Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

On 17 December 2020 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision involving the World Anti-Doping Agency and Russia's participation determined those athletes not implicated in doping or covering up positive tests may still be allowed to compete, but not under the Russian Federation flag.^[6] The Russian women's team, who secured a Paralympic Games position through first place in the women's category of the 2018 World Championships, who may otherwise have competed as a 'neutral team', is known as the 'Russian Paralympic Committee' (RPC).^[7]

On the eve of the draw of Wednesday 21 April 2021 to determine which teams are assigned to competition pools, the draw was postponed '[f]ollowing notification of a late withdrawal of one of the women’s teams from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games'.^[8][9] It was announced on Friday 23 April 2021 (European or American time zone) the International Paralympic Committee by virtue of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Regulations, following the withdrawal of the women's team from Algeria, Egypt received the slot.^[10]

Both men's and women's tournaments qualified 10 teams each for the Games.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships	3–8 June 2018	Malmö	3	Belgium  Brazil  Germany
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament[11]	29 June – 9 July 2019	Fort Wayne	2	Turkey  Lithuania
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	1	United States
2019 European Championships[12]	5–14 October 2019	Rostock	1	Ukraine
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships[13]	5–11 December 2019	Tokyo	1	China
2020 African Championships[14]	28 February – 6 March 2020	Port Said	1	Algeria[a]
Host country allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
Total			10

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host country allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships	3–8 June 2018	Malmö	3	Brazil  Russia[b]  Turkey
2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament	29 June – 9 July 2019	Fort Wayne	2	Australia  Canada
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	1	United States
2019 European Championships	5–14 October 2019	Rostock	1	Israel
2019 Asia/Pacific Championships[15]	5–11 December 2019	Tokyo	1	China
2020 African Championships	28 February – 6 March 2020	Port Said	1	Egypt[c]
Total			10

• Results book Archived 3 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine