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The Israeli national team in goalball, opened this evening (Tuesday) with a victory in its first match in the European B-level Championship held in Portugal.
The men's team, ranked 23rd in the world, beat the Spanish team ranked 21st, with the result 6:14, when the outstanding player of the game was Mahmoud Makhajna, who scored seven goals.
Tomorrow the team in blue and white will face Greece (25th in the world).
10 national teams are participating in the tournament, divided into two houses.
In House A Israel, Spain, Greece, Great Britain and Sweden, and in House B - Finland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland and Denmark.
The three teams that reach the first places will move up to the top tier in the world - Tier A.
The last three went down to third grade.
The team's staff includes Michael Rosin, Doron Hodda, Niv Ben Ish, Mahmoud Magajna, Ricardo Perez and Or Ben David, all members of a school for the blind in Jerusalem.
The coach is Shanir Cohen, assistant coach of Nizar Mahajana.
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