First Goalball Championship in Armenia

The first ever goalball championship in Armenia was held, with six Armenian teams, including one from Nagorno Karabakh , participating. Yerevan, Armenia. 17/11/2009.

Head of the European Commission Delegation in Armenia Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger expressed his appreciation and support to the organizers by his attendance to the games of the championship.

Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by Hanz Lorenzen (Austria), and Sepp Reindle (Germany), in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that bells embedded in the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 10 minute halves. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players.

The sport evolved into a competitive game over the next few decades and was a demonstration event at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The sport's first world championship was held in Austria in 1978 and goalball became a full part of the Paralympics from the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem onwards.

Photographer: Sedrak Mkrtchyan/ PanARMENIAN Photo

The first ever goalball championship in Armenia was held, with six Armenian teams, including one from Nagorno Karabakh , participating. Yerevan, Armenia. 17/11/2009.

Head of the European Commission Delegation in Armenia Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger expressed his appreciation and support to the organizers by his attendance to the games of the championship.

Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by Hanz Lorenzen (Austria), and Sepp Reindle (Germany), in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that bells embedded in the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 10 minute halves. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players.

The sport evolved into a competitive game over the next few decades and was a demonstration event at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The sport's first world championship was held in Austria in 1978 and goalball became a full part of the Paralympics from the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem onwards.

Photographer: Sedrak Mkrtchyan/ PanARMENIAN Photo

The first ever goalball championship in Armenia was held, with six Armenian teams, including one from Nagorno Karabakh , participating. Yerevan, Armenia. 17/11/2009.

Head of the European Commission Delegation in Armenia Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger expressed his appreciation and support to the organizers by his attendance to the games of the championship.

Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by Hanz Lorenzen (Austria), and Sepp Reindle (Germany), in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that bells embedded in the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 10 minute halves. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players.

The sport evolved into a competitive game over the next few decades and was a demonstration event at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The sport's first world championship was held in Austria in 1978 and goalball became a full part of the Paralympics from the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem onwards.

Photographer: Sedrak Mkrtchyan/ PanARMENIAN Photo

The first ever goalball championship in Armenia was held, with six Armenian teams, including one from Nagorno Karabakh , participating. Yerevan, Armenia. 17/11/2009.

Head of the European Commission Delegation in Armenia Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger expressed his appreciation and support to the organizers by his attendance to the games of the championship.

Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by Hanz Lorenzen (Austria), and Sepp Reindle (Germany), in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that bells embedded in the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 10 minute halves. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players.

The sport evolved into a competitive game over the next few decades and was a demonstration event at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The sport's first world championship was held in Austria in 1978 and goalball became a full part of the Paralympics from the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem onwards.

Photographer: Sedrak Mkrtchyan/ PanARMENIAN Photo

The first ever goalball championship in Armenia was held, with six Armenian teams, including one from Nagorno Karabakh , participating. Yerevan, Armenia. 17/11/2009.

Head of the European Commission Delegation in Armenia Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger expressed his appreciation and support to the organizers by his attendance to the games of the championship.

Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by Hanz Lorenzen (Austria), and Sepp Reindle (Germany), in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that bells embedded in the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Games consist of two 10 minute halves. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players to compete on an equal footing with blind players.

The sport evolved into a competitive game over the next few decades and was a demonstration event at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto. The sport's first world championship was held in Austria in 1978 and goalball became a full part of the Paralympics from the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem onwards.

Photographer: Sedrak Mkrtchyan/ PanARMENIAN Photo