavliuklianec 2 Panovas 1

2 September 2012 19:45	Sweden	5 – 5	Lithuania	Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Hooshang Shariati (IRI)
	Seremati 5	Report	Pavliukianec 2 Panovas 2 Juchna 1

4 September 2012 19:45	Lithuania	2 – 2	Turkey	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Zibolis 2	Report	Alkan 1 Karakaya 1

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012 18:00	China	4 – 12	Lithuania	Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Chen 2 Yongquan 2	Report	Zibolis 6 Juchna 4 Leonavičius 1 Pavliukianec 1

Semi-finals

6 September 2012 20:00	Brazil	2 – 1	Lithuania	Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
	Almeida Maciel Celente 1 Marques 1	Report	Leonavičius 1

Finals

7 September 2012 18:30	Lithuania	1 – 4	Turkey	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Zibolis 1	Report	Karakaya 4

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.^[2] They won the gold medal.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[3]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Nerijus Montvydas	B1	(1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 31)
3	Justas Pazarauskas	B1	(1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 24)
5	Mantas Brazauskis	B2	(1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 26)
6	Mantas Panovas	B2	(1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 27)
7	Genrik Pavliukianec	B1	(1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 40)
9	Mindaugas Suchovejus	B1	(1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 28)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	4	4	0	35	22	+13	12	Quarter-finals
2	United States	4	2	2	21	18	+3	6
3	Turkey	4	2	2	20	23	−3	6
4	China	4	1	3	25	28	−3	3
5	Finland	4	1	3	24	34	−10	3

Source: Paralympic.org

8 September 2016 17:30	Finland	6–13	Lithuania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
	Miinala 3 Mattila 1 Posio 1 Honkanen 1	Report	Pavliukianec 7 Pažarauskas 5 Panovas 1

10 September 2016 13:15	Lithuania	8–7	United States	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP) Patricia Fras (SLO)
	Pavliukianec 6 Pazarauskas 2	Report	Hamilton 5 Merren 2

12 September 2016 14:15	Lithuania	3–1	China	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN)
	Pavliukianec 2 Pazarauskas 1	Report	Chen 1

13 September 2016 20:45	Turkey	3–5	Lithuania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
	Karakaya 2 Gündoğdu 1	Report	Panovas 2 Pavliukianec 1 Pazarauskas 1 Montvydas 1

Quarter-finals

14 September 2016 18:00	Lithuania	5–4	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER)
	Pazarauskas 3 Pavliukianec 2	Report	Ripley 2 Hache 1 Nesbitt 1

Semi-finals

15 September 2016 18:30	Lithuania	7–2	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
	Pavliukianec 5 Pazarauskas 2	Report	Seremeti 1 Weichel 1

Finals

16 September 2016 20:00	United States	8–14	Lithuania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
	Simpson 4 Hamilton 1 Jenks 1 Merren 1 Walker 1	Report	Pavliukianec 8 Pazarauskas 6

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. They qualified at the 2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament at Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America.

The team finished as bronze medalists, behind China, and Brazil.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[4]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Nerijus Montvydas	B1	(1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 36)
2	Artūras Jonikaitis	B3	(1986-12-21)21 December 1986 (aged 34)
3	Justas Pažarauskas	B1	(1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 29)
5	Mantas Brazauskis	B2	(1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 31)
7	Genrik Pavliukianec	B1	(1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 45)
9	Marius Zibolis	B1	(1974-10-14)14 October 1974 (aged 46)

Coach was Valdas Gecevicius, and staff member Ugnius Savickas. Jerseys were predominantly green or white.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	4	3	0	1	37	15	+22	9	Quarter-finals
2	Brazil	4	3	0	1	35	17	+18	9
3	United States	4	2	0	2	25	35	−10	6
4	Lithuania	4	1	1	2	24	31	−7	4
5	Algeria	4	0	1	3	20	43	−23	1

Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts

Round-robin

25 August 2021 09:00	Brazil	11–2	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Marques 4 Moreno 3 Sousa 3 Da Silva 1	Report	Pavliukianec 1 Zibolis 1

26 August 2021 19:00	Lithuania	7–7	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
	Pavliukianec 3 Pazarauskas 3 Zibolis 1	Report	Belhouchat 7

