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14-09-2009

Lithuania and Great Britain take IBSA European Goalball gold

Lithuania retained its men’s title at the recent 2009 IBSA European Goalball Championships held in Munich, Germany, with a convincing 14-4 victory in the final over challengers Slovenia. In the women’s event, Great Britain surprised many by overcoming Denmark in the final (7-3).

Sweden pipped Spain by one goal (5-4) for the bronze medal in the men’s tournament, while defending European women’s champions Finland had to settle for bronze following a 4-1 victory over Greece.

Final standings men’s tournament

1 Lithuania
2 Slovenia
3 Sweden
4 Spain
5 Belgium
6 Hungary
7 Denmark
8 Germany

Final standings women’s tournament

1 Great Britain
2 Denmark
3 Finland
4 Greece
5 Sweden
6. Israel
7 Germany
8 Russia
9 Spain
10 Ukraine
11 Turkey

For more information click here to visit the championships web site.

IBSA web site

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