Africa Goalball Championships
{{Short description|Regional goalball tournament}}
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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 athletes with a vision impairment. Conducted under the rules of the International Blind Sports Federation ({{Not a typo|IBSA}}), the other regions are America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.
Hostings
= 2010 Port Said =
= 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.{{cite web |title=Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships set to begin |url=https://oldwebsite.paralympic.org/news/africa-oceania-goalball-regional-championships-set-begin |website=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=21 May 2021 |date=15 November 2011}} 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{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/news/351/ibsa-goalball-african-championships-about-to-begin |title=IBSA Goalball African Championships about to begin - News - IBSA |website=www.ibsasport.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203121051/http://www.ibsasport.org/news/351/ibsa-goalball-african-championships-about-to-begin |archive-date=2013-12-03}}http://www.ibsasport.org/news/321/2013-ibsa-goalball-african-championships-update {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} Final ranked teams were:
:Men: Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1017220/algeria-firm-favourites-to-win-african-goalball-championships-in-kenya-next-week|title = Algeria firm favourites to win African Goalball Championships}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/ibsa-goalball-african-championships-begin|title = IBSA Goalball African Championships to begin}}
= 2016 Algiers =
The 2016 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Algiers, Algeria, from 27 February to 5 March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/686/ibsa-goalball-africa-regional-championships |title=IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA |website=www.ibsasport.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112034455/http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/686/ibsa-goalball-africa-regional-championships |archive-date=2016-01-12}} Final ranked teams were:{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/algerian-goalball-teams-win-african-championships|title=Algerian goalball teams win African Championships|website=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=19 April 2023}}
= 2017 Sharm el Sheikh =
The 2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, from 14 to 24 October 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/730/2017-ibsa-goalball-african-championships |title=2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA |website=www.ibsasport.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025000301/http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/730/2017-ibsa-goalball-african-championships |archive-date=2016-10-25}} Final ranked teams were:{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1340/2017-ibsa-goalball-african-championships-pool-play-ends-teams-advance |title=2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships: Pool Play Ends, Teams Advance - News - IBSA |website=www.ibsasport.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024205211/http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1340/2017-ibsa-goalball-african-championships-pool-play-ends-teams-advance |archive-date=2017-10-24}}
= 2020 Port Said =
The 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships was held in Port Said, Egypt.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1936/egypt-to-host-ibsa-goalball-2020-african-championships |title=Egypt to host IBSA Goalball 2020 African Championships - News - IBSA |website=www.ibsasport.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227075325/http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1936/egypt-to-host-ibsa-goalball-2020-african-championships |archive-date=2019-12-27}} Because neither division had the minimum four competing teams, this was a regional tournament, not the regional championships. Final ranked teams were:{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1968/algerian-men-and-women-advance-to-finals-in-port-said |title=Algerian men and women advance to finals in Port Said - News - IBSA |website=www.ibsasport.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311031053/http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1968/algerian-men-and-women-advance-to-finals-in-port-said |archive-date=2020-03-11}}
:Men: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco.
:Women: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco.
=== 2021 Cape Coast ===
The 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships were from 6 to 10 December 2021, and held at Cape Coast, Ghana; the winners qualifying for the 2022 Goalball World Championships.{{cite web |title=Goalball African Championships to conclude in Ghana |url=https://ibsasport.org/goalball-african-championships-to-conclude-in-ghana/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |accessdate=15 March 2025 |date=10 December 2021}}
There were six men's teams and four women's teams.
:Men: Algeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Niger. Algeria came first, Egypt second, and Cameroon third.{{cite web |title=World Rankings. Historical results |url=https://goalball.sport/results-and-rankings/world-rankings/ |website=IBSA Goalball |publisher=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |access-date=15 March 2025}}
:Women: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, and Kenya. Algeria came first, Egypt second, and Ghana third.
