Goalball Team Slovenia

i pa bomo še dodatno prispevali, upamo, z dobrimi rezultati. NA KRATKO O GOLBALU IN REPREZENTANCI SLOVENIJE IZ PRETEKLIH LET

Golbal je igra, prirejena za slepe in slabovidne. Igra se z zvenečo žogo, igralci pa pri igri uporabljajo posebna očala, skozi katera ne vidijo ničesar. Tako vsi igralci, ki igrajo, ne vidijo ničesar in si med igro pomagajo s preostalimi čuti, predvsem s sluhom in tipom … Igrišče je po zunanjih merah identično z odbojkarskim in meri 18 metov v dolžino ter 9 metrov v širino. Na vsaki strani je gol, ki obsega celotno širino igrišča in je visok med. Na tleh so taktilne oznake, s pomočjo katerih se igralci orientirajo. Nasprotni ekipi igrata s tremi igralci v polju. Med igro si ekipi »podajata« (kotalita) žogo z ene na drugo stran igrišča, pri čemer je glavni cilj ubraniti svoj gol in zadeti gol nasprotnika. Začetki slovenskega golbala segajo v leto 1993, ko je naša reprezentanca prvič nastopila na mednarodnem tekmovanju, slovenski golbalisti pa so bili uspešni že tudi v jugoslovanskih ekipah. Najvidnejši uspehi slovenske reprezentance so:
- 3. mesto na svetovnem prvenstvu v Coloradu leta 1994
- 5. mesto na Para Olimpijskih igrah v Atlanti leta 1996
- 1. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Stockholmu leta 1997
- 1. mesto na svetovnem prvenstvu v Madridu leta 1998
- 3. mesto na svetovnem prvenstvu v Riu de Janeiru leta 2002
- 2. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Münchnu leta 2009. Ostali rezultati:
- 8. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Angliji (Loughborough), leta 1993
- 7. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Birminghamu leta 1999
- 6. mesto na Para Olimpijskih igrah v Sydneyu leta 2000
- 4. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Budimpešti leta 2001
- 11. mesto na Para Olimpijskih igrah v Atenah leta 2004
- 4. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Belgiji (Neerpelt in Overpelt), leta 2005
- 4. mesto na svetovnem prvenstvu v Spartanburgu (ZDA), leta 2006
- 8. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Turčiji (Alanya), leta 2007
- 1. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu B-divizijie na finskem (Pajulahti). leta 2008
- 8. mesto na Para Olimpijskih igrah v Beijingu, leta 2008
- 10. mesto na svetovnem prvenstvu v Angliji (Shefield), leta 2010
- 9. mesto na kvalifikacijah za Para Olimpijske igre, v Turčiji (Antalya), leta 2011
- 5. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu na Danskem (Assens) leta 2011
- 9. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Turčiji (Konya), leta 2013
- 1. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu B-divizije v Budimpešti, leta 2014
- 9. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Litvi (Kaunas), leta 2015

V zadnjem obdobju ekipa ne beleži več tako vidnih uspehov kot v preteklosti. Razlogi za to so predvsem v dejstvu, da je konkurenca vedno močnejša in tudi v tem, da golbal v Sloveniji igra vse manj ljudi …. V boljših časih je bilo v Sloveniji dovolj igralcev, da je v ligi lahko igralo tudi po šest ali več ekip. Danes v Sloveniji težko sestavimo 3 ekipe za tekmovanje v ligi, kar je občutno premalo. Zato smo v zadnjih letih ligo v odprtem državnem prvenstvu igrali še z ekipami s Hrvaške in Madžarske, Črne Gore, Romunije in Italije. Omenjena razloga močno vplivata na rezultate reprezentance ... Od leta 2013 je ekipa dvakrat izpadla v B-divizijo evropskih ekip. Prvič leta 2013 in nazadnje leta 2015, ko smo osvojili 9. mesto na evropskem prvenstvu v Litvi. DANES

Na evropskem prvenstvu B-divizije na Portugalskem v predmestju Porta (Maia), smo se z osvojenim tretjim mestom ponovno uvrstili v elitno A-divizijo in bomo letos septembra nastopili na evropskem prvenstvu na Finskem (Pajulahti)

Ekipo sestavljamo igralci: Boštjan Vogričnič, Blaž Koščak (Kapetan), Borut Višnikar, Matej Ledinek in Dejan Pirc. Ekipo vodita trenerja Ivan Vinkler in Klemen Bajc. Naš cilj za prihajajoče evropsko prvenstvo na Finskem je ostati v konkurenci najboljših 10 ekip v Evropi. To bi nam uspelo z uvrstitvijo do vključno 7. mesta. S tem pa bi se tudi uvrstili na svetovno prvenstvo, ki bo leta 2018 na Švedskem (Malmö).

