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Turkish men's national goalball team

Sport	Goalball
League	IBSA
Division	Men
Region	IBSA Europe
Location	Turkey
Colours	Red
Championships	Paralympic Games medals: :0 :0 :1 World Championship medals: :0 :0 :0
Parent group	Turkish Blind Sport Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu, TGESF)

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

Paralympic Games

2012 London

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).

The national team qualified for the first time at the Paralympics in the 2012 Summer Paralympics and won the bronze medal defeating the team of Lithuania in the third place match.

The following is the Turkey roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Turkey	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13	Quarterfinals
Brazil	5	3	0	2	30	20	+10	9
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	33	20	+13	8
Finland	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8	6
Sweden	5	1	2	2	16	25	−9	5	Eliminated
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1

The bronze medal-winning squad at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, consisted of following players:

2020 Tokyo

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 Turkey roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round-robin

25 August 2021 17:30	Germany	6–4	Turkey	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Reza Dehghan (Iran)
	Dennis 4 Hörauf 1 Steiger 1	Report	Karakaya 3 Gündoğdu 1

27 August 2021 09:00	Turkey	4–6	Belgium	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
	Karakaya 3 Gündoğdu 1	Report	B. Vanhove 3 Mapreni 2 T. Vanhove 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

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

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 second in Pool C, and fifth 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.

2007 Antalya

Turkey men's goalball national team, initially competing in the Group C, won the 2007 IBSA European Goalball Championships held in Antalya, Turkey, and was promoted to the Group B.

2011 Assens (Group A)

In 2011, the national team became runner-up at the IBSA European Championships in Assens, Denmark, and was promoted to the Group A.

Results

Event	Date	Host	Ranking
IBSA World Summer Games (Goalball)	1–12 Aug 2003	Canada, Quebec	28th
Islamic Solidarity Games (Goalball)	8–20 Apr 2005	Saudi Arabia, Jeddah	5th
Goalball World Youth Championships	4–10 Aug 2005	United States, Colorado Springs
IBSA International Goalball Tournament	6–9 Apr 2006	United Kingdom, Bolton	5th
IBSA International Goalball Tournament	21–24 Jul 2006	Bulgaria, Sofia
IBSA European Goalball Championship Group C	24–29 Apr 2007	Turkey, Alanya
IBSA Wotld Championships and Games	24 Jul – 8 Aug 2007	Brazil, São Paulo	16th
International Goalball Tournament	19–22 Apr 2008	United Kingdom, Manchester	4th
IBSA European Goalball Championship	26–30 Jun 2008	Finland, Nastola	5th
International Goalball Tournament	29–31 Oct 2009	United Kingdom, Manchester
IBSA European Goalball Championship	19–24 Oct 2010	Denmark, Assens
International Goalball Tournament	17–20 Feb 2011	United Kingdom, Sheffield
4th IBSA World Championships and Games	1–10 Apr 2011	Turkey, Antalya
International Goalball Tournament	1–5 Sep 2011	Belgium, Ghent
IBSA European Goalball Championship Group B	19–24 Oct 2011	Denmark, Assens
Int'l Goalball Development Tournament for Men	23–26 Feb 2012	Turkey, Antalya
Goalball at the Summer Paralympics	29 Aug – 9 Sep 2012	United Kingdom, London
IBSA European Goalball Championships	1–11 Nov 2013	Turkey, Konya
4th International Goalball Tournament	5–8 Jun 2014	Poland, Supraśl
Malmö Lady- and Men Intercup 2015	2–5 Apr 2015	Sweden, Malmö
IBSA World Games Goalball Tournament	10–17 May 2015	South Korea, Seoul	4th
IBSA European Goalball Championship	8–12 Jul 2015	Lithuania, Kaunas
IBSA European Goalball Championship	22–29 Aug 2015	United Kingdom, Hereford
Pajulahti Games 2016	22–24 Jan 2016	Finland, Nastola
2016 Rio Open Goalball Men's Tournament	6–8 May 2016	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
6th International Goalball Tournament	14–15 May 2016	Poland, Suprasl	4th

See also

• Disabled sports
• Turkey women's national goalball team
• Turkey at the Paralympics

References

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