# 2022 Goalball World Championships

The 2022 Goalball World Championships was held in Matosinhos, Portugal from 5 to 16 December 2022.
The 2022 Goalball World Championships were scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China, to commence Monday, 5 June 2022, although originally set for Sunday 3 to Friday 15 July 2022. Some precursor regional championships were moved due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: IBSA America moved from 6 to 13 November 2021 to 18 to 22 February 2022, and IBSA Asia moved from November 2021 to commence 21 March 2022.
By June 2022, the IBSA Asia Regional Championships were moved from South Korea to the ISA Sport City at Bahrain for July 2022, and the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal, to be the location for the World Championships in December 2022.
The world title won Brazil and Turkey. For Brazil was their third world title in a row.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Brazil | China | Ukraine |
| Women | Turkey | South Korea | Israel |

## Team rosters
### Men's rosters

| Algeria | Algeria | Argentina | Argentina | Belgium | Belgium | Brazil | Brazil |
| Coach: Saad Boutiba | Coach: Saad Boutiba | Coach: Damián Pelozo | Coach: Damián Pelozo | Coach: Johan De Rick | Coach: Johan De Rick | Coach: Jônatas Castro | Coach: Jônatas Castro |
| 1 | Samir Belhouchat | 1 | Matías Brítez | 1 | Arne Vanhove | 4 | Leomon Moreno |
| 2 | Firas Bentria | 2 | Oscar Silva | 2 | Wassime Amnir | 5 | Jose Márcio Sousa |
| 3 | Imad Eddine Godmane | 3 | Leonardo Jazmín | 3 | Oljan Mapreni | 6 | Romário Marques |
| 4 | Abdelhalim Larbi | 4 | Mario Velarde | 4 | Cemil Dzemail | 7 | Emerson Silva |
| 5 | Djalal Boutadjine | 5 | Matías Miranda | 5 | Klison Mapreni | 8 | Paulo Saturnino |
| 6 | Omar Mebarki | 6 | Eloy Nieva | 6 | Tom Vanhove | 9 | André Dantas |
| Canada | Canada | China | China | Colombia | Colombia | Egypt | Egypt |
| Coach: Nathalie Séguin | Coach: Nathalie Séguin | Coach: Yin Shiqiang | Coach: Yin Shiqiang | Coach: Juan Negrete | Coach: Juan Negrete | Coach: Mohamed Farahat | Coach: Mohamed Farahat |
| 1 | Ahmad Zeividavi | 3 | Yang Mingyuan | 1 | Víctor Montaño | 2 | Mohamed Elsayed |
| 2 | Aron Ghebreyohannes | 5 | Hu Mingyao | 2 | Jesús Hernández | 3 | Ahmed Abdelrazek |
| 6 | Blair Nesbitt | 6 | Yu Qinquan | 3 | Enrique Acero | 5 | Sayed Awwad |
| 7 | Doug Ripley | 7 | Yu Deyi | 4 | Javier Arroyo | 6 | Ali Ali |
| 8 | Mason Smith | 8 | Sun Zhen | 7 | Andrés Berrío | 7 | Omar Mohamed |
| 9 | Peter Parsons | 9 | Wang Jinhao | 9 | Eider Cuéllar | 9 | Ahmed Elsayed |
| Germany | Germany | Iran | Iran | Japan | Japan | Lithuania | Lithuania |
| Coach: Stefan Weil | Coach: Stefan Weil | Coach: Bahman Dousti | Coach: Bahman Dousti | Coach: Rikiya Kudo | Coach: Rikiya Kudo | Coach: Klaidas Janeika | Coach: Klaidas Janeika |
| 1 | Michael Dennis | 1 | Khalil Shahrionarsab | 1 | Yuto Sano | 1 | Nerijus Montvydas |
| 3 | Thomas Steiger | 2 | Mohammad Mansouri | 3 | Masatoshi Ito | 2 | Artūras Jonikaitis |
| 4 | Philipp Tauscher | 3 | Hasan Jafari | 5 | Ryoga Yamaguchi | 3 | Justas Pažarauskas |
| 6 | Oliver Hörauf | 6 | Mohammadmahdi Nafisinab | 7 | Kazuya Kaneko | 5 | Mantas Brazauskis |
| 8 | Nils Emig | 7 | Mohammad Soranji | 8 | Koji Miyajiki | 6 | Normantas Prušinskas |
| 9 | Fabian Diehm | 9 | Mohsen Abdolmaleki | 9 | Yuta Kawashima | 7 | Genrik Pavliukianec |
| Portugal | Portugal | Turkey | Turkey | Ukraine | Ukraine | United States | United States |
| Coach: Márcia Ferreira | Coach: Márcia Ferreira | Coach: Hüseyin Pelgz | Coach: Hüseyin Pelgz | Coach: Fedor Dubrovin | Coach: Fedor Dubrovin | Coach: Keith Young | Coach: Keith Young |
| 2 | Alexandre Almeida | 1 | Hüseyin Alkan | 1 | Vasyl Oliinyk | 1 | Daryl Walker |
| 3 | Fábio Oliveira | 2 | Oğuzhan Yılmaz | 2 | Anton Strelchyk | 2 | Tyler Merren |
| 5 | João Mota | 3 | Ebubekir Sıddık Kara | 3 | Vitalii Haponenko | 3 | Andrew Jenks |
| 6 | João Macedo | 4 | Bilal Tekin | 4 | Yevheniy Tsyhanenko | 7 | Matthew Simpson |
| 9 | João Sousa | 6 | Yunus Emre Akyüz | 5 | Rodion Zhyhalin | 8 | Christian King |
| | | 7 | Tuncay Karakaya | 7 | Oleksandr Toporkov | 9 | Lewis Walker |

