# Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested from 8 to 16 September.
Twelve teams participated, with six athletes per team.

## Participating teams
### Group A

* Algeria (roster)
* Brazil (roster)
* Canada (roster)
* Germany (roster)
* Sweden (roster)

### Group B

* China (roster)
* Finland (roster)
* Lithuania (roster)
* Turkey (roster)
* United States (roster)

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 3 | |
| 8 September 2016 09:00 | Brazil | 9–6 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 8 September 2016 09:00 | Moreno 5 Sousa 2 Marques 1 Celente 1 | Report | Björkstrand 5 Seremeti 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 8 September 2016 13:15 | Algeria | 0–10 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 8 September 2016 13:15 | | Report | Horauf 5 Feistle 4 Steiger 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 9 September 2016 13:15 | Canada | 3–11 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Nejc Jakic (SLO) |
| 9 September 2016 13:15 | Hache 2 Ripley 1 | Report | Marques 4 de Melo 3 Moreno 2 Sousa 1 Celente 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Nejc Jakic (SLO) |
| 9 September 2016 17:30 | Sweden | 12–6 | Algeria | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 9 September 2016 17:30 | Weichel 5 Björkstrand 4 Seremeti 3 | Report | Belhouchat 5 Mokrane 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 10 September 2016 17:30 | Germany | 5–7 | Canada | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| 10 September 2016 17:30 | Feistle 5 | Report | Gaulin 6 Nesbitt 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| 11 September 2016 09:00 | Brazil | 12–2 | Algeria | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 11 September 2016 09:00 | Moreno 6 Marques 3 Sousa 2 Celente 1 | Report | Mokrane 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 12 September 2016 09:00 | Sweden | 9–5 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 12 September 2016 09:00 | Björkstrand 4 Seremeti 3 Gahne 2 | Report | Feistle 3 Horauf 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 12 September 2016 11:30 | Algeria | 17–13 | Canada | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| 12 September 2016 11:30 | Mokrane 9 Godmane 6 Larbi 1 Boutaleb 1 | Report | Nesbitt 6 Hache 3 Gaulin 3 Larbi 1 (o.g) | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| 13 September 2016 10:15 | Germany | 4–10 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| 13 September 2016 10:15 | Feistle 2 Horauf 2 | Report | Sousa 4 Moreno 2 Celente 2 de Melo 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| 13 September 2016 14:15 | Canada | 3–6 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU) |
| 13 September 2016 14:15 | Nesbitt 2 Zeividavi 1 | Report | Björkstrand 3 Seremeti 3 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 3 | |
| 8 September 2016 17:30 | Finland | 6–13 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 8 September 2016 17:30 | Miinala 3 Mattila 1 Posio 1 Honkanen 1 | Report | Pavliukianec 7 Pažarauskas 5 Panovas 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 9 September 2016 09:00 | United States | 5–2 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Raquel Aguado (ESP) |
| 9 September 2016 09:00 | Hamilton 3 Kusku 2 | Report | Cai 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Raquel Aguado (ESP) |
| 10 September 2016 09:00 | Turkey | 8–5 | Finland | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 10 September 2016 09:00 | Gündoğdu 6 Alkan 1 Karakaya 1 | Report | Mattila 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 10 September 2016 13:15 | Lithuania | 8–7 | United States | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP) Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 10 September 2016 13:15 | Pavliukianec 6 Pazarauskas 2 | Report | Hamilton 5 Merren 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP) Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 11 September 2016 13:15 | China | 10–3 | Turkey | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 11 September 2016 13:15 | Chen 4 Cai 4 Hu 1 Shao 1 | Report | Karakaya 2 Gündoğdu 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 11 September 2016 17:30 | Finland | 2–6 | United States | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 11 September 2016 17:30 | Mattila 1 Posio 1 | Report | Merren 4 Hamilton 1 Kusku 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 12 September 2016 14:15 | Lithuania | 3–1 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN) |
| 12 September 2016 14:15 | Pavliukianec 2 Pazarauskas 1 | Report | Chen 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN) |
| 12 September 2016 19:30 | United States | 3–6 | Turkey | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 12 September 2016 19:30 | Kusku 1 Merren 1 Jenks 1 | Report | Gündoğdu 4 Karakaya 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 13 September 2016 18:15 | China | 7–11 | Finland | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Joelle Boulet (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| 13 September 2016 18:15 | Yang 4 Chen 1 Hu 1 Cai 1 | Report | Mattila 6 Miinala 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Joelle Boulet (CAN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| 13 September 2016 20:45 | Turkey | 3–5 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 13 September 2016 20:45 | Karakaya 2 Gündoğdu 1 | Report | Panovas 2 Pavliukianec 1 Pazarauskas 1 Montvydas 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |

