Brazil women's national goalball team

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

Brazil women's national goalball team
Brazil women's goalball team. Goalball World Championships, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (July 2006).
SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionWomen
RegionIBSA America
LocationBrazil
ColoursGold, Green
   
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

: 0 : 0 : 0
World Championship medals:

: 0 : 0 : 1
Parent groupBrazilian Paralympic Committee

Paralympic Games

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2004 Athens

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The team competed in 2004 Summer Paralympics, between 17 and 28 September 2004, in the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens, Greece. The team finished seventh.[1]

2008 Beijing

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The team competed in 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China. They did not reach the quarter-finals of the eight teams.[2]

2012 London

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The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. In Group A, they were beaten by Japan 0:2 in the quarter-finals.

Athletes were Claudia Paula de Amorim Oliveira, Gleyse Priscila Portioli de Souza, Marcia Bonfim Vieira dos Santos, Denise Daniele Batista de Souza, Ana Carolina Duarte Ruas Custodio, and Neusimar Clemente dos Santos.

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

No. Player Age
2 Neusimar Clemente dos Santos 31
3 Ana Carolina Duarte Ruas Custodio 25
4 Denise Daniele Batista de Souza 27
5 Márcia Bonfim Vieira dos Santos 32
7 Gleyse Priscila Portioli de Souza 29
9 Claudia Paula G de Amorim Oliveira 36


30 August 2012
19:45
Denmark   0 – 2   Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU)
Report Bonfim Vieira dos Santos 2

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

2 September 2012
09:00
Great Britain   3 – 1   Brazil Copper Box, London
Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Morten Hammershoi (DEN)
Sharkey 2
Luke 1
Report de Souza 1

3 September 2012
15:00
Brazil   5 – 4   Finland Copper Box, London
Quarter-finals
5 September 2012
10:30
Japan   2 – 0   Brazil Copper Box, London
Report

2016 Rio de Janeiro

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As the host nation, the team competed in 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday 8 September to finals on Friday 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Simone Rocha B1 (1976-08-03)3 August 1976 (aged 40)
2 Neusimar Santos B2 (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 35)
3 Ana Carolina Custodio B2 (1987-04-23)23 April 1987 (aged 29)
5 Cláudia Oliveira B1 (1976-06-29)29 June 1976 (aged 40)
7 Gleyse Portioli B2 (1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 33)
9 Victoria Amorim B1 (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 18)


8 September 2016
10:15
United States   3–7   Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Joelle Boulet (CAN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Miller 2
Dennis 1
Report Amorim 6
Custodio 1

9 September 2016
18:45
Brazil   1–2   Japan Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Joelle Boulet (CAN)
Amorim 1 Report Adachi 2

12 September 2016
10:15
Brazil   7–2   Israel Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Amorim 4
Custodio 3
Report Mahamid 2

13 September 2016
11:30
Algeria   0–10   Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Report Amorim 6
Custodio 3
Rocha 1
Quarter-finals
14 September 2016
10:30
Brazil   10–0   Ukraine Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Raili Sipura (FIN)
Amorim 7
Custodio 2
Rocha 1
Report
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
13:30
Brazil   2–3   United States Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Custodio 1
Amorim 1
Report Armbruster 3

2020 Tokyo

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Brazil women's goalball team undergoing eyeshade checks. Makuhari Messe arena, 2020 Paralympic Games, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan (Aug 2021).
 
Brazil women's goalball team defending during extra-throws. Makuhari Messe arena, 2020 Paralympic Games, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan (Aug 2021).

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competitionfrom Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.

