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French national team, for the Paralympic sport of goalball

France women's national goalball team
SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionWomen
RegionIBSA Europe
LocationFrance
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

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World Championship medals:

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France women's national goalball team is the women's national team of France. 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

2024 Paris

The team may be competing in the 2024 Summer Paralympics, from Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 8 September 2024, in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France. As the host nation, they receive one of the eight slots.

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 sixth in Pool A, and twelfth in final standings.

Regional championships

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

2016 Porto (Group B)

The team competed in the 2016 IBSA Goalball European Regional Championships Group B, from 4 to 8 October 2016 at Maia municipality, Porto, Portugal. There were ten men's teams and nine women's teams.

There were nine women's teams: Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain.

The team came seventh, ahead of Hungary and Portugal.

2021 Samsun (Group A)

The team competed in the 2021 IBSA Goalball European Championships (Group A), from Friday 5 to 12 November 2021, in the Yaşar Doğu Sport Hall, Samsun, Turkey. Women's teams included: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Turkey.

The team came fourth of the five women's teams in Group D, and came fifth in the overall standings.

See also

References

  1. "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. "IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. "Call for ITOs – 2016 IBSA Goalball European Championships (Group B)". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 2 August 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  4. "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  5. "Turkey open home goalball Euros with wins". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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