Argentina women's national goalball team
{{Short description|Argentina national team, for the Paralympic sport of goalball}}
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Argentina women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Argentina. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international goalball competitions.
World Championships
{{main|Goalball World Championships}}
= 1998 Madrid =
The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain.{{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 |accessdate=9 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 was one of eleven women's teams participating, and they finished eleventh overall.
= 2022 Matosinhos =
{{Main|2022 Goalball World Championships}}
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 seventh in Pool A, and thirteenth 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}}
Regional championships
{{main|America Goalball Championships}}
The team competes in the IBSA America goalball region.{{cite web |title=IBSA members |url=https://ibsasport.org/countries/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |access-date=26 May 2021}} The winner of the championships usually qualifies for a berth at the World Championships or the Paralympic Games.
= 2022 São Paulo =
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: IBSA America 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 |access-date=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 |access-date=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 World Championships. There are 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}}
This was the team's first regional championships appearance, although the men's team has been involved since 2005.
The team's round-robin section resulted in being mercied by USA (1:11), but mercying Costa Rica (10:0), beating Nicaragua (6:2) and Chile (7:3), and narrowly avoiding mercy by Canada (10:1). Entering the quarter-finals, they were successful against Mexico (5:4), but lost to Canada (4:2) in the semi-finals. They were defeated by USA (6:0) in the bronze medal match, to take fourth position overall.{{cite web |title=Brazil take double gold at Americas Champs |url=https://ibsasport.org/brazil-take-double-gold-at-americas-champs/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |accessdate=26 February 2022 |date=23 February 2022}}
See also
References
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