America Goalball Championships
{{Short description|Regional goalball tournament}}
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IBSA America Regional Goalball Championships (also called Pan-American 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 Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The region includes the countries within South, Central, and North America.
Hostings
= 2005 São Paulo =
The 2005 IBSA Goalball Americas Regional Championships was 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.{{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}} There were five men's and three women's teams.
There were five men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and USA. Canada finished first, USA second, Mexico third.
There were three women's teams competing: Brazil, Canada, and USA. The United States finished first, with Brazil second, and Canada third.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/184-Results-Pan-American-Championships-2005-Results.docx|title= Pan American Championships 2005 Results|language=English, Portuguese|publisher=International Blind Sports Association|location=Madrid, Spain |accessdate=13 February 2014}}
= 2011 Guadalajara =
The 2011 Parapan American Games was from 13 to 19 November 2011, at the San Rafael Gymnasium in Guadalajara, Mexico.{{cite web |title=Guadalajara 2011 Parapan American Games |url=https://www.paralympic.org/americas-paralympic-committee/guadalajara-2011 |website=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=15 February 2022}}
There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Mexico, USA. Brazil came first, USA second, and Mexico third.
There were five women's teams: Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Mexico, USA. USA came first, Brazil second, and Canada third.
= 2013 Colorado Springs =
The 2013 Parapan American Games (which also hosted the 2013 IBSA World Youth Championships) was from 11 to 14 July 2013, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.{{cite web |title=2013 International Blind Sports Federation World Youth Championships and Parapan American Games to be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |url=https://ibsasport.org/2013-international-blind-sports-federation-world-youth-championships-and-parapan-american-games-to-be-held-in-colorado-springs-colorado-usa/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation |accessdate=15 February 2022 |date=26 August 2012}}
There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela. USA came first, Brazil second, and Canada third.
There were three women's teams: Brazil, Canada, USA. USA came first, Brazil second, and Canada third.
= 2015 Toronto =
The 2015 Parapan American Games was from 8 August 2015 to 15 August 2015, at the Mississauga Sports Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150817161924/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/resPT2015/pdf/PT2015/GB/PT2015_GB_C93_GB0000000.pdf Goalball medalists]
There were six men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela. Brazil came first, USA second, and Canada third.
There were six women's teams: Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, USA. Brazil came first, USA second, and Canada third.
= 2017 São Paulo =
The 2017 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships was from Wednesday 29 November 2017 to Sunday 3 December 2017, at São Paulo, Brazil.{{cite web |title=IBSA Goalball Seeks Referees for 2017 IBSA Goalball Americas Regional Championships |url=https://ibsasport.org/ibsa-goalball-seeks-referees-for-2017-ibsa-goalball-americas-regional-championships/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation |accessdate=15 February 2022 |date=31 July 2017}}
There were eight men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, USA, and Venezuela (Costa Rica were disqualified for not having the minimum number of athletes to start a game). Brazil came first, USA second, and Canada third.
There were six women's teams: Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, USA. Canada came first, Brazil second, and USA third.
= 2019 Lima =
The 2019 Parapan American Games was 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.{{cite web |title=Goalball quarter-final match-ups decided at Lima 2019 |url=https://ibsasport.org/goalball-quarter-final-match-ups-decided-at-lima-2019/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation |publisher=IBSA |accessdate=15 February 2022 |date=28 August 2019}}
There were eight men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, USA, Venezuela. Brazil came first, USA second, and Canada third.
There were six women's teams: Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, USA. Brazil came first, USA second, and Canada third.
= 2022 São Paulo =
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IBSA America championship moved from 6 to 13 November 2021, to 18 to 22 February 2022.{{cite news |last1=HOUSTON |first1=Michael |title=IBSA reveals new dates for Goalball World Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095027/ibsa-goalball-world-championships |accessdate=13 February 2022 |agency=Inside the Sport |date=6 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=2022 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships |url=https://goalball.sport/event/2021-ibsa-goalball-americas-championships-xx8321-2/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation |accessdate=13 February 2022}} The event was held at the Centro de Treinamento Paralímpico (Paralympic Training Center) in São Paulo. This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 Goalball World Championships.
There were thirteen men's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela.
There were twelve women's teams: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, USA, Venezuela.{{cite web |title=Campeonato das Américas de goalball: tabela e credenciamento (Goalball Americas Championship: table and accreditation) |url=https://www.cbdv.org.br/imprensa/noticias/campeonato-das-americas-de-goalball-tabela-e-credenciamento |website=Confederação Brasileira de Desportos de Deficientes Visuais (Brazilian Confederation of Sports for the Visually Impaired) |accessdate=14 February 2022 |language=Portuguese |date=13 February 2022}}
See also
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