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Sweden women's national goalball team

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Sweden women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Sweden. It takes part in international goalball competitions.

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Paralympics

The team competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, where they finished fourth. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the team finished fifth. The team competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where they finished third.

World championships

The 1994 World Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team was one of nine teams participating, and they finished third overall. The 1998 World Championships were held in Madrid, Spain. The team was one of eleven teams participating, and they finished second overall. The 2002 World Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team was one of ten teams participating, and they finished fifth overall.

European championships

In 2005, the European Championships were held in Neerpelt, Belgium. With ten teams competing, the team finished seventh. The Turkish Blind Sports Federation hosted the 2007 IBSA Goalball European Championships in Anyalya, Turkey with 11 teams contesting the women's competition. The team finished sixth. Munich, Germany hosted the 2009 European Championships with eleven teams taking part. Sweden finished fifth. The team competed at the 2013 European Championships in Turkey, where they finished tenth.

IBSA World Games

The 2003 IBSA World Games were held in Quebec City, Canada with 10 teams competing. The first stage was pool play with 5 teams per pool and the top two teams in each pool advancing to the next round. The 2007 IBSA World Championships and Games were held in Brazil. The women's goalball competition included thirteen teams, including this one. The competition was a 2008 Summer Paralympics qualifying event. Malin Gustausson finished second in the competition in scoring with 26 points. Josefine Jálmestal was seventh in the competition in scoring with 13 points.

Competitive history

The table below contains individual game results for the team in international matches and competitions.

References

Sweden women's national goalball team Wikipedia