# Goalball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics took place at the Sports Pavilion of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Sports Complex, in Athens, Greece.
Goalball is open to blind and partially sighted competitors, with separate men's and women's competitions.

## Men's tournament

The Men's tournament was won by the team representing Denmark.

## Results
### Preliminaries

* Qualified for final round
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | D | L | Goals | Points | DEN | SWE | USA | CAN | GER | GRE |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42:17 | 13 | x | 3:3 | 10:7 | 10:1 | 9:3 | 10:3 |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21:14 | 9 | 3:3 | x | 1:1 | 4:4 | 3:1 | 10:5 |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34:26 | 7 | 7:10 | 1:1 | x | 8:12 | 7:2 | 11:1 |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34:32 | 7 | 1:10 | 4:4 | 12:8 | x | 4:5 | 13:5 |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24:26 | 6 | 3:9 | 1:3 | 2:7 | 5:4 | x | 13:3 |
| 6 | Greece | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:57 | 0 | 3:10 | 5:10 | 1:11 | 5:13 | 3:13 | x |

#### Group B

| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | D | L | Goals | Points | ESP | KOR | FIN | HUN | LTU | SLO |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23:15 | 13 | x | 9:8 | 3:3 | 3:2 | 4:1 | 4:1 |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35:34 | 9 | 8:9 | x | 0:10 | 7:5 | 10:5 | 10:5 |
| 3 | Finland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20:20 | 7 | 3:3 | 10:0 | x | 2:1 | 4:8 | 1:8 |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:14 | 6 | 2:3 | 5:7 | 1:2 | x | 6:1 | 4:1 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:28 | 6 | 1:4 | 5:10 | 8:4 | 1:6 | x | 7:4 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:26 | 3 | 1:4 | 5:10 | 8:1 | 1:4 | 4:7 | x |

### Competition bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| United States | 5 | | | | |
| Spain | 1 | | | | |
| Spain | 1 | United States | 1 | | |
| | | Denmark | 8 | | |
| Denmark | 9 | Denmark | 8 | | |
| Hungary | 3 | | | | |
| Hungary | 3 | | | Denmark | 7 |
| | | | | Sweden | 5 |
| Sweden | 5 | | | | | Sweden | 5 |
| Finland | 1 | | |
| Finland | 1 | Sweden | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Canada | 3 |
| Canada | 9 | Canada | 3 | United States | 5 |
| South Korea | 4 | | | Canada | 4 |

### Classification 5-8

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| South Korea | 3 |
| Finland | 5 | | |
| Finland | 5 | Finland | 4 |
| | | Spain | 3 |
| Hungary | 1 | Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 4 | | |
| Spain | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Hungary | 8 |
| | | South Korea | 3 |

### Classification 9-12
#### Classification 9/10

| Lithuania | 6 – 4 | Germany |

#### Classification 11/12

| Slovenia | 12 – 2 | Greece |

## Team Lists

| Denmark Martin Enggaard Pedersen Soren Holmgren Jensen Ricky Nielsen Kenneth Hansen Peter Weichel | Sweden Boris Samuelsson Jimmy Bjoerkstrand Niklas Hultqvist Mikael Rendahl Mikael Aspegren Oskar Kuus | Canada Rob Christy Mario Caron Bruno Hache Dean Kozak Jeff Christy Kevin Kaminski | United States Christopher Dodds Donté Mickens Daniel Gallant Edward Munro Tyler Merren John Mulhern jr. |
| Germany Mathias Koehler Michael Breidbach Thomas Betzl Matthias Schmidt Johann Demmelhuber Steffen Lehmann | Greece Nikolaos Chatzidafnis Athanasios Chasiotis Sotirios Michalopoulos Anastasios Trikalitis Antonios Diamantopoulos Nikolaos Argyros | Spain Jose Daniel Fernandez Ignacio Garrido Jose Perez Vicente Galiana Roberto Abenia Tomas Rubio | South Korea Oh Jeong Hwan Kim Chul Hwan Lee Sun Haeng Lee Yoon Bong Won Pong Pil Hong Jang Hyun |
| Finland Juha Oikarainen Arttu Makinen Sami Mustonen Petri Posio Veli Matti Aittola Jarno Mattila | Hungary Sandor Orsos Sandor Szell Szabolcs Hajba Zsolt Orsos Szillard Belafi Andras Szabo | Lithuania Marius Zibolis Genrik Pavliukianec Egidijus Biknevicius Arvydas Juchna Saulius Leonavicius Algirdas Montvydas | Slovenia Matej Ledinek Ivan Vinkler Gorazd Dolanc Zlatko Mihajlovic Dejan Pirc Bostjan Vogrincic |

## Women's tournament

The Women's tournament was won by the team representing Canada.

## Results
### Preliminaries

* Qualified for final round
| Rank | Competitor | MP | W | D | L | Goals | Points | CAN | USA | JPN | FIN | NED | GER | BRA |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31:2 | 21 | x | 2:0 | 2:0 | 3:1 | 9:0 | 3:0 | 4:1 |
| 2 | United States | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18:4 | 18 | 0:2 | x | 6:1 | 3:1 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 2:0 |
| 3 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16:17 | 13 | 0:2 | 1:6 | x | 2:1 | 1:1 | 6:3 | 4:3 |
| 4 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 30:10 | 12 | 1:3 | 1:3 | 1:2 | x | 8:1 | 5:1 | 10:0 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15:22 | 10 | 0:9 | 0:2 | 1:1 | 1:8 | x | 4:0 | 3:1 |
| 6 | Germany | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10:21 | 6 | 0:3 | 0:2 | 3:6 | 1:5 | 0:4 | x | 4:1 |
| 7 | Brazil | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7:27 | 3 | 1:4 | 0:2 | 3:4 | 0:10 | 1:3 | 1:4 | x |
| 8 | Greece | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2:26 | 0 | 0:8 | 0:3 | 1:2 | 0:4 | 1:6 | 0:2 | 0:1 |

### Competition bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Finland | 2 |
| Canada | 4 | | |
| Canada | 4 | Canada | 3 |
| | | United States | 1 |
| United States | 3 | United States | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | | |
| Japan | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Japan | 2 |
| | | Finland | 1 |