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Argentina women's national goalball team

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Selección Argentina de Goalball
SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionWomen
RegionIBSA America
LocationArgentina
ColoursDark blue, white, light blue
     
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

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World Championship medals:

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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.

World Championships

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1998 Madrid

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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.

2022 Matosinhos

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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]

Regional championships

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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.

2022 São Paulo

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ "IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ HOUSTON, Michael (6 June 2020). "IBSA reveals new dates for Goalball World Championships". Inside the Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships". International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Campeonato das Américas de goalball: tabela e credenciamento (Goalball Americas Championship: table and accreditation)". Confederação Brasileira de Desportos de Deficientes Visuais (Brazilian Confederation of Sports for the Visually Impaired) (in Portuguese). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Brazil take double gold at Americas Champs". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.