France women's national goalball team
| Sport | Goalball |
|---|---|
| League | IBSA |
| Division | Women |
| Region | IBSA Europe |
| Location | France |
| Championships | Paralympic Games medals:
 : 0  : 0  : 0 |
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
[edit]2024 Paris
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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.[1]
Regional championships
[edit]The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.[2] Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.
2016 Porto (Group B)
[edit]The team competed in the 2016 IBSA Goalball European Regional Championships Group B, from 4 to 8 October 2016 at Maia municipality, Porto, Portugal.[3] There were ten men's teams and nine women's teams.[4]
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)
[edit]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.[5]
The team came fourth of the five women's teams in Group D, and came fifth in the overall standings.
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Turkey open home goalball Euros with wins". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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