### Women's rosters

| Algeria | Algeria | Argentina | Argentina | Australia | Australia | Brazil | Brazil |
| Coach: Miloud Djelaili | Coach: Miloud Djelaili | Coach: Irina Versele | Coach: Irina Versele | Coach: Meica Horsburgh | Coach: Meica Horsburgh | Coach: Gabriel Siqueira | Coach: Gabriel Siqueira |
| 1 | Saliha Slimi | 1 | Mailen Benítez | 1 | Zara Perry | 1 | Larissa Saturnino |
| 2 | Chafika Kehifoun | 2 | Romina Cardozo | 2 | Nikita Grosser | 2 | Geovanna Moura |
| 3 | Khalida Ibziz | 3 | Milagros Porretta | 3 | Clare Whelan | 5 | Moniza Lima |
| 4 | Sarah Abdellaoui | 5 | Mariela Almada | 4 | Jessica Clark | 6 | Kátia Silva |
| 5 | Bakhta Benallou | 6 | Graciela Almada | 6 | Amelia Hart | 7 | Danielle Longhini |
| 6 | Saida Bourouba | 7 | Lorena Magaña | 7 | Raissa Martin | 8 | Jéssica Vitorino |
| Canada | Canada | Denmark | Denmark | Egypt | Egypt | France | France |
| Coach: Trent Farebrother | Coach: Trent Farebrother | Coach: Ricky Nielsen | Coach: Ricky Nielsen | Coach: Abobakr Shaaban | Coach: Abobakr Shaaban | Coach: Anthony Puaud | Coach: Anthony Puaud |
| 3 | Whitney Bogart | 2 | Beritan Dener | 2 | Amany Abouhussein | 1 | Audrey Belkhir |
| 4 | Meghan Mahon | 3 | Hazel Gezen | 3 | Gehad Ezzeldin | 2 | Sandrine Mourey |
| 5 | Emma Reinke | 4 | Anja Christensen | 4 | Dina Eladgham | 6 | Jahmali Berquier |
| 6 | Brieann Baldock | 7 | Juliane Lund | 7 | Hasnaa Elgabry | 7 | Gwendoline Matos |
| 7 | Amy Burk | | | 9 | Shaimaa Hanafy | 8 | Loïse Rondepierre |
| 8 | Maryam Salehizadeh | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | Israel | Israel | Japan | Japan | Mexico | Mexico |
| Coach: Aaron Ford | Coach: Aaron Ford | Coach: Raz Shoham | Coach: Raz Shoham | Coach: Kyoichi Ichikawa | Coach: Kyoichi Ichikawa | Coach: Rafael Godínez | Coach: Rafael Godínez |
| 1 | Sarah Leiter | 1 | Elham Mahamid Ruzin | 1 | Yuki Temma | 2 | Valeria Aguilar |
| 2 | Antonia Bunyan | 2 | Noa Malka | 3 | Eiko Kakehata | 3 | Arlyn Moreno |
| 4 | Georgie Bullen | 3 | Gal Hamrani | 4 | Saki Amuro | 4 | María Ornelas |
| 5 | Meme Robertson | 4 | Or Mizrahi | 6 | Norika Hagiwara | 7 | Adriana Vizcarra |
| 7 | Megan Smithson-Booth | 5 | Roni Ohayon | 7 | Rieko Takahashi | NP | Abril Moreno |
| 8 | Lois Turner | 6 | Lihi Ben-David | 9 | Masae Komiya | | |
| Portugal | Portugal | South Korea | South Korea | Turkey | Turkey | United States | United States |
| Coach: Márcia Ferreira | Coach: Márcia Ferreira | Coach: Jung Ji-young | Coach: Jung Ji-young | Coach: Gültekin Karasu | Coach: Gültekin Karasu | Coach: Jacob Czechowski | Coach: Jacob Czechowski |
| 1 | Eduarda Azevedo | 1 | Kim Hee-jin | 1 | Fatma Gül Güler | 1 | Elizabeth Daugherty |
| 3 | Marlene Brandão | 2 | Park Min-kyoung | 2 | Reyhan Yılmaz | 4 | Asya Miller |
| 4 | Bruna Lourinho | 3 | Kim Eun-ji | 3 | Sevda Altunoluk | 5 | Amanda Dennis |
| 5 | Leonor Silva | 6 | Sim Seon-hwa | 4 | Şeydanur Kaplan | 7 | Eliana Mason |
| 8 | Jéssica Castro | 7 | Seo Min-ji | 7 | Sevtap Altunoluk | 8 | Shavon Lockhardt |
| | | 8 | Choi Eum-jee | 8 | Berfin Altan | 9 | Mindy Cook |

