Iran shares points with Australia in 2017 IBSA Goalball Asia/Pacific Championships
The Iranian women's national goalball team has earned a draw against Australia at the preliminary round of the 2017 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Asia/Pacific Championships in Thailand.
On Tuesday, the Iranian team, which had Zohreh Mazaheri, Samira Jalilvand and Tayyebeh Estaki in its initial lineup, drew with the Australian outfit 5-5 at Thai-Japan Bangkok Youth Center in the Thai capital city of Bangkok. Jalilvand scored all five goals of Iran in the match.
The Iranian visually-challenged sportswomen will take on their South Korean counterparts in their fourth encounter at the tournament on Wednesday.
The 2017 IBSA Goalball Asia/Pacific Championships started in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 19, and will finish on August 27.
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for male and female athletes with a visual impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it into the opponents' goal.
Teams alternate throwing or rolling the ball from one end of the playing area to the other, and players remain in the area of their own goal in both defense and attack. Players must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 12-minute halves.
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