## Knock-out round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 14 September | 14 September | | | |
| Brazil | 10 | | | |
| Brazil | 10 | 15 September | 15 September | | |
| China | 3 | 15 September | 15 September | |
| China | 3 | Brazil | 1 | |
| 14 September | 14 September | | Brazil | 1 | |
| 14 September | 14 September | United States | 10 | |
| United States | 7 | United States | 10 | |
| United States | 7 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Germany | 6 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Germany | 6 | | | | United States | 8 |
| 14 September | 14 September | | | | | United States | 8 |
| 14 September | 14 September | | | | Lithuania | 14 |
| Lithuania | 5 | | | | Lithuania | 14 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 15 September | 15 September | | | |
| Canada | 4 | 15 September | 15 September | | | |
| Canada | 4 | Lithuania | 7 | | | |
| 14 September | 14 September | | Lithuania | 7 | | | |
| 14 September | 14 September | Sweden | 2 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Sweden | 5 | Sweden | 2 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Sweden | 5 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Turkey | 1 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Turkey | 1 | | | | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 6 |
| | | | | | Sweden | 5 |

### Quarter-finals

| 14 September 2016 09:00 | Brazil | 10–3 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 14 September 2016 09:00 | Moreno 8 Sousa 2 | Report | Shao 2 Yang 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 14 September 2016 12:00 | United States | 7–6 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 14 September 2016 12:00 | Merren 3 Hamilton 3 Kusku 1 | Report | Steiger 3 Feistle 2 Horauf 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| 14 September 2016 18:00 | Lithuania | 5–4 | Canada | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| 14 September 2016 18:00 | Pazarauskas 3 Pavliukianec 2 | Report | Ripley 2 Hache 1 Nesbitt 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| 14 September 2016 21:00 | Sweden | 5–1 | Turkey | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 14 September 2016 21:00 | Seremeti 2 Weichel 2 Björkstrand 1 | Report | Akyüz | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |

### Semi-finals

| 15 September 2016 13:30 | Brazil | 1–10 | United States | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| 15 September 2016 13:30 | Marques 1 | Report | Merren 9 Hamilton 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Raili Sipura (FIN) |
| 15 September 2016 18:30 | Lithuania | 7–2 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP) |
| 15 September 2016 18:30 | Pavliukianec 5 Pazarauskas 2 | Report | Seremeti 1 Weichel 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP) |

### Bronze medal match

| 16 September 2016 15:00 | Brazil | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 16 September 2016 15:00 | Moreno 4 Sousa 2 | Report | Björkstrand 3 Seremeti 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |

### Gold medal match

| 16 September 2016 20:00 | United States | 8–14 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 16 September 2016 20:00 | Simpson 4 Hamilton 1 Jenks 1 Merren 1 Walker 1 | Report | Pavliukianec 8 Pazarauskas 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |

## Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Lithuania |
| | United States |
| | Brazil |
| 4. | Sweden |
| 5. | Turkey |
| 6. | Germany |
| 7. | China |
| 8. | Canada |
| 9. | Finland |
| 10. | Algeria |
* 2016 men's Paralympic champions
* Lithuania First title
Source: Paralympic.org