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Denmark men's national goalball team is the men's national team of
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. Goalball is a
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designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.


Paralympic Games

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were held in
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, Canada. The team was one of seven teams participating, and they finished third overall. At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem,
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, twelve teams took part. The team finished tenth. New York hosted the
1984 Summer Paralympics The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, canonically the 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. There were two separate competitions: one in Stoke Mandeville, England, United Kingdom for wheelchair athletes ...
where thirteen teams participated and the team finished twelfth.


References

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