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IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships come to an end
Date: August 28, 2017
Category: Goalball
Japan (women) and China (men) celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand, last weekend after taking gold in the IBSA Goalball Asia-Oceania Championsips 2017.
After beating South Korea 8-1 in Friday's semi-final, Japan were too strong for China and won the final 6-2.
Australia took bronze thanks to a 10-2 victory over Korea.
In the men's championships, Saturday morning's semi-finals saw China crush Australia 10-0. The other semi was a much tighter affair and Iran just pipped Japan to a spot in the final (4-3).
In the final China proved to be too much to handle for Iran, running out 10-2 winners.
Japan beat Australia 11-3 for the bronze medals.
Women's final standings
1 Japan
2 China
3 Australia
4 South Korea
5 Iran
6 Thailand
Men's final standings
1 China
2 Iran
3 Japan
4 Australia
5 South Korea
6 Iraq
7 Thailand
8 Kazhakstan
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