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Spain Women's National Goalball Team
Spain women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Spain. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions. Paralympic Games The team competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, where they finished eighth. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the team finished fourth. The team competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where they finished second. World Championships International Blind Sports Federation, IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978. The 1994 World Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team was one of nine teams participating, and they finished seventh overall. The 1998 World Championships were held in Madrid, Spain. The team was one of eleven teams participating, and they finished fifth overall. The 2002 World Championships were held in Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand and never kicked. Using ear-hand coordination, originating as a rehabilitation exercise, the sport has no able-bodied equivalent. Able-bodied athletes are also blindfolded when playing this sport. Played indoors, usually on a volleyball court, games consist of twelve-minute halves (formerly ten-minute halves) with three-minute half-time. Where there is a tie, golden goal overtime occurs in the form of two three-minute periods (and a second three-minute half-time). If the tie persists, a paired shootout ('extra throws' and 'sudden death extra throws') determines the winner. Teams alternate throwing or rolling the ball from one end of the playing area to the other, and players remain in the area of their own goal in both defence and attack. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
