As the lead up to the 2015 IBSA World Games continues, more and more information is being released. Today we can happily say the pools for the goalball competition.

The pools are as follows:

MEN:

Pool A

Turkey

Spain

Czech Republic

China

Germany

Egypt

South Korea

Mexico

Pool B

Lithuania

Iran

Algeria

Canada

Belgium

Japan

Australia

Venezuela

WOMEN:

Pool X

China

Finland

Israel

Ukraine

Germany

Greece

South Korea

Pool Y

Japan

Canada

Australia

Sweden

Great Britain

Spain

Ghana

The pools were formed using rule 49.3 of the 2014-2017 IBSA Goalball Rules and Regulations and the end of December world rankings.