28 August 2021 14:45	Lithuania	2–10	Japan	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
	Montvydas 1 Pavliukianec 1	Report	Sano 4 Miyajiki 3 Kaneko 2 Yamaguchi 1

30 August 2021 13:15	United States	3–13	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
	Simpson 2 Young 1	Report	Montvydas 5 Zibolis 4 Pavliukianec 2 Pazarauskas 2

Quarter-finals

31 August 2021 17:45	Belgium	4–7	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	T. Vanhove 3 Amnir 1	Report	Pavliukianec 4 Montvydas 2 Pazarauskas 1

Semi-finals

2 September 2021 17:45	Lithuania	5–9	Brazil	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Pavliukianec 2 Jonikaitis 1 Pažarauskas 1 Zibolis 1	Report	Sousa 6 Moreno 2 Marques 1

Finals

3 September 2021 15:00	United States	7–10	Lithuania	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Simpson 2 Walker 2 Young 2 Kusku 1	Report	Zibolis 4 Pavliukianec 3 Montvydas 2 Pažarauskas 1

World Championships[edit]

1998 Madrid[edit]

The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain.

2002 Rio de Janeiro[edit]

The team competed in the 2002 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 30 August 2002 to 8 September 2002.

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.^[5] They were in Pool B.

2014 Espoo[edit]

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. They were in Pool B, won their quarter-finals defeating the Czech Republic 11:6, but were mercied by Brazil 14:0 in the semi-finals. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by the United States, 2:4.^[5]

Athletes: Mantas Brazauskis (#4), Saulius Leonavicius (#5), Montvydas Nerijus (#1), Mantas Panovas (#6), Genrik Pavliukianec (#7), and Marius Zibolis (#8).

2018 Malmö[edit]

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, at the Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. They placed second in Pool A winning six of their seven games, beating the United States 7:4 in the quarter-finals, before being beaten by Brazil in the semi-finals 6:7. For the third place playoffs, they were beaten by Belgium 2:9. The team was fourth in final standings.^[5]

Athletes included: Arturas Jonikaitis (centre).

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 second in Pool D, and fourth in final standings.^[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.^[5] Beating China 10:3, the team took the gold medal.

Lithuania line-up in a game with Australia (May 2015).
Lithuania throwing towards Japan (May 2015).
Awaiting medal presentation (May 2015).

Regional championships[edit]

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.^[7] Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.

2013 Konya (Group A)[edit]

The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships, Group A, from 1 to 11 November 2013, at Konya, Turkey.^[8] They beat Finland in the quarter-finals, 9:5, mercied Germany in the semi-finals 13:3, going onto beat Spain in the finals, 4:2.^[5]

2015 Kaunas (Group A)[edit]

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Goalball European A Championships, from 5 to 12 July 2015, in Kaunas, Lithuania. The tournament was organised by the Lithuanian Blind Sports Federation. Beating Ukraine 13:8 in the quarter-finals, they went on to lose to Finland 5:13. They mercied Czech Republic 15:5, to take third place.^[5]

2017 Pajulahti (Group A)[edit]

The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 15 to 23 September 2017, at Pajulahti, Nastola, Finland. They placed first, beating Germany 6:3.^[5]

Athletes included: Nerijus Montvydas, Justas Pazarauskas (highest goalscorer of the tournament), Mindaugas Suchojevus, and Marius Zibolis.

2019 Rostock (Group A)[edit]

The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 5 to 14 October 2019, in Rostock, Germany. They placed third in the final standings.^[5]

Athletes included: Arturas Jonikaitis (centre), Nerijus Montvydas, Mantas Panovas, Justas Pazarauskas, and Marius Zibolis.

References[edit]

^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ "Goalball – Team Lithuania". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 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.
^ "Goalball Europan Championship". Turkey: International Blind Sports Association Goalball Turkey. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

[1] "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[2] "IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[3] "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[4] "Goalball – Team Lithuania". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[IBSAresults-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[6] "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[7] "IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[europchamps-8] "Goalball Europan Championship". Turkey: International Blind Sports Association Goalball Turkey. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

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