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Lithuania men's national goalball team

Lithuania men's national goalball team
Lithuania men's goalball team ready to defend against Australia at the Goalball World Championships, Malmö, Sweden (2018).
Full nameLietuvos nacionalinė golbolo rinktinė
NicknamesLiūtai (Lions)
SportGoalball
LeagueIBSA
DivisionMen
RegionIBSA Europe
LocationLithuania
ColoursYellow, green
   
ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

: 1 : 2 : 1
World Championship medals:

: 2 : 1 : 1
Parent groupLithuanian Paralympic Committee
Websiteparalympics.lt

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

Members of the team participate in the several international tournaments each year within the country at the capital Vilnius and the Paralympic training centre nearby at historic Trakai.

Paralympic Games

2000 Sydney

The team competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, between 18 and 29 October 2000, at an Olympic Park indoor hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They came second.

2004 Athens

The team competed in 2004 Summer Paralympics, between 17 and 28 September 2004, in the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens, Greece. They came ninth.

2008 Beijing

The team competed in 2008 Summer Paralympics, from 6 to 17 September 2008, in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium 'bat wing' arena, Beijing, China. There were 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams taking part in this event. They came second.

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics from 30 August to 7 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena, London, England. They came fourth.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]

No. Player Age
1 Nerijus Montvydas 27
3 Arvydas Juchna 28
5 Saulius Leonavicius 39
6 Mantas Panovas 23
7 Genrik Pavliukianec 36
8 Marius Zibolis 37
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Turkey 5 4 1 0 26 6 +20 13 Quarterfinals
 Brazil 5 3 0 2 30 20 +10 9
 Lithuania 5 2 2 1 33 20 +13 8
 Finland 5 2 0 3 16 24 −8 6
 Sweden 5 1 2 2 16 25 −9 5 Eliminated
 Great Britain 5 0 1 4 9 35 −26 1
Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.


30 August 2012
09:00
Lithuania  11 – 1  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
Pavliukianec 4
Zibolis 3
Juchna 2
Panovas 2
Report Sharkey 1

31 August 2012
10:15
Lithuania  10 – 0  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
Pavliukianec 5
Juchna 3
Leonavicius 1
Zibolis 1
Report

1 September 2012
11:30
Brazil  12 – 5  Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Launel Scott (CAN)
Marques 10
Almeida Maciel Celente 2
Report Montvydas 2
Pavliuklianec 2
Panovas 1

2 September 2012
19:45
Sweden  5 – 5  Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Hooshang Shariati (IRI)
Seremati 5 Report Pavliukianec 2
Panovas 2
Juchna 1

4 September 2012
19:45
Lithuania  2 – 2  Turkey Copper Box, London
Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Zibolis 2 Report Alkan 1
Karakaya 1
Quarter-finals
5 September 2012
18:00
China  4 – 12  Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
Chen 2
Yongquan 2
Report Zibolis 6
Juchna 4
Leonavičius 1
Pavliukianec 1
Semi-finals
6 September 2012
20:00
Brazil  2 – 1  Lithuania Copper Box, London
Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
Almeida Maciel Celente 1
Marques 1
Report Leonavičius 1
Bronze Metal
7 September 2012
18:30
Lithuania  1 – 4  Turkey Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Yasser Omar (EGY)
Zibolis 1 Report Karakaya 4

2016 Rio de Janeiro

The team competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Thursday 8 September to finals on Friday 16 September 2016, in the temporary Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] They won the gold medal.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Nerijus Montvydas B1 (1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 31)
3 Justas Pazarauskas B1 (1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 24)
5 Mantas Brazauskis B2 (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 26)
6 Mantas Panovas B2 (1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 27)
7 Genrik Pavliukianec B1 (1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 40)
9 Mindaugas Suchovejus B1 (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 28)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 4 4 0 0 35 22 +13 12 Quarter-finals
2  United States 4 2 0 2 21 18 +3 6
3  Turkey 4 2 0 2 20 23 −3 6
4  China 4 1 0 3 25 28 −3 3
5  Finland 4 1 0 3 24 34 −10 3


8 September 2016
17:30
Finland  6–13  Lithuania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
Miinala 3
Mattila 1
Posio 1
Honkanen 1
Report Pavliukianec 7
Pažarauskas 5
Panovas 1

10 September 2016
13:15
Lithuania  8–7  United States Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Patricia Fras (SLO)
Pavliukianec 6
Pazarauskas 2
Report Hamilton 5
Merren 2

12 September 2016
14:15
Lithuania  3–1  China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN)
Pavliukianec 2
Pazarauskas 1
Report Chen 1

13 September 2016
20:45
Turkey  3–5  Lithuania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
Karakaya 2
Gündoğdu 1
Report Panovas 2
Pavliukianec 1
Pazarauskas 1
Montvydas 1
Quarter-finals
14 September 2016
18:00
Lithuania  5–4  Canada Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER)
Pazarauskas 3
Pavliukianec 2
Report Ripley 2
Hache 1
Nesbitt 1
Semi-finals
15 September 2016
18:30
Lithuania  7–2  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Pavliukianec 5
Pazarauskas 2
Report Seremeti 1
Weichel 1
Finals
16 September 2016
20:00
United States  8–14  Lithuania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
Simpson 4
Hamilton 1
Jenks 1
Merren 1
Walker 1
Report Pavliukianec 8
Pazarauskas 6

2020 Tokyo

The team competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with competition from Wednesday 25 August to finals on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Makuhari Messe arena, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan. They qualified at the 2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament at Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America.

