Belgium women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Belgium.
Goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...
is a
team sport
A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport requires the participation of multiple individuals working together as a team, and it is inherently impossible or highly impractical to execute the sport as a s ...
designed specifically for athletes with a
vision impairment
Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception. In the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment, visual impairment may cause the individual difficul ...
. The team takes part in international competitions.
World Championships
IBSA World Goalball Championships
The IBSA Goalball World Championships is an international goalball tournament held every four years, since 1978, between :Goalball at the Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games goalball tournaments. It is organised by the International Blind Spo ...
have been held every four years from 1978.
The 1986 World Championships were held in
Roermond
Roermond (; or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received City rights i ...
, the Netherlands. The team was one of ten teams participating, and they finished ninth overall.
Regional championships
The team has participated in the IBSA goalball regional championships, including the inaugural 1983 Greeve (Denmark) championships, 1991 Lahti, 1993 Loughborough, and 2001 Neerpelt championships. They also participated in the B Division at 2014 Budapest, 2016 Porto, and 2018 Chorzów championships.
See also
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Disabled sports
Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing non-disabled sports, while others have been specifically created f ...
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Belgium men's national goalball team
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Belgium at the Paralympics
References
National women's goalball teams
Goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...
European national goalball teams
Goalball in Europe
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