2. ENGLISH

The Goalball Team Slovenia website was created to keep our colleagues, friends and the remaining interested public updated as regards the news and results of the Slovene Goalball Team. Among others, the intent of our website is to post all news and results in a single place, and thus make it easier for our fans and the interested media to follow our progress. We will make sure there will always be something interesting to read or see, including our super results, hopefully, which are yet to come. SHORT ABOUT GOALBALL AND SLOVENE NATIONAL TEAM FROM RECENT YEARS

Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for blind athletes. It is played using the ball that has bells embedded in it. All players are required to use eyeshades that allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players. This causes all players to concentrate on their other senses, especially hearing and touch. The court is of equal size as the one of the volleyball. Its length is 18 metres and its width is 9 metres. Along each side there is a goal, which is 1.3 metres high. The ground of the court is equipped by tactile lines, helping players to get around the court. Each team consists of three players. During the game the teams alternate throwing or rolling the ball from one end of the playing area to another, striving to defend their goal and reach the opponent's. The beginnings of goalball in Slovenia reach back to 1993, which was when our team participated in our first international event, however, our athletes had been also successful in Yugoslavian teams. Here are some of the most remarkable successes of our team:
- 1994: 3rd place at the World Championship in Colorado Springs, CO, USA,
- 1996: 5th place at the Paralympic Games in Atlanta, GA, USA,
- 1997: 1st place at the European Championship in Stockholm, Sweden,
- 1998: 1st place at the World Championship in Madrid, Spain,
- 2002: 3rd place at the World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
- 2009: 2nd place at the European Championship in Munich, Germany. Other results:
- 1993: 8th place at the European Championship in Loughborough, UK,
- 1999: 7th place at the European Championship in Birmingham, UK,
- 2000: 6th place at the Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia,
- 2001: 4th place at the European Championship in Budapest, Hungary,
- 2004: 11th place at the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece,
- 2005: 4th place at the European Championship in Neerpelt and Overpelt, Belgium,
- 2006: 4th place at the World Championship in Spartanburg, SC, USA,
- 2007: 8th place at the European Championship in Alanya, Turkey,
- 2008: 1st place at the B-division European Championship in Pajulahti, Finland,
- 2008: 8th place at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, China,
- 2010: 10th place at the World Championship in Sheffield, UK,
- 2011: 9th place at the Paralympic Games Qualiffications in Antalya, Turkey,
- 2011: 5th place at the European Championship in Assens, Danmark,
- 2013: 9th place at the European Championship in Konya, Turkey,
- 2014: 1st place at the B-division European Championship in Budapest, Hungary,
- 2015: 9th place at the European Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the last period, the team has not achieved as ground-breaking results as it used to in previous years. This is mainly due to stronger competition and the fact that goalball has become less popular among visually impaired athletes in Slovenia. During our blossoming times there have been enough players to create a league with six teams or even more. Nowadays, it is difficult to compose a league with three teams, which is a great loss for us. This is the reason why we have been playing in a league on an Opened National Championship together with teams from Croatia and Hungary, Montenegro, Romania and Italy. All these reasons have a severe impact on our performance. Since 2013 our team has twice been ranked into B-division. Firstly in 2013 and the second time in 2015 when we scored 9th place at the European Championship in Lithuania. Today

At the B-Division European Championship in Portugal in the suburbs of Porto (Maia), we won the third place and qualified in the elite A division and this year we will perform at the European Championship in Finland this year (Pajulahti)

The team consists of players: Boštjan Vogričnič, Blaž Koščak (Captain), Borut Višnikar, Matej Ledinek and Dejan Pirc. The team is led by coach Ivan Vinkler and Klemen Bajc. Our goal for the upcoming European Championship in Finland is to remain in the competition of the top 10 teams in Europe. We can achieve this by ranking up to 7th place. By doing so, we would also qualify for the World Championships in 2018 in Sweden (Malmö).