Iran women's national goalball team
{{Short description|Iranian national team, for the Paralympic sport of goalball}}
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Iran women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Iran. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.
IBSA World Games
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= 2007 São Paulo =
The team competed in the 2007 IBSA World Games, from 28 July 2007 to 8 August 2007, in São Paulo, Brazil. The women's goalball competition included thirteen teams, including this one. The competition was a 2008 Summer Paralympics qualifying event. Maryam Dousti was seventh in the competition in scoring with 13 points.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/174-Results-IBSA-World-Games-Brazil-2007-(Paralympic-Qualifying-tournament).xls|title=IBSA World Games Brazil 2007 (Paralympic Qualifying tournament)|publisher=International Blind Sports Association|location=Madrid, Spain|access-date=9 February 2014|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415120252/http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/174-Results-IBSA-World-Games-Brazil-2007-(Paralympic-Qualifying-tournament).xls|url-status=dead}}
Regional championships
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The team competes in IBSA Asia goalball region,{{cite web |title=IBSA members |url=https://ibsasport.org/countries/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |accessdate=26 May 2021}} and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.
=== 2013 Beijing ===
The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China. Of the six men's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), the team came ranked third, ahead of Australia.{{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) |accessdate=4 May 2021}}
=== 2017 Bangkok ===
The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Asia/Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from Monday 21 to Saturday 26 August 2017, in the Thai-Japan Sports Stadium, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand. There were seven men's and five women's teams.
The team did not rank in the top four.
=== 2022 Bahrain ===
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Regional Championships were moved from November 2021 to 21 March 2022 in Asan, South Korea.{{cite web |title=New dates: 2021 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships |url=https://goalball.sport/event/2021-ibsa-goalball-asia-pacific-championships/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation |accessdate=13 February 2022}} The championships was finally held at the Bahrain Sports Federation for Disabilities Sports Centre, in Riffa, Bahrain from Monday 25 July 2022 to Friday 29 July 2022.{{cite news |title=Athletes vie for goalball glory |url=https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1128239 |accessdate=25 July 2022 |agency=GDN Online (The Gulf Daily News) |date=25 July 2022}} The top two teams of each division are eligible for the World Championships in December 2022.
There were four women's teams: Australia, Iran, South Korea, Thailand. They placed second in the round-robin, and third overall.{{cite news |title=Iran runners-up at Asia Pacific Goalball Championship |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475153/Iran-runners-up-at-Asia-Pacific-Goalball-Championship |accessdate=30 July 2022 |agency=Tehran Times |date=29 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=Goalball: Japan and Korea are the new Asia Pacific champions |url=https://ibsasport.org/goalball-japan-and-korea-are-the-new-asia-pacific-champions/ |website=International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) |accessdate=30 July 2022 |date=29 July 2022}}{{cite news |title=Thrashing win of Iran's goal-ball girls against South Korea |url=https://iranpress.com/content/62672/thrashing-win-iran-goal-ball-girls-against-south-korea |accessdate=30 July 2022 |agency=Iran Press News Agency |date=27 July 2022}}
FESPIC Games
=== 2006 Kuala Lumpur ===
In 2006, the team participated in the ninth edition of the FESPIC Games held in Kuala Lumpur. They were one of three teams competing, the other two being China and Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/177-Results-FESPIC-Games-Malaysia-2006-Results.doc|title=Goalball Tournament Results|publisher=International Blind Sports Association|location=Madrid, Spain|access-date=9 February 2014|archive-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407140717/http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/177-Results-FESPIC-Games-Malaysia-2006-Results.doc|url-status=dead}}
Goal scoring by competition
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| Player | Goals | Competition | Notes | Ref |
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|align="left"| Maryam Dousti | 13 | 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games | |
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|align="left"| Fatemeh Gamsari | 11 | 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games | |
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|align="left"| Maryam Koufallah | 5 | 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games | |
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|align="left"| Samira Jalilvand | 2 | 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games | |
Competitive history
The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.
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|2006 | FESPIC Games | {{wgb|China}} | 24 November | Kuala Lumpur | 1 | 11 | {{wgb|China}} | |
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|2006 | FESPIC Games | {{wgb|Japan}} | 26 November | Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 6 | {{wgb|Iran}} | |
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|2006 | FESPIC Games | {{wgb|Japan}} | 28 November | Kuala Lumpur | 3 | 3 | ||
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|2006 | FESPIC Games | {{wgb|China}} | 29 November | Kuala Lumpur | 8 | 4 | {{wgb|China}} | |
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|2006 | FESPIC Games | {{wgb|China}} | 30 November | Kuala Lumpur | 8 | 2 | {{wgb|China}} | |
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|2007 | IBSA World Championships and Games | {{wgb|Finland}} | 31 July | Brazil | 7 | 5 | {{wgb|Finland}} | |
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|2007 | IBSA World Championships and Games | {{wgb|Greece}} | 1 August | Brazil | 4 | 4 | ||
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|2007 | IBSA World Championships and Games | {{wgb|Sweden}} | 1 August | Brazil | 10 | 1 | {{wgb|Sweden}} | |
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|2007 | IBSA World Championships and Games | {{wgb|Germany}} | 2 August | Brazil | 5 | 13 | {{wgb|Germany}} | |
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|2007 | IBSA World Championships and Games | {{wgb|Great Britain}} | 3 August | Brazil | 7 | 9 | {{wgb|Great Britain}} |
See also
References
{{Portal|Sports|Iran}}
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{{National sports teams of Iran|state=collapsed}}
Category:National women's goalball teams