The team finished as bronze medalists, behind China, and Brazil.

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Nerijus Montvydas B1 (1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 36)
2 Artūras Jonikaitis B3 (1986-12-21)21 December 1986 (aged 34)
3 Justas Pažarauskas B1 (1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 29)
5 Mantas Brazauskis B2 (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 31)
7 Genrik Pavliukianec B1 (1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 45)
9 Marius Zibolis B1 (1974-10-14)14 October 1974 (aged 46)

Coach was Valdas Gecevicius, and staff member Ugnius Savickas. Jerseys were predominantly green or white.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 4 3 0 1 37 15 +22 9 Quarter-finals
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 35 17 +18 9
3  United States 4 2 0 2 25 35 −10 6
4  Lithuania 4 1 1 2 24 31 −7 4
5  Algeria 4 0 1 3 20 43 −23 1
Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts
Round-robin
25 August 2021
09:00
Brazil  11–2  Lithuania Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
Marques 4
Moreno 3
Sousa 3
Da Silva 1
Report Pavliukianec 1
Zibolis 1

26 August 2021
19:00
Lithuania  7–7  Algeria Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
Pavliukianec 3
Pazarauskas 3
Zibolis 1
Report Belhouchat 7

28 August 2021
14:45
Lithuania  2–10  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
Montvydas 1
Pavliukianec 1
Report Sano 4
Miyajiki 3
Kaneko 2
Yamaguchi 1

30 August 2021
13:15
United States  3–13  Lithuania Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
Simpson 2
Young 1
Report Montvydas 5
Zibolis 4
Pavliukianec 2
Pazarauskas 2
Quarter-finals
31 August 2021
17:45
Belgium  4–7  Lithuania Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Raili Sipura (FIN)
T. Vanhove 3
Amnir 1
Report Pavliukianec 4
Montvydas 2
Pazarauskas 1
Semi-finals
2 September 2021
17:45
Lithuania  5–9  Brazil Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (Japan), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
Pavliukianec 2
Jonikaitis 1
Pažarauskas 1
Zibolis 1
Report Sousa 6
Moreno 2
Marques 1
Bronze Medal
3 September 2021
15:00
United States  7–10  Lithuania Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
Simpson 2
Walker 2
Young 2
Kusku 1
Report Zibolis 4
Pavliukianec 3
Montvydas 2
Pažarauskas 1

World Championships

Lithuania men's goalball team. Goalball World Championships, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (July 2006).

1998 Madrid

The team competed in the 1998 World Championships, in Madrid, Spain.

2002 Rio de Janeiro

The team competed in the 2002 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 30 August 2002 to 8 September 2002.

2006 Spartanburg

The team competed in the 2006 World Championships, in July 2006, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America.

2010 Sheffield

The team competed in the 2010 World Championships, from 20 to 25 June 2010, in Sheffield, England.[5] They were in Pool B.

Lithuania men's goalball team. Goalball World Championships, Malmö, Sweden (2018).

2014 Espoo

The team competed in the 2014 World Championships from 30 June to 5 July 2014, in Espoo, Finland. They were in Pool B, won their quarter-finals defeating the Czech Republic 11:6, but were mercied by Brazil 14:0 in the semi-finals. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by the United States, 2:4.[5]

Athletes: Mantas Brazauskis (#4), Saulius Leonavicius (#5), Montvydas Nerijus (#1), Mantas Panovas (#6), Genrik Pavliukianec (#7), and Marius Zibolis (#8).

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, at the Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. They placed second in Pool A winning six of their seven games, beating the United States 7:4 in the quarter-finals, before being beaten by Brazil in the semi-finals 6:7. For the third place playoffs, they were beaten by Belgium 2:9. The team was fourth in final standings.[5]

Athletes included: Arturas Jonikaitis (centre).

2022 Matosinhos

The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Portugal. There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams. They placed second in Pool D, and fourth in final standings.[6]

IBSA World Games

2015 Seoul

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.[5] Beating China 10:3, the team took the gold medal.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.[7] Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year. Strong teams move towards Group A.

2013 Konya (Group A)

The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships, Group A, from 1 to 11 November 2013, at Konya, Turkey.[8] They beat Finland in the quarter-finals, 9:5, mercied Germany in the semi-finals 13:3, going onto beat Spain in the finals, 4:2.[5]

2015 Kaunas (Group A)

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA Goalball European A Championships, from 5 to 12 July 2015, in Kaunas, Lithuania. The tournament was organised by the Lithuanian Blind Sports Federation. Beating Ukraine 13:8 in the quarter-finals, they went on to lose to Finland 5:13. They mercied Czech Republic 15:5, to take third place.[5]

2017 Pajulahti (Group A)

The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 15 to 23 September 2017, at Pajulahti, Nastola, Finland. They placed first, beating Germany 6:3.[5]

Athletes included: Nerijus Montvydas, Justas Pazarauskas (highest goalscorer of the tournament), Mindaugas Suchojevus, and Marius Zibolis.

2019 Rostock (Group A)

The team competed in the 2019 IBSA Goalball European A Championships from 5 to 14 October 2019, in Rostock, Germany. They placed third in the final standings.[5]

Athletes included: Arturas Jonikaitis (centre), Nerijus Montvydas, Mantas Panovas, Justas Pazarauskas, and Marius Zibolis.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. ^ "IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Goalball – Team Lithuania". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Schedule and Results - GMT+0". IBSA Goalball World Championships 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  7. ^ "IBSA members". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Goalball Europan Championship". Turkey: International Blind Sports Association Goalball Turkey. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.