Algeria men's national goalball team

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SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionMen
RegionIBSA Africa
LocationAlgeria
ColoursGreen, red
   
ChampionshipsParalympic 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[edit]

1992 Barcelona[edit]

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[edit]

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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Iran 5 4 0 1 32 20 +12 12 Quarterfinals
 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 Eliminated
 Canada 5 1 0 4 16 28 −12 3
Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.
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[edit]

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 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 4 4 0 0 42 15 +27 12 Quarter-finals
2  Sweden 4 3 0 1 33 23 +10 9
3  Germany 4 1 0 3 24 26 −2 3
4  Canada 4 1 0 3 26 39 −13 3
5  Algeria 4 1 0 3 25 47 −22 3
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

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[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.

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) Hosts
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[edit]

1998 Madrid[edit]

The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain. There were sixteen men's and eleven women's teams. They finished fifteenth overall.[1]

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. There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams. They finished twelfth overall.[1]

2006 Spartanburg[edit]

The team competed in the 2006 World Championships, in July 2006, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America. There were sixteen men's and thirteen women's teams. They finished twelfth in the overall standings.[1]

2010 Sheffield[edit]

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England. There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams. They finished seventh overall.[2]

2014 Espoo[edit]

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams. They placed tenth overall.[2]

2018 Malmö[edit]

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, at the Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams. They placed eleventh in final standings.[8]

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 eighth in Pool C, and fourteenth in final standings.[9]

IBSA World Games[edit]

  • 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[edit]

The team competes within IBSA Africa goalball region.[10]

  • African goalball championship 2016 in Algiers, Algeria, 1st[13]

2020 Port Said[edit]

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.[16][17] The team placed first.

2021 Cape Coast[edit]

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.[18] 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]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  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. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Results" (PDF). www.ibsasport.org. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  10. ^ "IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ^ "IBSA Goalball African Championships about to begin - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
  12. ^ "IBSA African Goalball Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
  13. ^ "IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
  14. ^ "Double goalball gold for Algeria". International Paralympic Committee. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  15. ^ "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org.
  16. ^ "Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Cape Coast, Ghana, to host 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.