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Iran thumps Egypt in 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships

Monday, 04 June 2018 7:30 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 04 June 2018 7:33 AM ]

The Iran men’s national goalball team

The Iran men’s national goalball team has achieved its first emphatic win at the 2018 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball World Championships in Sweden, and crushed Egypt in its maiden match.

The Iranian squad routed the North African outfit 12-2 in a match played in the southern Swedish city of Malmö on Sunday.

The Iranian men’s national goalball team is scheduled to take on Brazil in its next match on Monday.

The 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships started on June 3, and will finish on June 9, 2018.

The Iranian outfit is pitted against , Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Japan and the United States in Pool B of the tournament.

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, Lithuania, Sweden and Turkey are drawn in Pool A.

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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