# Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held in the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo. The event was held from 25 August to 3 September 2021.
The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

## Discussions

On 17 December 2020 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision involving the World Anti-Doping Agency and Russia's participation determined those athletes not implicated in doping or covering up positive tests may still be allowed to compete, but not under the Russian Federation flag. The Russian women's team, who secured a Paralympic Games position through first place in the women's category of the 2018 World Championships, who may otherwise have competed as a 'neutral team', is known as the 'Russian Paralympic Committee' (RPC).
On the eve of the draw of Wednesday 21 April 2021 to determine which teams are assigned to competition pools, the draw was postponed '[f]ollowing notification of a late withdrawal of one of the women’s teams from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games'. It was announced on Friday 23 April 2021 (European or American time zone) the International Paralympic Committee by virtue of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Regulations, following the withdrawal of the women's team from Algeria, Egypt received the slot.

## Qualifying

Both men's and women's tournaments qualified 10 teams each for the Games.

### Men

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships | 3–8 June 2018 | Malmö | 3 | Belgium Brazil Germany |
| 2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament | 29 June – 9 July 2019 | Fort Wayne | 2 | Turkey Lithuania |
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August – 1 September 2019 | Lima | 1 | United States |
| 2019 European Championships | 5–14 October 2019 | Rostock | 1 | Ukraine |
| 2019 Asia/Pacific Championships | 5–11 December 2019 | Tokyo | 1 | China |
| 2020 African Championships | 28 February – 6 March 2020 | Port Said | 1 | Algeria |
| Host country allocation | 7 September 2013 | Buenos Aires | 1 | Japan |
| Total | | | 10 | |

### Women

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host country allocation | 7 September 2013 | Buenos Aires | 1 | Japan |
| 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships | 3–8 June 2018 | Malmö | 3 | Brazil Russia Turkey |
| 2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament | 29 June – 9 July 2019 | Fort Wayne | 2 | Australia Canada |
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August – 1 September 2019 | Lima | 1 | United States |
| 2019 European Championships | 5–14 October 2019 | Rostock | 1 | Israel |
| 2019 Asia/Pacific Championships | 5–11 December 2019 | Tokyo | 1 | China |
| 2020 African Championships | 28 February – 6 March 2020 | Port Said | 1 | Egypt |
| Total | | | 10 | |

## Schedule

| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Wed 25 Aug | Thu 26 Aug | Fri 27 Aug | Sat 28 Aug | Sun 29 Aug | Mon 30 Aug | Tue 31 Aug | Wed 1 Sep | Thu 2 Sep | Fri 3 Sep | Fri 3 Sep | Sat 4 Sep | Sun 5 Sep |
| Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | | ½ | B | F | | |
| Women | G | G | G | G | G | G | | ¼ | ½ | B | F | | |

## Men's tournament
### Competition format

The ten men's teams were divided into two equal groups for a single round robin group stage. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter finals. All matches in the second stage were knock-out format.

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 6 | |

### Finals

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 31 August | 31 August | | | |
| Japan | 4 | | | |
| Japan | 4 | 2 September | 2 September | | |
| China | 7 | 2 September | 2 September | |
| China | 7 | China | 8 | |
| 31 August | 31 August | | China | 8 | |
| 31 August | 31 August | United States | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 4 | United States | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 4 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| United States | 5 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| United States | 5 | | | | China | 2 |
| 31 August | 31 August | | | | | China | 2 |
| 31 August | 31 August | | | | Brazil | 7 |
| Belgium | 4 | | | | Brazil | 7 |
| Belgium | 4 | 2 September | 2 September | | | |
| Lithuania | 7 | 2 September | 2 September | | | |
| Lithuania | 7 | Lithuania | 5 | | | |
| 31 August | 31 August | | Lithuania | 5 | | | |
| 31 August | 31 August | Brazil | 9 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Brazil | 9 | Brazil | 9 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Brazil | 9 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| Turkey | 4 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| Turkey | 4 | | | | United States | 7 |
| | | | | | Lithuania | 10 |

## Women's tournament
### Competition format

The ten women's teams were divided into two equal groups for a single round robin group stage. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter finals. All matches in the second stage were knock-out format.

### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | RPC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 3 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 43 | −40 | 0 | |

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | |
| China | 0 | | | |
| China | 0 | 2 September | 2 September | | |
| Brazil (2OT) | 1 | 2 September | 2 September | |
| Brazil (2OT) | 1 | Brazil | 4 | |
| 1 September | 1 September | | Brazil | 4 | |
| 1 September | 1 September | United States (ET) | 5 | |
| United States | 5 | United States (ET) | 5 | |
| United States | 5 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| RPC | 3 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| RPC | 3 | | | | United States | 2 |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | | | United States | 2 |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | | Turkey | 9 |
| Turkey | 10 | | | | Turkey | 9 |
| Turkey | 10 | 2 September | 2 September | | | |
| Australia | 6 | 2 September | 2 September | | | |
| Australia | 6 | Turkey | 8 | | | |
| 1 September | 1 September | | Turkey | 8 | | | |
| 1 September | 1 September | Japan | 5 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Israel | 1 | Japan | 5 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Israel | 1 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| Japan | 4 | | | | 3 September | 3 September |
| Japan | 4 | | | | Brazil | 1 |
| | | | | | Japan | 6 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's goalball details | Brazil (BRA) Emerson Ernesto Alex de Melo José Roberto de Oliveira Romário Marques Leomon Moreno Josemárcio Sousa | China (CHN) Cai Changgui Chen Liangliang Hu Mingyao Lai Liangyu Yang Mingyuan Yu Qinquan | Lithuania (LTU) Mantas Brazauskis Artūras Jonikaitis Nerijus Montvydas Genrik Pavliukianec Justas Pažarauskas Marius Zibolis |
| Women's goalball details | Turkey (TUR) Sevda Altunoluk Sevtap Altunoluk Kader Çelik Fatma Gül Güler Şeydanur Kaplan Reyhan Yılmaz | United States (USA) Mindy Cook Lisa Czechowski Amanda Dennis Marybai Huking Eliana Mason Asya Miller | Japan (JPN) Norika Hagiwara Eiko Kakehata Rieko Takahashi Yuki Temma Rie Urata Haruka Wakasugi |