## Men's event
### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Brazil | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 36 | +46 | 21 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 14 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 3 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 13 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 4 | Germany | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 5 | Belgium | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 8 | |
| 6 | Portugal | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 6 | |
| 7 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 74 | −37 | 4 | |
| 8 | Algeria | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 3 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | China | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 21 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 2 | Lithuania | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 16 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 3 | Ukraine | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 13 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 4 | Iran | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 12 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 5 | United States | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 12 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 6 | |
| 7 | Egypt | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 3 | |
| 8 | Colombia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 77 | −57 | 0 | |

### Knockouts

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | |
| Brazil | 15 | | | |
| Brazil | 15 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | |
| Iran | 5 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | |
| Iran | 5 | Brazil | 9 | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | Brazil | 9 | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | Lithuania | 4 | |
| Lithuania | 6 | Lithuania | 4 | |
| Lithuania | 6 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| Japan | 4 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| Japan | 4 | | | | Brazil | 6 |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | | | Brazil | 6 |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | | China | 5 |
| China | 12 | | | | China | 5 |
| China | 12 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | |
| Germany | 2 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | |
| Germany | 2 | China | 9 | | | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | China | 9 | | | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | Ukraine | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Turkey | 5 | Ukraine | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Turkey | 5 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| Ukraine | 6 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| Ukraine | 6 | | | | Lithuania | 2 |
| | | | | | Ukraine | 6 |

## Women's event
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 22 | +53 | 21 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 18 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 15 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 4 | Denmark | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 12 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 5 | Algeria | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 9 | |
| 6 | France | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 4 | |
| 7 | Argentina | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 4 | |
| 8 | Mexico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 83 | −58 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Israel | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 25 | +39 | 21 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 16 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 3 | United States | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 15 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 4 | Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 13 | Qualification for quarterfinals |
| 5 | Brazil | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 9 | |
| 6 | Australia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 6 | |
| 7 | Egypt | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 58 | −38 | 3 | |
| 8 | Portugal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 73 | −60 | 0 | |

### Knockouts

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | |
| Canada | 7 | | | |
| Canada | 7 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | |
| Great Britain | 4 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | |
| Great Britain | 4 | Canada | 2 | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | Canada | 2 | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | South Korea | 5 | |
| Japan | 2 | South Korea | 5 | |
| Japan | 2 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | South Korea | 4 |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | | | South Korea | 4 |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | | Turkey | 10 |
| Israel | 12 | | | | Turkey | 10 |
| Israel | 12 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | |
| Denmark | 2 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | | |
| Denmark | 2 | Israel | 2 | | | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | | Israel | 2 | | | |
| 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | Turkey | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Turkey | 5 | Turkey | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Turkey | 5 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| United States | 4 | | | | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| United States | 4 | | | | Canada | 2 |
| | | | | | Israel | 4 |