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International Men Goalball
Tournament
June 12 - June 15, 2008
Vilius, Lithuania


Results:


POOL A:

No.

TEAM

l

2

3

4

5

Points

Score ratio

Place

l

LITHUANIA-1

 

6:7

10:3

5:1

12:4

9

33:15

1

 

 

 

(2:2)

(5:2)

(0:0)

(7:2)

 

 

 

2

USA

7:6

 

8:5

5:7

8:1

9

28:19

2

 

 

(2:2)

 

(5:3)

(0:4)

(4:1)

 

 

 

3

GERMANY

3:10

5:8

 

3:7

5:8

0

16:33

5

 

 

(2:5)

(3:5)

 

(0:6)

(2:4)

 

 

 

4

FINLAND

1:5

7:5

7:3

 

13:6

9

28:19

3

 

 

(0:0)

(4:0)

(6:0)

 

(2:4)

 

 

 

5

UKRAINE

4:12

1:8

8:5

6:13

 

3

19:38

4

 

 

(2:7)

( 1:4)

(4:2)

(4:2)

 

 

 

 


POOL B:

No.

TEAM

l

2

3

4

5

Points

Score ratio

Place

l

SWEDEN

 

7:10

6:7

13:3

4:8

3

30:28

4

 

 

 

( 3:5 )

(4:2)

(7:2)

(2:5)

 

 

 

2

CHINA

10:7

 

12:11

11:1

7:13

9

40:32

2

 

 

(5:3)

 

(9:2)

(11:1)

(4:4)

 

 

 

3

BELGIUM

7:6

11:12

 

13:6

4:7

6

35:31

3

 

 

(2:4)

(2:9)

 

(7:1)

(2:0)

 

 

 

4

POLAND

3:13

1:11

6:13

 

3:13

0

13:50

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2:7)

(1:11)

(1:7)

 

(2:6)

 

 

 

5

LITHUANIA-2

8:4

13:7

7:4

13:3

 

12

41:18

1

 

 

(5:2)

(4:4)

(0:2)

(6:2)

 

 

 

 

 

Second day / Third day:


Teams

 

 

Semifinal-Winner of the Ist place in pool A - Winner of the 2nd place in pool B.

LITHUANIA-1 CHINA

9: 10 (9:9) (5:4)

Semifinal-Winner of the Ist place in pool B - Winner of the 2nd place in pool A.

LITHUANIA-2
USA

8:2 (2:1)

For the 9th pIace: Winner of the 5th place in pool A - Winner of the 5th place in pool B.

GERMANY POLAND

5:7 (1:7)

For the 7th place: Winner of the 4th place in pool A - Winner of the 4th place in pool B.

UKRAINE SWEDEN

10:11 (4:8)

For the 5th place: Winner of the 3th place in pool A - Winner of the 3th place in pool B.

FINLAND BELGIUM

3:7 (3:2)

For the 3th place: Loser of game No.21 - Loser of game No.22.

LITHUANIA-1-
USA

7:6 (3:3)

For the 1st place: Winner of game No.21 - Winner of game No.22.

CHINA -
LITHUANIA-2

4:10 (3:5)

 

Top scorers list:


Place

Name, surname

Country

Goals

1

Yon GQUAN YAO

CHINA

26

2

Zydrunas SIMKUS

LITHUANIA-2

26

3

Tylerr MERREND

U.S.A.

25

4

Nerijus MONTVYDAS

LITHUANIA-2

23

5

Jinran DU

CHINA

22

6

Genrik PAVLIUKIANEC

LITHUANIA-1

20

7-8

Marius ZIBOLIS

LITHUANIA-1

16

7-8

Rodion ZHYGALIN

UKRAINE

16

9

Niklas HULTQVIST

SWEDEN

15

10

Jimmy BJORKSTRAND

SWEDEN

14

11-12

Veli-Matti AITTOLA

FINLAND

11

11-12

Szymala PIOTR

POLAND

11

13

Peter VANHOUT

BELGIUM

10

14-18

Petri POSIO

FINLAND

9

14-18

Jarno MATTILA

FINLAND

9

14-18

Martin MIEHLE

GERMANY

9

14-18

Arvydas JUCHNA

LITHUANIA-1

9

14-18

Johan DE RIJK

BELGIUM

9

19-22

Fatmir SEREMETHI

SWEDEN

7

19-22

Evgen TSYGANENKO

UKRAINE

7

19-22

Danny VAN EENOOGHE

BELGIUM

7

19-22

Bihi YOUSSEF

BELGIUM

7

23-24

Steffen LEHMANN

GERMANY

6

23-24

Bruno VANHOVE

BELGIUM

6

25-26

Justas PAZARAUSKAS

LITHUANIA-2

5

25-26

Valeriy GAVRYLYUK

UKRAINE

5

27-30

Stefan HAWRANKE

GERMANY

4

27-30

Mindaugas SUCHOVEJUS

LITHUANIA-1

4

27-30

Saulus LEONAVICIUS

LITHUANIA-2

4

27-30

Edward MUNRO

U.S.A.

