# Goalball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Yugoslavia (YUG) Muhamed Arnautovic Miroslav Jancic Adam Kablar Rajko Kopac Dragan Sremcevic | United States (USA) Darryl Holden Reni Jackson Jeffrey May George Morris James Neppl Jerry Windell | Egypt (EGY) Ahmed Mamoud Abouzeed Hussein Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Aween El Said Mohamed El Said Bekhit Gad Mohamed Mohamed Sherief |
| Women details | Denmark (DEN) Ella Andersen Helle Brodersen Kirste Christensen Ann Howalt Katja Hunersen Lene Skov Jensen | United States (USA) Patricia Baxter Donna Budeau Angie Garlick Karen Helmacy Maureen Ryan April Saunders | Canada (CAN) Patricia Campion Lucy Greco Danielle Lessard Lisa McLeod Dianne Robitaille Helena Rooyakkers |

## Men's tournament

15 men's teams competed.

### Qualification
#### Group A

| Team | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD |
| United States (USA) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Canada (CAN) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 |
| Italy (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | + 5 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 |
| Australia (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 32 | –27 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 – 1 | Denmark (DEN) |
| Canada (CAN) | 1 – 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) |
| United States (USA) | 1 – 2 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
| Australia (AUS) | 0 – 1 | Italy (ITA) |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 – 0 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 – 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) |
| United States (USA) | 3 – 2 | Australia (AUS) |
| Canada (CAN) | 3 – 2 | Italy (ITA) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 – 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 – 3 | Italy (ITA) |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 – 1 | Australia (AUS)i |
| Canada (CAN) | 1 – 2 | United States (USA) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 – 5 | Italy (ITA) |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 – 0 | Australia (AUS) |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 – 0 | United States (USA) |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 – 4 | Canada (CAN) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 2 – 4 | Australia (AUS) |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 – 1 | United States (USA) |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 – 0 | Canada (CAN) |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 – 0 | Denmark (DEN) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 – 5 | United States (USA) |
| Australia (AUS) | 4 – 5 | Canada (CAN) |
| Italy (ITA) | 2 – 0 | Denmark (DEN) |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 – 2 | Bulgaria (BUL) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 – 8 | Canada (CAN) |
| United States (USA) | 2 – 0 | Denmark (DEN) |
| Australia (AUS) | 3 – 2 | Bulgaria (BUL) |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 – 2 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |

#### Group B

| Team | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD |
| Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
| Israel (ISR) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Finland (FIN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | –12 |
| Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -6 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 1 – 1 | Israel (ISR) |
| West Germany (FRG) | 4 – 0 | Netherlands (NED) |
| Finland (FIN) | 1 – 0 | Iran (IRI) |
| Egypt (EGY) | 1 – 0 | Israel (ISR) |
| West Germany (FRG) | 1 – 0 | Iran (IRI) |
| Hungary (HUN) | 1 – 1 | Finland (FIN) |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 – 1 | Egypt (EGY) |
| Egypt (EGY) | 1 – 0 | Finland (FIN) |
| Iran (IRI) | 0 – 1 | Netherlands (NED) |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 – 3 | Hungary (HUN) |
| Israel (ISR) | 1 – 1 | Finland (FIN) |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 – 1 | Hungary (HUN) |
| Egypt (EGY) | 0 – 0 | West Germany (FRG) |
| Iran (IRI) | 0 – 1 | Israel (ISR) |
| Finland (FIN) | 1 – 2 | West Germany (FRG) |
| Iran (IRI) | 0 – 1 | Egypt (EGY) |
| Israel (ISR) | 2 – 0 | Netherlands (NED) |
| Iran (IRI) | 0 – 1 | Hungary (HUN) |
| Israel (ISR) | 1 – 1 | West Germany (FRG) |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 – 0 | Egypt (EGY) |
| Finland (FIN) | 4 – 0 | Netherlands (NED) |

### Classification rounds
#### Classification 11-12

| Australia (AUS) | 3 – 3 (6 – 5 a.e.t.) | Netherlands (NED) |

#### Classification 9-10

| Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 – 1 (2 – 3 a.e.t) | Finland (FIN) |

#### Classification 7-8

| Italy (ITA) | 0 – 1 | Israel (ISR) |

### Final round
#### Semifinals

| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 – 0 | Hungary (HUN) |
| Egypt (EGY) | 0 – 0 (0 – 2 pen.) | United States (USA) |

#### Bronze medal match

| Egypt (EGY) | 0 – 0 (2 – 1 pen.) | Hungary (HUN) |

#### Gold medal match

| United States (USA) | 0 – 0 (0 – 2 a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia (YUG) |

## Women's tournament

7 women's teams competed.

### Preliminaries

| Team | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD |
| United States (USA) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 |
| Canada (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 46 | −36 |
| Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 29 | –20 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 1 – 1 | Netherlands (NED) |
| West Germany (FRG) | 6 – 2 | Australia (AUS) |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 – 2 | United States (USA) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 – 8 | Denmark (DEN) |
| West Germany (FRG) | 12 – 2 | South Korea (KOR) |
| Canada (CAN) | 2 – 2 | Netherlands (NED) |
| United States (USA) | 4 – 0 | Australia (AUS) |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 – 1 | Denmark (DEN) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 – 9 | West Germany (FRG) |
| United States (USA) | 7 – 0 | South Korea (KOR) |
| Australia (AUS) | 1 – 5 | Netherlands (NED) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 2 – 3 | Canada (CAN) |
| United States (USA) | 3 – 0 | West Germany (FRG) |
| Australia (AUS) | 0 – 4 | Denmark (DEN) |
| Netherlands (NED) | 12 – 1 | South Korea (KOR) |
| Australia (AUS) | 2 – 5 | Canada (CAN) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 – 6 | United States (USA) |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 – 1 | West Germany (FRG) |
| South Korea (KOR) | 5 – 4 | Australia (AUS) |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 – 3 | United States (USA) |
| Denmark (DEN) | 1 – 1 | West Germany (FRG) |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 – 1 | United States (USA) |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 – 1 | Canada (CAN) |

### Final round
#### Semifinals

| United States (USA) | 4 – 0 | Netherlands (NED) |
| Denmark (DEN) | 3 – 2 | Canada (CAN) |

#### Bronze medal match

| Netherlands (NED) | 2 – 5 | Canada (CAN) |

#### Gold medal match

| Denmark (DEN) | 0 – 0 (3 – 1 pen.) | United States (USA) |

## Controversy

The Iranian team chanted an aggressive "war cry" at the Israeli team and refused to play them. They were subsequently deemed to have committed a "gross misuse of the sporting platform for political aims" and were disqualified. Iranian team manager Asghar Dadkhan formally apologised the following day and stated that other Iranian athletes would comply with the regulations.