China women's national goalball team
Chinese national team, for the Paralympic sport of goalball
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: 0 : 0 : 0China women's national goalball team is the women's national team of China. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing
As the host nation, the team competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China. There were 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams taking part in this event. They took the silver medal.
2012 London
The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. The team came second.
The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]
| No. | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang Ruixue | 25 |
| 2 | Chen Fengqing | 27 |
| 3 | Lin Shan | 26 |
| 4 | Wang Shasha | 26 |
| 5 | Fan Feifei | 23 |
| 6 | Ju Zhen | 23 |
Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
 Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | |
 Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 6 | |
 Finland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | |
 Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | Eliminated |
Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.
| 30 August 2012 18:30 | China | 7 – 1 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Referees: Janned Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| Wang R. 4 Chen 2 Lin 1 | Report | Sharkey 1 | ||
| 31 August 2012 16:15 | Brazil | 0 – 8 | China | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR) |
| Report | Wang S. 5 Chen 1 Lin 1 Ju 1 | |||
| 3 September 2012 13:45 | China | 8 – 1 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Ali Aldarsony (KSA) |
| Chen 4 Wang S. 3 Ju 1 | Report | Jørgensen 1 | ||
| 4 September 2012 10:15 | Finland | 2 – 5 | China | Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN) |
| Hynninen 1 Somerkivi 1 | Report | Wang R. 4 Chen 1 | ||
- Quarter-finals
| 5 September 2012 09:00 | China | 5 – 0 |  United States | Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| Chen 2 Wang S. 2 Lin 1 | Report | |||
- Semi-finals
| 6 September 2012 13:30 | China | 4 – 1 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| Chen 2 Lin 1 Wang S. 1 | Report | Leppänen 1 | ||
- Finals
| 7 September 2012 15:00 | China | 0 – 1 |  Japan | Copper Box, London |
| Report | Adachi 1 | |||
2016 Rio de Janeiro
The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday, 8 September, to the finals on Friday, 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team came second.
The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]
| No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Fengqing | B1 | (1985-07-17)17 July 1985 (aged 31) |
| 2 | Ju Zhen | B2 | (1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 27) |
| 3 | Zhang Wei | B1 | (1989-12-22)22 December 1989 (aged 26) |
| 4 | Zhao Kaimei | B2 | (1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 28) |
| 5 | Zhang Huiwen | B1 | (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 23) |
| 6 | Sun Le | B1 | (1993-08-17)17 August 1993 (aged 23) |
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | +26 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Australia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 1 |
Source: Paralympic.org
| 8 September 2016 18:45 | Australia | 2–5 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| Horsburgh 1 Esdaile 1 | Report | Zhang W. 4 Chen 1 | ||
| 10 September 2016 14:30 | China | 2–7 | Turkey | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Nejc Jakic (SLO) |
| Zhang W. 1 Ju 1 | Report | Altunoluk 7 | ||
| 12 September 2016 18:15 | China | 8–3 | Canada | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| Zhang W. 7 Ju 1 | Report | Andrews 2 Morin 1 | ||
| 13 September 2016 19:30 | Ukraine | 2–6 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU) |
| Rud 1 Miroshnyk 1 | Report | Zhang W. 3 Chen 3 | ||
- Quarter-finals
| 15 September 2016 15:00 | Brazil | 3–4 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| Custodio 2 Amorim 1 | Report | Chen 3 Zhang W. 1 | ||
- Semi-finals
| 15 September 2016 15:00 | Brazil | 3–4 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| Custodio 2 Amorim 1 | Report | Chen 3 Zhang W. 1 | ||
- Finals
| 16 September 2016 18:30 | China | 1–4 | Turkey | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| Chen 1 | Report | Altunoluk 3 Yıldız 1 | ||
2020 Tokyo
The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday, 25 August, to the finals on Friday, 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.