=== 2023 Cairo ===
The 2023 IBSA Goalball African Championships were from 8 to 15 December 2023, at the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, Giza, Cairo, Egypt.{{cite web |title=Cairo will host the 2023 IBSA Goalball African Championships |url=https://ibsasport.org/cairo-will-host-the-2023-ibsa-goalball-african-championships/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |accessdate=15 March 2025 |date=15 August 2023}}
:Men: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, and Ivory Coast. Egypt came first, Algeria second, and Ghana third.
:Women: Algeria, Egypt, and Ghana. Algeria came first, Egypt second, and Ghana third.
African Championships results
= Men =
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! rowspan="2" |Edition ! rowspan="2" width="5%" |Year ! rowspan="2" width="10%" |Host (final location) ! rowspan="35" bgcolor="ffffff" width="1%" | ! colspan="3" |Gold medal game ! rowspan="35" bgcolor="ffffff" width="1%" | ! colspan="3" |Bronze medal game |
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| width="200" bgcolor="gold" |Gold ! width="8%" |Score | width="200" bgcolor="silver" |Silver | width="200" bgcolor="CC9966" |Bronze ! width="8%" |Score | width="200" bgcolor="9acdff" |Fourth place |
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|1 |2001 |{{Flagicon|ALG}} Algiers |{{flag|Algeria}} | | | | | |
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|2 |2010 |{{Flagicon|EGY}} Port Said |{{flag|Algeria}} |13-7 |{{flag|Egypt}} | | | |
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|3 |2013 |{{Flagicon|KEN}} (Nairobi) |{{flag|Algeria}} |12-2 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Morocco}} |12-2 |{{fbl|RWA|size=}} |
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|4 |2016 |{{Flagicon|ALG}} Algiers |{{flag|Algeria}} |7-2 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Morocco}} |14-4 |{{flag|Tunisia}} |
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|5 |2017 |{{Flagicon|EGY}} Sharm el Sheikh |{{flag|Algeria}} |10-1 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Morocco}} |10-6 |{{fbl|RWA|size=}} |
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|6 |2020 |{{Flagicon|EGY}} Port Said |{{flag|Algeria}} |11-1 |{{flag|Morocco}} |{{flag|Egypt}} | | |
| 7
|{{Flagicon|GHA}} Cape Coast |{{flag|Algeria}} |10-5 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Cameroon}} !12 - 11 |{{flag|Ghana}} |
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|2023 |{{Flagicon|EGY}} Cairo |{{flag|Egypt}} |4-3 |{{flag|Algeria}} | ! | |
= Women =
| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Edition ! rowspan="2" width="5%" |Year ! rowspan="2" width="10%" |Host (final location) ! rowspan="29" bgcolor="ffffff" width="1%" | ! colspan="3" |Gold medal game ! rowspan="29" bgcolor="ffffff" width="1%" | ! colspan="3" |Bronze medal game |
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| width="200" bgcolor="gold" |Gold ! width="8%" |Score | width="200" bgcolor="silver" |Silver | width="200" bgcolor="CC9966" |Bronze ! width="8%" |Score | width="200" bgcolor="9acdff" |Fourth place |
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|1 |2016 |{{Flagicon|ALG}} Algiers |{{flag|Algeria}} |11-1 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Morocco}} | |{{flag|Tunisia}} |
| bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
|2 |2017 |{{Flagicon|EGY}} Sharm el Sheikh |{{flag|Algeria}} |12-2 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Morocco}} | | |
| bgcolor="#F5FAFF"
|3 |2020 |{{Flagicon|EGY}} Port Said |{{flag|Algeria}} |12-2 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Morocco}} | | |
| 4
|{{Flagicon|GHA}} Cape Coast |{{flag|Algeria}} |10-0 |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Ghana}} ! |{{flag|Kenya}} |
| 5
|2023 |{{Flagicon|EGY}} Cairo |{{flag|Algeria}} |12-2 |{{flag|Egypt}} | ! | |
See also
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