The following is the Brazil roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[5]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
2 Ana Gabriely Assunção B3 (1990-08-15)15 August 1990 (aged 30)
3 Ana Carolina Custódio B2 (1987-04-23)23 April 1987 (aged 33)
5 Moniza Aparecida de Lima B2 (1998-04-16)16 April 1998 (aged 22)
7 Kátia Aparecida Ferreira Silva B1 (1995-04-24)24 April 1995 (aged 25)
8 Jéssica Gomes B3 (1993-07-22)22 July 1993 (aged 27)
9 Victória Amorim B1 (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 22)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey 4 3 0 1 30 11 +19 9 Quarterfinals
2   United States 4 3 0 1 22 10 +12 9
3   Japan (H) 4 2 1 1 18 13 +5 7
4   Brazil 4 1 1 2 23 19 +4 4
5   Egypt 4 0 0 4 3 43 −40 0
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Round-robin
Brazil  4–6  United States
Report
Referee: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)

Japan  4–4  Brazil
Report
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

Turkey  8–4  Brazil
Report
Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raili Sipura (Finland)

Brazil  11–1  Egypt
Report Elgabry   12'
Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
Quarter-finals
China  0–1 (2OT)  Brazil
Report Custodio   28'
Referee: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Reza Dehghan (Iran)
Semi-finals
Brazil  4–5 (ET)  United States
Gomes   7', 9'
Custodio 1 ET
Aparecida de Lima 1 ET
Report Dennis   22', 24', 1 ET
Czechowski 1 ET
Mason 1 ET
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
Bronze medal match
Brazil  1–6  Japan
Amorim   22' Report
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)

World Championships

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Brazil women's goalball team. Goalball World Championships, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (July 2006).
 
Brazil and Greece women's goalball teams line-up at the start of the first half. Goalball World Championships, Malmö, Sweden (June 2018).
 
Brazil #4 having eyeshades checked. Goalball World Championships, Malmö, Sweden (June 2018).

2002 Rio de Janeiro

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The team competed in the 2002 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 30 August 2002 to 8 September 2002. The team was one of ten teams participating, and they finished eighth overall.[1]

2006 Spartanburg

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The team competed in the 2006 World Championships, in July 2006, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America. There were sixteen men's and thirteen women's teams.[1] The team did not make the semi-finals.

2014 Espoo

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The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. They placed fifth.[2]

2018 Malmö

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The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland.[2] Athletes for the event were: Alaine Lilian da Silva Marques, Ana Carolina Duarte Custódio Streets, Gleyse Priscila Portiolli Henrique, Jéssica Gomes Vitorino, Ana Gabriely Brito Assunção, and Moniza Aparecida de Lima.[6] Coming first in Pool D, they beat Australia 5:2 in the quarter-finals, but were beaten by Turkey in the semi-finals, 2:5. They then beat Canada 7:2 for the bronze medal.

2022 Matosinhos

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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 fifth in Pool B, and ninth in final standings.[7]

IBSA World Games

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2003 Quebec City

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The 2003 IBSA World Games were held in Quebec City, Canada with 10 teams competing. The first stage was pool play with 5 teams per pool and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the next round. The team made it out of the round robin round.[8]

2007 São Paulo

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The team competed in the 2003 IBSA World Games, from 28 July 2007 to 8 August 2007, in São Paulo, Brazil. The women's goalball competition included thirteen teams. The competition was a 2008 Summer Paralympics qualifying event. Ana Carolina Duarte led the competition in scoring with 27 points. Brazil finished second after losing to Finland in overtime.[9]

2011 Antalya

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The team competed in the 2011 IBSA World Games from 1 to 10 April 2011, in Antalya, Turkey, organised by the Turkish Blind Sports Federation. There were fifteen men's and fourteen women's teams. They placed eleventh in the final standings.[2]

Regional championships

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The team competes in the IBSA America goalball region.[10] The winner of the championships usually qualifies for a berth at the World Championships or the Paralympic Games.

2005 São Paulo

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The team competed at the 2005 IBSA Goalball Americas Regional Championships which were part of the Fourth IBSA Pan-American Games, the competition being from Monday 5 September 2005 to Friday 9 September 2005, in São Paulo, Brazil.[2] There were five men's and three women's teams.

There were three women's teams competing: Brazil, Canada, and United States. Brazil finished first, with the United States second and Canada third.[11]

2011 Guadalajara

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The team competed at the 2011 Parapan American Games from 13 to 19 November 2011, at the San Rafael Gymnasium in Guadalajara, Mexico.[12] There were five women's teams: Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Mexico, United States. Athletes were Jéssica Alves, Ana Custódio, Claudia Gonçalves, Gleyse Portioli, Neusimar Santos, and Márcia Vieira.

