Iran Goalball Discovers Fate at 2024 Paralympic Games
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The draw for the most important goalball competition in the world –the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games– took place in Lignano Sabbiadoro of Italy on Monday.
In the men’s, defending Paralympic champion Brazil and World Championships silver medalist China, European champion Ukraine, Americas title holder the US, African champion Egypt, Asia-Pacific champion Iran, host France, and IBSA World Games champion Japan all went into the pots to be drawn for the Paralympics.
Men’s draw
Pool A:
A1 Brazil
A2 Iran
A3 the US
A4 France
Pool B:
B1 China
B2 Ukraine
B3 Egypt
B4 Japan
“Overall, I liked it because the groups are balanced. There is no death group. The tendency is for the story to be built normally throughout the competition,” Jonatas Castro, Brazilian men’s head coach, said.
“Specifically, about the Brazil group, I liked it because they are teams we are used to playing against. Iran, we faced in the Nations Cup recently, the US, we have won the last clashes. We know that the Paralympics are different, strategies change, there are no more tests. But I think it was a good group,” he added.
