Algeria men's national goalball team

Algeria women's national goalball team
Sport	Goalball
League	IBSA
Division	Men
Region	IBSA Africa
Location	Algeria
Colours	Green, red;
Championships	Paralympic Games medals: : 0 : 0 : 0 ; World Championship medals: : 0 : 0 : 0

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

Paralympic Games

1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain. There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.[1] The team came 12th.

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. There were twelve men's and ten women's teams (an increase of two more women's teams from past years).[2]

The playing team consisted of Firas Bentria, Abdelhalim Larbi, Imad Eddine Godmane, Mohamed Ouali, Mohamed Mokrane, and Ishak Boutaleb.[3]

The following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[4]

No.	Player	Age
1	Mohamed Ouali	38
2	Firas Bentria	26
3	Ishak Boutaleb	25
5	Imad Eddine Godmane	21
7	Abdelhalim Larbi	28
9	Mohamed Mokrane	37

Group B

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	5	4	0	1	32	20	+12	12
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
Canada	5	1	0	4	16	28	−12	3

30 August 2012 15:00	South Korea	4 – 3	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Hong 4	Report	Mokrane 2 Larbi 1

31 August 2012 21:00	Algeria	5 – 2	Belgium	Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
	Mokrane 3 Larbi 2	Report	de Rick 1 Bihi 1

1 September 2012 19:45	Algeria	0 – 1	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
		Report	Yao 1

2 September 2012 16:15	Canada	6 – 8	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Caron 4 Gaulin 2	Report	Mokrane 8

3 September 2012 10:15	Iran	4 – 2	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Sayahi 2 Jafari 1 Shirdel 1	Report	Mokrane 2

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012 15:45	Turkey	3 – 1	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Karakaya 3	Report	Mokrane 1

2016 Rio de Janeiro

Algeria's men entered the tournament ranked 12th in the world.[5]

The following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Samir Belhouchat	B2	(1974-10-20)20 October 1974 (aged 41)
2	Ishak Boutaleb	B1	(1987-04-23)23 April 1987 (aged 29)
3	Imad Eddine Godmane	B1	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 25)
4	Abdelhalim Larbi	B1	(1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 32)
5	Mohamed Mokrane	B2	(1974-10-09)9 October 1974 (aged 41)
6	Djilali Chenaoui	B3	(1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 24)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	4	0	42	15	+27	12	Quarter-finals
2	Sweden	4	3	1	33	23	+10	9
3	Germany	4	1	3	24	26	−2	3
4	Canada	4	1	3	26	39	−13	3
5	Algeria	4	1	3	25	47	−22	3

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host

8 September 2016 13:15	Algeria	0–10	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
		Report	Horauf 5 Feistle 4 Steiger 1

9 September 2016 17:30	Sweden	12–6	Algeria	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
	Weichel 5 Björkstrand 4 Seremeti 3	Report	Belhouchat 5 Mokrane 1

11 September 2016 09:00	Brazil	12–2	Algeria	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
	Moreno 6 Marques 3 Sousa 2 Celente 1	Report	Mokrane 2

12 September 2016 11:30	Algeria	17–13	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
	Mokrane 9 Godmane 6 Larbi 1 Boutaleb 1	Report	Nesbitt 6 Hache 3 Gaulin 3 Larbi 1 (o.g)

2020 Tokyo

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 following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[7]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Samir Belhouchat	B2	(1974-10-20)20 October 1974 (aged 46)
2	Firas Bentria	B1	(1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 34)
3	Imad Eddine Godmane	B1	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 30)
4	Omar Mebarki	B2	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 27)
5	Djalal Boutadjine	B3	(1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 26)
7	Abdelhalim Larbi	B1	(1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 37)

Pos	Team	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) Host

Round-robin

25 August 2021 13:15	Algeria	4–13	Japan	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
	Belhouchat 3 Larbi 1	Report	Kaneko 7 Miyajiki 3 Sano 2 Yamaguchi 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

27 August 2021 20:30	Brazil	10–4	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain)
	Moreno 5 Sousa 4 De Melo 1	Report	Belhouchat 4

29 August 2021 17:30	Algeria	5–13	United States	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Belhouchat 4 Larbi 1	Report	Young 8 Simpson 3 Walker 2

World Championships

1998 World Goalball Championships was held in Madrid, Spain. 15th
2002 World Goalball Championships was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . 12th
2006 World Goalball Championships was held in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America . 12th
2010 World Goalball Championships was held in Sheffield, England . 7th
2014 World Goalball Championships was held in Espoo, Finland . 10th
2018 World Goalball Championships were held at Malmö, Sweden . 11th [8]

IBSA World Games

2003 IBSA World Games were held in Quebec City, Canada . 17th
2007 IBSA World Games were held in São Paulo, Brazil . 7th
2011 IBSA World Games were held in Antalya, Turkey . 6th

Regional championships

The team competes within IBSA Africa goalball region.[9]

African goalball championship 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya, 1st[10][11]

African goalball championship 2016 in Algiers, Algeria, 1st[12]

African goalball championship 2017 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 1st[13][14]

2020 Port Said

The team competed at the 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships, from 2 and 5 March 2020, at Port Said, Egypt, against Egypt and Morocco. This regional tournament would have been a regional championships if Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Niger men's teams had attended as originally indicated.[15][16] The team placed first.

2021 Cape Coast

The team competed at the 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships, from Monday 6 to Friday 10 December 2021, at the University of Cape Coast Sports Complex, Cape Coast, Ghana.[17] This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships. Of the six men's teams (Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria), Algeria went though undefeated.[2]

References

"Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
"About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
"Men's Goalball Tournament for 2012 Paralympic Games - Group B". London 2012 official website. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012.
"Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Algeria". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
"IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
"Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Algeria". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
"Goalball – Team Algeria". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
"Results" (PDF). www.ibsasport.org. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
"IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
"IBSA Goalball African Championships about to begin - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
"IBSA African Goalball Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
"IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
"Double goalball gold for Algeria". International Paralympic Committee. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
"2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
"Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
"Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 24 December 2019.
"Cape Coast, Ghana, to host 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

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[excel-1] "Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

[IBSAresults-2] "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[full_team-3] "Men's Goalball Tournament for 2012 Paralympic Games - Group B". London 2012 official website. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012.

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

[5] "IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

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

[7] "Goalball – Team Algeria". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[8] "Results" (PDF). www.ibsasport.org. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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

[10] "IBSA Goalball African Championships about to begin - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.

[11] "IBSA African Goalball Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.

[12] "IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.

[13] "Double goalball gold for Algeria". International Paralympic Committee. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[14] "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.

[15] "Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[16] "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 24 December 2019.

[17] "Cape Coast, Ghana, to host 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

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