Italy 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 goalball competitions.

Paralympic Games

1984 New York

The team competed in the

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at Long Island,

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, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated. The team finished fourth.

1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the

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, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the

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indoor stadium,

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, Spain. There were twelve men's and eight women's teams. Italy was the gold medal winner, ahead of

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and bronze medal winner

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. Athletes were: Natale Castellini, Roberto Gallucci, Paolo Martini, Dario Merelli, and Hubert Perfler.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region. Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.

2005 Neerpelt (Groups A and B)

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA European Regional Championships, from 15 to 23 October 2005, in Neerpelt and

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, Belgium. Organised by the Vlaamse Liga Gehandicaptensport vzw (Flemish Sport Federation for Persons with a Disability), it hosted the fourteen men's teams of Groups A and B, and the ten women teams. Games were held in the Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof Sport in Neerpelt, and Sportcentrum De Bemvoort in Overpelt.

2021 Pajulahti (Group B)

The team competed in the 2021 IBSA Goalball European B Championships, from 3 June 2021 to 6 June 2021, at Pajulahti, Nastola, Finland. Originally to be hosted in Israel from 15 to 22 October 2021, it was moved to Finland but delayed from January 2021 due to the

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. Men's teams are (Group A) Greece, Portugal, Israel, Russia and Romania, and (Group B) Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, and Sweden. Women's teams are host nation Finland, Denmark, Hungary, France, Poland, and Spain. Romania and Italy stepped in to replace Czech Republic and Slovenia, who elected not to attend.

References

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