Brazil came second to USA in the finals.[2]

2013 Colorado Springs

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The team competed at the 2013 Parapan American Games (which also hosted the 2013 IBSA World Youth Championships) from 11 to 14 July 2013, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.[13] There were three women's teams: Brazil, Canada, United States.

Brazil took the silver medal, losing to USA.[2]

2015 Toronto

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The team competed at the 2015 Parapan American Games from 8 August 2015 to 15 August 2015, at the Mississauga Sports Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[14] There were six women's teams: Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, United States.

Brazil took the gold medal, beating USA.[2]

2017 São Paulo

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The team competed at the 2017 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships from Wednesday 29 November 2017 to Sunday 3 December 2017, at São Paulo, Brazil.[15] There were six women's teams: Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, United States.

Brazil took silver, with Canada taking the gold.[2]

2019 Lima

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The team competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games from 23 August 2019 to 1 September 2019, at the Miguel Grau Coliseum, Lima, Peru. This championships was a qualifier for the 2020 Paralympic Games.[16] There were six women's teams: Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, United States.

Brazil took gold, beating USA.[2]

2022 São Paulo

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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IBSA America championship moved from 6 to 13 November 2021, to 18 to 22 February 2022.[17][18] The event was held at the Centro de Treinamento Paralímpico (Paralympic Training Center) in São Paulo. This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships.

There are twelve women's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, United States, Venezuela.[19]

In the round-robin section, the team mercied four of their five competitors (Venezuela (10:0), Colombia (11:1), Guatemala (10:0), and Peru (10:0)), and beating Mexico (8:1). In the quarter-finals they mercied Chile (10:0), narrowly beat USA in the semi-finals (5:4), before beating Canada (5:0) to take the gold medal.[20] The national men's team also achieved gold medal success.

Competitive history

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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 2 8   Brazil [8]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games   China 7 August Quebec City, Canada 3 5   Brazil [8]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games   Algeria 7 August Quebec City, Canada 0 10   Spain [8]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games   Spain 7 August Quebec City, Canada 1 2   Brazil [8]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games   Japan 11 August Quebec City, Canada 1 2   Brazil [8]
2003 IBSA World Championships and Games   Finland 10 August Quebec City, Canada 1 OT 0 OT   Finland [8]
2005 IBSA Pan-American Games   Canada 5 September São Paulo 3 1   Brazil [11]
2005 IBSA Pan-American Games   United States 5 September São Paulo 5 2   Brazil [11]
2005 IBSA Pan-American Games   United States 6 September São Paulo 1 4   Brazil [11]
2005 IBSA Pan-American Games   Canada 7 September São Paulo 1 1 [11]
2005 IBSA Pan-American Games   United States 7 September São Paulo 1 0   Brazil [11]
2005 IBSA Pan-American Games   United States 8 September São Paulo 1 2   United States [11]
2005 IBSA Pan-American Games   United States 9 September São Paulo 1 0   United States [11]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   Spain 31 July Brazil 5 8   Spain [9]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   Australia 1 August Brazil 8 0   Brazil [9]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   South Korea 2 August Brazil 1 11   Brazil [9]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   Ukraine 3 August Brazil 7 1   Brazil [9]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   Japan 4 August Brazil 4 1   Brazil [9]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   Finland 5 August Brazil 3 4   Brazil [9]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   Sweden 5 August Brazil 5 6   Sweden [9]
2007 IBSA World Championships and Games   Japan 6 August Brazil 4 (3 OT) 4 (1 OT)   Japan [9]

Goal scoring by competition

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Player Goals Competition Notes Ref
Ana Carolina Duarte 27 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games [9]
Cláudia Amorin 10 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games [9]
Marcia Vieira 8 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games [9]
Cláudia Amorin 7 2005 IBSA Pan-American Games [11]
Márcia Vieira 5 2005 IBSA Pan-American Games [11]
Adriana Lino 2 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games [9]
Simone Silva 2 2005 IBSA Pan-American Games [11]
Ana Carolina Duarte 1 2005 IBSA Pan-American Games [11]

See also

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References

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