Algeria men's national goalball team

{{Short description|Algerian national team, for the Paralympic sport of goalball}}

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

Paralympic Games

= 1992 Barcelona =

The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain. There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/185-Results-History-of-Goalball-Results---Paralympics%2C-World-Championships-%26-European-Championships.xlsx |title=Final Ranking in Paralympic Games |publisher=International Blind Sports Association |location=Madrid, Spain |access-date=10 February 2014 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415021831/http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/185-Results-History-of-Goalball-Results---Paralympics%2C-World-Championships-%26-European-Championships.xlsx |url-status=dead }} The team came 12th.

= 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. There were twelve men's and ten women's teams (an increase of two more women's teams from past years).{{cite web |title= About goalball – Historical results |url=https://goalball.sport/results-and-rankings/historical-results/ |website=Goalball Sport |publisher=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |access-date=4 May 2021}}

The playing team consisted of Firas Bentria, Abdelhalim Larbi, Imad Eddine Godmane, Mohamed Ouali, Mohamed Mokrane, and Ishak Boutaleb.{{cite news|url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/goalball/event/men-team/index.html|title=Men's Goalball Tournament for 2012 Paralympic Games - Group B|date=2012|work=London 2012 official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828235736/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/goalball/event/men-team/index.html|archive-date=2012-08-28}}

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= 2016 Rio de Janeiro =

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Algeria's men entered the tournament ranked 12th in the world.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/600-General-IBSA-Goalball-World-Rankings---July-2016.pdf|title=IBSA Goalball World Rankings|last=|first=|date=July 31, 2016|website=IBSA Sports|publisher=IBSA Sports|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011193014/http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/600-General-IBSA-Goalball-World-Rankings---July-2016.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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= 2020 Tokyo =

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

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World Championships

= 1998 Madrid =

The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain. There were sixteen men's and eleven women's teams. They finished fifteenth overall.

=== 2002 Rio de Janeiro ===

The team competed in the 2002 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 30 August 2002 to 8 September 2002. There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams. They finished twelfth overall.

=== 2006 Spartanburg ===

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. They finished twelfth in the overall standings.

= 2010 Sheffield =

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England. There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams. They finished seventh overall.

=== 2014 Espoo ===

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. There were fourteen men's and ten women's teams. They placed tenth overall.

= 2018 Malmö =

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, at the Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. There were sixteen men's and twelve women's teams. They placed eleventh in final standings.{{cite web |url= http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/827-Results-Results---2018-IBSA-Goalball-World-Championships.pdf|title=Results |website=www.ibsasport.org |format=PDF|access-date=2020-07-04}}

= 2022 Matosinhos =

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 eighth in Pool C, and fourteenth in final standings.{{cite web |title=Schedule and Results - GMT+0 |url=https://www.goalball2022.pt/schedule-and-results |website=IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022 |access-date=18 December 2022}}

IBSA World Games

2003 IBSA World Games were held in Quebec City, Canada . 17th
2007 IBSA World Games were held in São Paulo, Brazil . 7th
2011 IBSA World Games were held in Antalya, Turkey . 6th

Regional championships

The team competes within IBSA Africa goalball region.{{cite web |title=IBSA members |url=https://ibsasport.org/countries/#Asia |website=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |access-date=26 May 2021}}

African goalball championship 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya, 1st{{Cite web|url=https://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}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/492/ibsa-african-goalball-championships|title=IBSA African Goalball Championships - Calendar - IBSA|website=www.ibsasport.org}}

African goalball championship 2016 in Algiers, Algeria, 1st{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/686/ibsa-goalball-africa-regional-championships|title=IBSA Goalball Africa Regional Championships - Calendar - IBSA|website=www.ibsasport.org}}

African goalball championship 2017 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 1st{{cite web | title=Double goalball gold for Algeria | website=International Paralympic Committee | date=2017-10-24 | url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/double-goalball-gold-algeria | access-date=2020-07-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/730/2017-ibsa-goalball-african-championships|title=2017 IBSA Goalball African Championships - Calendar - IBSA|website=www.ibsasport.org}}

=== 2020 Port Said ===

The team competed at the 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships, from 2 and 5 March 2020, at Port Said, Egypt, against Egypt and Morocco. This regional tournament would have been a regional championships if Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Niger men's teams had attended as originally indicated.{{cite web |title=Historical results |url=https://goalball.sport/results-and-rankings/historical-results/ |website=Goalball Sport |publisher=International Blind Sports Federation |access-date=4 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1936/egypt-to-host-ibsa-goalball-2020-african-championships|title=Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships|date=24 December 2019|website=IBSA|access-date=4 May 2021|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227075325/http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1936/egypt-to-host-ibsa-goalball-2020-african-championships|url-status=dead}} The team placed first.

=== 2021 Cape Coast ===

The team competed at the 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships, from Monday 6 to Friday 10 December 2021, at the University of Cape Coast Sports Complex, Cape Coast, Ghana.{{Cite web|url=https://ibsasport.org/cape-coast-ghana-to-host-2021-ibsa-goalball-african-championships/ |title=Cape Coast, Ghana, to host 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships |date=7 April 2021 | accessdate=14 February 2022 |website=IBSA}} This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships. Of the six men's teams (Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria), Algeria went though undefeated.