Iran women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Iran. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.
The team competed in the 2007 IBSA World Games, from 28 July 2007 to 8 August 2007, in São Paulo, Brazil.[1] The women's goalball competition included thirteen teams, including this one. The competition was a 2008 Summer Paralympics qualifying event. Maryam Dousti was seventh in the competition in scoring with 13 points.[2]
Regional championships
Iran women's goalball team. Goalball at the IBSA Asia regional championships, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand (Aug 2017).
The team competes in IBSA Asia goalball region,[3] and from January 2010 became part of the IBSA Asia-Pacific goalball competition region.
2013 Beijing
The team competed in the 2013 IBSA Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from 11 to 16 November 2013, in Beijing, China. Of the six men's teams (Australia, China, Iran, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand), the team came ranked third, ahead of Australia.[1]
2017 Bangkok
The team competed in the 2017 IBSA Asia/Pacific Goalball Regional Championships, from Monday 21 to Saturday 26 August 2017, in the Thai-Japan Sports Stadium, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand. There were seven men's and five women's teams.[1]
The team did not rank in the top four.
2022 Bahrain
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Regional Championships were moved from November 2021 to 21 March 2022 in Asan, South Korea.[4] The championships was finally held at the Bahrain Sports Federation for Disabilities Sports Centre, in Riffa, Bahrain from Monday 25 July 2022 to Friday 29 July 2022.[5] The top two teams of each division are eligible for the World Championships in December 2022.
In 2006, the team participated in the ninth edition of the FESPIC Games held in Kuala Lumpur. They were one of three teams competing, the other two being China and Japan.[9]
