The draw for the 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Malmo, Sweden, was held yesterday at Malmo Town Hall.

Mayor of the city Kent Andersson was in charge of pulling the names out of the bowls, and IBSA President Jannie Hammershoi was a special guest at the event.

The world championships will take place at the Baltiska Hallen between June 3rd and 9th 2018.

Men group A

Lithuania
Algeria
China
Belgium
Argentina
Sweden
Australia
Turkey 

Men group B

USA
Brazil
Canada
Germany
Iran
Egypt
Czech Republic
Japan

Caption: graphic showing the men's groups.

Women group C

Turkey
Russia
Japan
Australia
Israel
Sweden

Women group D

China
USA
Algeria
Canada
Greece
Brazil

Caption: graphic showing the women's groups.

Click on the image or caption below to watch the draw again…

Caption: link to the draw on Youtube.

For more information on the 2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships visit the event web site.