The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3]
| No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Xiling | B3 | (1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 23) |
| 2 | Cao Zhenhua | B1 | (1997-08-23)23 August 1997 (aged 24) |
| 3 | Chen Fengqing | B1 | (1985-07-17)17 July 1985 (aged 36) |
| 5 | Zhang Wei | B1 | (1989-12-22)22 December 1989 (aged 31) |
| 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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
- Round-robin
| China | 3–4 | RPC |
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Referee: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Launel Scott (Canada)
| Australia | 0–6 | China |
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Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Raili Sipura (Finland)
| Israel | 1–4 | China |
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Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)
| China | 4–2 | Canada |
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Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)
World championships
2010 Sheffield
The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England, in Pool Y.[4]
2014 Espoo
The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. They placed second in Pool Y, and lost to Russia in the quarter-finals, 1:4.[4]
2018 Malmö
The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. They placed sixth in Pool D, and tenth in the final standings.[4]
Athletes included Zhenhua Cao, Wang Chunhua, Chunyan Wang, Xiling Zhang, and coach Zhang Xiaopeng.[4][5]
IBSA World Games
2003 Quebec City
The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games from 1 to 10 August 2011, in Quebec City, Canada. Ten teams competed. The first stage was pool play with five teams per pool and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the next round.[6]
2015 Seoul
The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea. They played in Group A with seven out of seven wins, against Denmark, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Spain, and Ukraine.[4] In the quarter-finals, they beat Japan 1:0, Australia 6:0, and in the finals were beaten by Israel 4:1, to take the silver medal.
Regional championships
The team competed in IBSA Asia goalball region, and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.
2013 Beijing
The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China. Of the four women's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan), China beat Japan 3:0, going into extra throws, to take the gold medal.[4]
2015 Hangzhou
The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 8 to 12 November 2015, in the China National Goalball Training Centre, Hangzhou, China. Of the five women's teams (Australia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), China lost to Japan 0:1 in the gold medal match.[4]
2017 Bangkok
The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Asia/Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from Monday, 21, to Saturday, 26 August 2017, in the Thai-Japan Sports Stadium, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand. They lost to Japan 2:6 in the finals to take the silver medal.[4]
2019 Chiba
The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Regional Championships, from Thursday, 5, to Tuesday, 10 December 2019, in the Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan. They beat South Korea in the semi-finals 9:1, but lost to Japan in the finals 1:2, to get the silver medal.[4]
FESPIC Games
In 2006, the team participated in the ninth and final FESPIC Games, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were one of three teams competing, the other two being Iran and Japan.[7]
Competitive history
The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.
| Year | Event | Opponent | Date | Venue | Team | Team | Winner | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | IBSA World Championships and Games |  Ukraine | 7 August | Quebec City, Canada | 4 | 5 | China | [6] |
| 2003 | IBSA World Championships and Games |  Spain | 7 August | Quebec City, Canada | 4 | 1 | Spain | [6] |
| 2003 | IBSA World Championships and Games | Brazil | 7 August | Quebec City, Canada | 3 | 5 | Brazil | [6] |
| 2003 | IBSA World Championships and Games |  Algeria | 7 August | Quebec City, Canada | 10 | 0 | China | [6] |
| 2006 | FESPIC Games |  Iran | 24 November | Kuala Lumpur | 1 | 11 | China | [7] |
| 2006 | FESPIC Games |  Japan | 25 November | Kuala Lumpur | 5 | 2 | China | [7] |
| 2006 | FESPIC Games | Japan | 27 November | Kuala Lumpur | 1 | 1 | [7] | |
| 2006 | FESPIC Games | Iran | 29 November | Kuala Lumpur | 8 | 4 | China | [7] |
| 2006 | FESPIC Games | Iran | 30 November | Kuala Lumpur | 8 | 2 | China | [7] |
See also
References
China portal
Sports portal
- ^ "Women's Goalball – Team Rosters – China". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Women's Goalball – Team Rosters – China". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Goalball - Team China". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "China women's goalball team 'harmonious' ahead of Worlds". International Blind Sports Federation. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "IBSA World Games Brazil 2003 Results". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Goalball Tournament Results". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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