Women's goalball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates25 August – 3 September 2021
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Turkey (2nd title)
Runner-up United States
Third place Japan
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored239 (8.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)Turkey Sevda Altunoluk
(46 goals)[1]

The goalball women's tournament was contested from 25 August to 3 September. There were ten teams consisting of six players split into two groups: Group C and Group D.[2]

Turkey were the defending Paralympic champions. They successfully defended their title by beating the United States in the gold medal match.

Participating teams

Group C
Group D

Preliminary round

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 3 0 1 17 7 +10 9 Quarterfinals
2  Israel 4 2 0 2 22 14 +8 6
3  RPC 4 2 0 2 13 16 −3 6
4  Australia 4 2 0 2 9 21 −12 6
5  Canada 4 1 0 3 12 15 −3 3
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
RPC 5–1 Canada
  • Gerasimova 1'
  • Arestova 2', 9', 16'
  • Chudina 23'
 Report
  • Reinke 23'
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)
Israel 11–1 Australia
 Report
Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Launel Scott (Canada)
China 3–4 RPC
 Report
  • Arestova 3', 4', 12'
  • Gerasimova 3'
Referee: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Launel Scott (Canada)
Canada 6–2 Israel
  • Reinke 9', 13', 14', 16'
  • Salehizadeh 18', 22'
 Report
Referee: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Australia 0–6 China
Report
Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Raili Sipura (Finland)
Canada 3–4 Australia
  • Salehizadeh 16'
  • Reinke 24', 24'
 Report
Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Reza Dehghan (Iran)
RPC 3–8 Israel
  • Arestova 9', 20'
  • Chudina 16'
 Report
Ben-David 16', 19', 24', 24'
Referee: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Israel 1–4 China
 Report
  • Zhang Xiling 6', 6', 15'
  • Cao Zhenhua 24'
Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)
Australia 4–1 RPC
 Report
  • Arestova 19'
Referee: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)
China 4–2 Canada
 Report
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 4 3 0 1 30 11 +19 9 Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 3 0 1 22 10 +12 9
3  Japan (H) 4 2 1 1 18 13 +5 7
4  Brazil 4 1 1 2 23 19 +4 4
5  Egypt 4 0 0 4 3 43 −40 0
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Turkey 7–1 Japan
 Report
  • Hagiwara 5'
Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)
Brazil 4–6 United States
  • Custodio 1'
  • Amorim 9'
  • Gomes 16', 19'
 Report
Referee: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)

26 August 2021
14:45		 Egypt  2–12  Turkey Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain), Raili Sipura (Finland)
Elgabry 1
Ezzeldin 1		 Report Sevd. Altunoluk 8
Sevt. Altunoluk 2
Güler 1
Çelik 1
Japan 4–4 Brazil
  • Temma 1'
  • Hagiwara 7', 10', 16'
 Report
  • Custodio 14', 21'
  • Amorim 16', 21'
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
United States 10–0 Egypt
 Report
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
Japan 3–2 United States
 Report Dennis 8', 19'
Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
Turkey 8–4 Brazil
 Report
  • Amorim 6', 10'
  • Custodio 13', 15'
Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raili Sipura (Finland)
Egypt 0–10 Japan
Report
  • Hagiwara 1', 1', 5', 6', 7', 8', 8'
  • Kakehata 1', 6', 7'
Referee: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
Brazil 11–1 Egypt
  • Gomes 1', 6', 7', 9', 11', 12', 15', 16'
  • Ferreira 13', 14'
  • Custodio 15'
 Report Elgabry 12'
Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
United States 4–3 Turkey
 Report Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 4', 9'
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
1 September
 
 
 China0
 
2 September
 
 Brazil (2OT)1
 
 Brazil4
 
1 September
 
 United States (ET)5
 
 United States5
 
3 September
 
 RPC3
 
 United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2
 
1 September
 
 Turkey 1st place, gold medalist(s)9
 
 Turkey10
 
2 September
 
 Australia6
 
 Turkey8
 
1 September
 
 Japan5 Bronze medal match
 
 Israel1
 
3 September
 
 Japan4
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Japan 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6
 

Quarterfinals

Turkey 10–6 Australia
 Report
Referee: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Launel Scott (Canada)
Israel 1–4 Japan
Mahamid 13' Report Hagiwara 4', 5', 12', 23'
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
China 0–1 (2OT) Brazil
Report Custodio gold-colored soccer ball 28'
Referee: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Reza Dehghan (Iran)
United States 5–3 RPC
 Report
  • Arestova 2', 7', 9'
Referee: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Robert Avery (Great Britain)

Semi-finals

Turkey 8–5 Japan
Sevd. Altunoluk 2', 3', 8', 10', 18', 18', 22', 23' Report Hagiwara 1', 1', 8', 18', 19'
Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Brazil 4–5 (ET) United States
Gomes 7', 9'
Custodio 1 ET
Aparecida de Lima 1 ET		 Report Dennis 22', 24', 1 ET
Czechowski 1 ET
Mason 1 ET
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Robert Avery (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match

Brazil 1–6 Japan 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Amorim 22' Report
  • Kakehata 2', 4', 12'
  • Hagiwara 4', 10', 20'
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)

Gold medal match

2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States 2–9 Turkey 1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Report Sevd. Altunoluk 1', 1', 5', 6', 6', 8', 18', 18', 20'
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

Final ranking

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Japan
4 Brazil
5 China
6 Israel
7 RPC
8 Australia
9 Canada
10 Egypt

References

  1. ↑ "Goalball – Women – Individual Statistics" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Goalball - Women Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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