4

31-34

Henke DANIEL

POLAND

3

31-34

Andrzejuk DANIEL

POLAND

3

31-34

Vincent BUISSERET

BELGIUM

3

31-34

Liangliang CHEN

CHINA

3

35-38

Erkki MIINALA

FINLAND

2

35-38

Reno TIEDE

GERMANY

2

35-38

Guzowski RYSCARD

POLAND

2

35-38

Stefan GAHNE

SWEDEN

2

39-47

Mantas PANOVAS

LITHUANIA-2

1

39-47

Czarnocinski JERZY

POLAND

1

39-47

Oskar KUUS

SWEDEN

1

39-47

Steve DENUYLE

U.S.A.

1

39-47

Christopher DODDS

U.S.A.

1

39-47

Tim DORNBROCK

U.S.A.

1

39-47

Ruslan BEREZIN

UKRAINE

1

39-47

CHUNHONGYANG

CHINA

1

39-47

DAOLEIBAO

CHINA

1

 

Tonia LENIUS

FINLAND

0

 

Ville MONTONEN

FINLAND

0

 

Michael BREIDBACH

GERMANY

0

 

Algirdas MONTVYDAS

LITHUANIA-1

0

 

Mantas BRAZAUSKIS

LITHUANIA-1

0

 

Rutkewicz MAREK

POLAND

0

 

Mikael AKERBERG

SWEDEN

0

 

Anton STERELCHYK

UKRAINE

0

 

CHANGUICAI

CHINA

0



Final ranking:

1. Lithuania - 2.
2. China.
3. Lithuania -1.
4. U S A.
5. Belgium.
6. Finland.
7. Sweden.
8. Ükraine.
9. Poland.
10. Germany.


Referees for this tournament:
unknown.




Original invitation:

The Lithuanian Blind Sports Federation is pleased to invite national men goalball team to the International Men Goalball Tournament, which will be held in the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius city.

The tournament will be organized under auspices of the main sponsor of the tournament Vytautas the Great LIONS Club in Vilnius.

Arrival: Thursday: June 12, 2008 (after lunch).
Competition: Friday, Saturday and Sunday: June 13 - 15, 2008.
Departure: Sunday, June 15, 2008 (after lunch).

Games will be played under the IBSA goalball rules.
The tournament is limited to participation of 10 teams (including two Lithuanian teams). Teams will be divided into two equal pools according to the latest rankings established by IBSA.

The awarding ceremony will take place right after the competition in the sports hall on Sunday, June 15, 2008.
Three teams taking the first three places will be awarded the Vytautas the Great LIONS Club Cups of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree - accordingly to the ranking; three best teams and their coaches (8 persons per team) will be awarded medals of a certain degree. Special prizes will be given to the best defender as well as to the best thrower of the tournament (in accordance with the overall games’ statistics).

IBSA countries are invited to participate in this tournament. However only 8 teams from abroad will be accepted on the ‘first-come, first-served’ basis, i.e. only the first 8 teams confirming their participation by sending their entries first will be accepted.

IBSA level II or level III level referees coming from abroad (along with their national teams or individually) are also welcome to whistle some games during the tournament. Accommodation and meals during the invitational period will be covered by the tournament organiser.

The tournament will be played in the sports complex of the Mykolas Romeris University.
Changing rooms, showers as well as a warming-up court will be available for teams during the days of the tournament.
There is a free-of-charge wireless Internet at the premises of the University.
More information about the University can be found at http://www.mruni.lt/en/apie/apie_mru/index.php.

Teams will be accommodated in double bedrooms of the Reval Inn Hotel in Vilnius. Meals will be served either at the cafeteria of the University (lunch and in some cases dinner during the competition) or at the Express Café in the Hotel (breakfast and dinner).
More information about the hotel can be found at http://www.revalinn.com/en/reval-inn-vilnius.

Participation fee for the tournament is 200 Euros per person. This includes the inscription fee, accommodation and meals from Thursday (June 12) dinner till Sunday (June 15) lunch.

On request, teams arriving to the Vilnius airport (or train-station) will be provided with the ground transportation to the hotel and back to the airport (or train station) after the competition for the price of 50 Euros per team.

If you wish to come earlier or depart later than indicated in the invitational period, you will have to pay additionally: Extra bed & breakfast per person - 45 Euro, extra lunch – 15 Euro and extra dinner – 10 Euro.

Teams arriving prior to the tournament will have the fee-paying possibility of training at the sports hall of the Vilnius visually impaired persons’ sports club “Saltinis”.
Teams wishing to use this possibility should inform the organizers beforehand.

For more information please contact Mr. Raimundas Simkus.