| Selección Argentina de Goalball | |
| Division: | Women |
| Region: | IBSA America |
| Colours: | Dark blue, white, light blue |
| Championships: | Paralympic Games medals: : : : : |
| Titles: | --> |
Argentina women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Argentina. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international goalball competitions.
See main article: Goalball World Championships.
The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain.[1] The team was one of eleven women's teams participating, and they finished eleventh overall.
See main article: 2022 Goalball World Championships.
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 seventh in Pool A, and thirteenth in final standings.[2]
The team competes in the IBSA America goalball region.[3] The winner of the championships usually qualifies for a berth at the World Championships or the Paralympic Games.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: IBSA America moved from 6 to 13 November 2021, to 18 to 22 February 2022.[4] [5] The event was held at the Centro de Treinamento Paralímpico (Paralympic Training Center) in São Paulo. This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships. There are twelve women's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, USA, Venezuela.[6]
This was the team's first regional championships appearance, although the men's team has been involved since 2005.
The team's round-robin section resulted in being mercied by USA (1:11), but mercying Costa Rica (10:0), beating Nicaragua (6:2) and Chile (7:3), and narrowly avoiding mercy by Canada (10:1). Entering the quarter-finals, they were successful against Mexico (5:4), but lost to Canada (4:2) in the semi-finals. They were defeated by USA (6:0) in the bronze medal match, to take fourth position overall.[7]