Africa Goalball Championships
IBSA Africa Goalball Championships is one of the four competition regions used for World Championships and Paralympic Games qualification for goalball, a team sport for the vision-impaired.
Hostings
[edit]2010 Port Said
[edit]The 2010 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Port Said, Egypt. Final ranked teams were:
2011 Sydney
[edit]The team competed in a composite tournament, the 2011 IBSA African-Oceania Regional Championships, with games from 15 to 17 November 2011, at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia.[1] Although the four regions under the rules were Africa, America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe, as there were insufficient competitive teams in both Africa and Oceania regions, IBSA agreed to combined championships.
For the women's teams, it was only Australia versus New Zealand, the winner qualifying for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. From the best of three games, Australia dominated and qualified.
For the men's teams, Algeria beat Australia, who in turn, had beaten New Zealand. Algeria went onto the Paralympic Games.
2013 Nairobi
[edit]The 2013 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Nairobi, Kenya[2][3] Final ranked teams were:
2016 Algiers
[edit]The 2016 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Algiers, Algeria, from 27 February to 5 March 2016.[6] Final ranked teams were:[7]
2017 Sharm el Sheikh
[edit]The 2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, from 14 to 24 October 2017.[8] Final ranked teams were:[9]
2020 Port Said
[edit]The 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Port Said, Egypt.[10] Because neither division had the minimum four competing teams, this was a regional tournament, not the regional championships. Final ranked teams were:[11]
African Championships results
[edit]Men
[edit]| Edition | Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1 | 2001 |  Algiers
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Algeria
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| 2 | 2010 |  Port Said
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Algeria
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13-7 | Egypt
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| 3 | 2013 |  (Nairobi)
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Algeria
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12-2 | Egypt
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 Morocco
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12-2 |  Rwanda
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| 4 | 2016 | Algiers
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Algeria
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7-2 | Egypt
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Morocco
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14-4 |  Tunisia
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| 5 | 2017 | Sharm el Sheikh
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Algeria
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10-1 | Egypt
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Morocco
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10-6 | Rwanda
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| 6 | 2020 | Port Said
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Algeria
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11-1 | Morocco
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Egypt
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| 7 | 2021[12] |  Cape Coast
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Algeria
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10-5 | Egypt
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 Cameroon
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12 - 11 | Ghana
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| 8 | 2023 | Cairo
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Egypt
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4-3 | Algeria
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Women
[edit]| Edition | Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1 | 2016 |
Algiers
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Algeria
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11-1 | Egypt
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Morocco
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- | Tunisia
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| 2 | 2017 |
Sharm el Sheikh
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Algeria
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12-2 | Egypt
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Morocco
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| 3 | 2020 |
Port Said
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Algeria
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12-2 | Egypt
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Morocco
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| 4 | 2021[12] | Cape Coast
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Algeria
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10-0 | Egypt
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Ghana
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Kenya
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| 5 | 2023 |
Cairo
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Algeria
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12-2 | Egypt
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References
[edit]- ^ "Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships set to begin". International Paralympic Committee. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "IBSA Goalball African Championships about to begin - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
- ^ http://www.ibsasport.org/news/321/2013-ibsa-goalball-african-championships-update [dead link]
- ^ "Algeria firm favourites to win African Goalball Championships".
- ^ "IBSA Goalball African Championships to begin".
- ^ "IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12.
- ^ "Algerian goalball teams win African Championships". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25.
- ^ "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships: Pool Play Ends, Teams Advance - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.
- ^ "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball 2020 African Championships - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27.
- ^ "Algerian men and women advance to finals in Port Said - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-11.
- ^ a b "IBSA Goalball African Championships results" (PDF). goalball.sport. December 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2023.