Africa Goalball Championships

IBSA Africa Goalball Championships is one of the four competition regions used for World Championships and Paralympic Games qualification for goalball, a team sport for the vision-impaired.

Hostings

2010 Port Said

The 2010 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Port Said, Egypt. Final ranked teams were:

Men: Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Libya.

2011 Sydney

The team competed in a composite tournament, the 2011 IBSA African-Oceania Regional Championships, with games from 15 to 17 November 2011, at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia.^[1] Although the four regions under the rules were Africa, America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe, as there were insufficient competitive teams in both Africa and Oceania regions, IBSA agreed to combined championships.

For the women's teams, it was only Australia versus New Zealand, the winner qualifying for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. From the best of three games, Australia dominated and qualified.

For the men's teams, Algeria beat Australia, who in turn, had beaten New Zealand. Algeria went onto the Paralympic Games.

2013 Nairobi

The 2013 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Nairobi, Kenya^[2]^[3] Final ranked teams were:

Men: Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana.^[4]^[5]

2016 Algiers

The 2016 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Algiers, Algeria, from 27 February to 5 March 2016.^[6] Final ranked teams were:^[7]

Men: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Côte d'Ivoire.

Women: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.

2017 Sharm el Sheikh

The 2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, from 14 to 24 October 2017.^[8] Final ranked teams were:^[9]

Men: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Rwanda, Kenya.

Women: Algeria, Egypt, Kenya.

2020 Port Said

The 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Port Said, Egypt.^[10] Because neither division had the minimum four competing teams, this was a regional tournament, not the regional championships. Final ranked teams were:^[11]

Men: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco.

Women: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco.

African Championships results

Men

Edition	Year	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Edition	Year	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1	2001	Algiers	Algeria
2	2010	Port Said	Algeria	13-7	Egypt
3	2013	(Nairobi)	Algeria	12-2	Egypt	Morocco	12-2	Rwanda
4	2016	Algiers	Algeria	7-2	Egypt	Morocco	14-4	Tunisia
5	2017	Sharm el Sheikh	Algeria	10-1	Egypt	Morocco	10-6	Rwanda
6	2020	Port Said	Algeria	11-1	Morocco	Egypt
7	2021^[12]	Cape Coast	Algeria	10-5	Egypt	Cameroon	12 - 11	Ghana
8	2023	Cairo	Egypt	4-3	Algeria

Women

Edition	Year	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Edition	Year	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1	2016	Algiers	Algeria	11-1	Egypt	Morocco	-	Tunisia
2	2017	Sharm el Sheikh	Algeria	12-2	Egypt	Morocco
3	2020	Port Said	Algeria	12-2	Egypt	Morocco
4	2021^[12]	Cape Coast	Algeria	10-0	Egypt	Ghana		Kenya
5	2023	Cairo	Algeria	12-2	Egypt

References

^ "Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships set to begin". International Paralympic Committee. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "IBSA Goalball African Championships about to begin - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
^ http://www.ibsasport.org/news/321/2013-ibsa-goalball-african-championships-update ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Algeria firm favourites to win African Goalball Championships".
^ "IBSA Goalball African Championships to begin".
^ "IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12.
^ "Algerian goalball teams win African Championships". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25.
^ "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships: Pool Play Ends, Teams Advance - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.
^ "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball 2020 African Championships - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27.
^ "Algerian men and women advance to finals in Port Said - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-11.
^ ^a ^b "IBSA Goalball African Championships results" (PDF). goalball.sport. December 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[1] "Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships set to begin". International Paralympic Committee. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[2] "IBSA Goalball African Championships about to begin - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.

[3] ttp://www.ibsasport.org/news/321/2013-ibsa-goalball-african-championships-update ^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "Algeria firm favourites to win African Goalball Championships".

[5] "IBSA Goalball African Championships to begin".

[6] "IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12.

[7] "Algerian goalball teams win African Championships". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[8] "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25.

[9] "2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships: Pool Play Ends, Teams Advance - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.

[10] "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball 2020 African Championships - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27.

[11] "Algerian men and women advance to finals in Port Said - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-11.

[auto-12] "IBSA Goalball African Championships results" (PDF). goalball.sport. December 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

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