Goalball

SMBC Trust Bank has been an official partner of the Japan GoalBall Association since August 2016 and was appointed as Official Top Partner in April 2022.

SMBC Trust Bank proudly supports Goalball.

Photographs provided by the Japan GoalBall Association

It is a ball-based sport designed for people with visual impairment. In this match-type game, athletes wearing eyeshades roll a ball containing a bell (1.25 kg) toward an opposing team's goal and gain a point when the ball enters the goal. Relying on the sound of the ball, footsteps of the opposing team's athletes, and subtle vibrations on the floor from movement, athletes compete to gain points while playing the roles of offense and defense alternately.

Goalball is an official Paralympics sport. Japan women's national goalball team won the gold medal at the London Paralympics in 2012 and won the bronze medal at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in 2021. Furthermore, Japan men’s national goalball team won the first gold medal at the Paris Paralympics in 2024. Japan is one of the leading goalball countries.

Both the men's and women's teams are expected to achieve excellent performance at the Los Angeles Paralympics in 2028.

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Here are short videos on how goalball is played (Japanese only).

We support goalball and other para-sports to grow. For that purpose, we form a cheering squad for championship events, dispatch volunteers to help the organizer of such events, and participate in experience events. We also hold training sessions with lecturers from the Japan GoalBall Association to upgrade our behavior toward the blind and visually impaired as part of our efforts to enhance customer experience (CX) .

Experience event

Training session