Ukraine men's national goalball team

Ukraine men's national goalball team
Ukraine team at the 2024 Paralympic Games
SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionMen
RegionIBSA Europe
LocationUkraine
ColoursBlack, yellow
   
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

: 0 : 1 : 0
World Championship medals:

: 0 : 0 : 1

Ukraine men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Ukraine. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

Main article: Goalball at the Summer Paralympics

2020 Tokyo

Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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 Ukraine roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Vasyl Oliinyk B2 (1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 25)
2 Anton Strelchyk B3 (1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 29)
3 Vitalii Haponenko B2 (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 26)
4 Yevheniy Tsyhanenko B3 (1990-12-10)10 December 1990 (aged 30)
5 Rodion Zhyhalin B2 (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 36)
7 Oleksandr Toporkov B2 (1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 30)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 4 2 0 2 18 13 +5 6 Quarter-finals
2  Ukraine 4 2 0 2 18 15 +3 6
3  Turkey 4 2 0 2 15 15 0 6
4  China 4 2 0 2 21 22 −1 6
5  Germany 4 2 0 2 16 23 −7 6
Source: TOCOG
Round-robin
26 August 2021
17:30 		Ukraine  11–5  Germany Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)
Zhyhalin 7
Oliinyk 4 		Report Dennis 3
Rogge 2
27 August 2021
17:30 		China  7–3  Ukraine Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
Chen Liangliang 3
Cai Changgui 2
Yang Mingyuan 2 		Report Zhyhalin 2
Oliinyk 1
28 August 2021
10:30 		Turkey  6–3  China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
Kara 3
Karakaya 3 		Report Yang Mingyuan 2
Cai Changgui 1
30 August 2021
09:00 		Ukraine  0–1  Turkey Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
Report Karakaya 1

World Championships

Main article: Goalball World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978. Placing first or second in the tournament may earn a berth in the Paralympic Games goalball tournaments.

2022 Matosinhos

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 third in Pool D, winning four of seven games, and third in final standings behind Brazil and China.[2]

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.[3] Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Goalball – Team Ukraine". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  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.


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