| China men's national goalball team | |
| Sport: | Goalball |
| League: | IBSA |
| Division: | Men |
| Colours: | Red |
| Championships: | Paralympic Games medals: 1 : 1 : 0 0 : 1 : 0 |
| Titles: | --> |
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.
See main article: Goalball at the Summer Paralympics.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.[1]
See main article: Goalball World Championships.
The team competed in the 2006 World Championships, in July 2006, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America.
The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England, in Pool A.
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.
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.
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 first in Pool D, winning all seven games, and second overall to Brazil in the final standings.[2]
China, together with Brazil, secured berths for the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris, France.[3]
See main article: IBSA World Games.
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.
The team competed in IBSA Asia goalball region, and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.
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.
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.
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.
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.