Goalball Final Tomorrow - Tickets Still Available

Goalball is an internationally-recognized Paralympic sport for the visually impaired, invented immediately after WWII to rehabilitate blind veterans, first incorporated into the Paralympics at Toronto 1976, and loads of fun!

Using a ball about the size of a basketball with bells embedded in it, teams of three players attempt to roll the ball into the opponent’s goal. The court is inside, about the size of a volleyball court, with the goal as wide as the court. See a YouTube video of a game here. The game is fast-moving, played in two ten-minute halves, and requires complete silence from all spectators.

As players may have varying levels of visual impairment, all players wear shades to block out light and ensure an even playing field (they look like blacked-out ski goggles with padding).

Goalball is regulated by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSF), which you may also be interested to know sets the rules for such sports as blind Alpine Skiing, Shooting, Torball and Showdown.

Tickets to the goalball final are still available through the official site and you might be able to pick some up at the venue as well as select Bank of China branches. More information on how to buy tickets here.

Links and Sources
Wikipedia: Goalball
Paralympic.org: Goalball
YouTube video, in Dutch (still looks cool, though): Goalball - Man Bijt Hond
International Blind Sports Federation (IBSF)