Paris 2024 Paralympics | Goalball: Turkey qualify for the final after beating Brazil

Having struggled in the group stages after a difficult start to the competition, Sevda Altunoluk's Turkey will be in the final of the women's Goalball tournament at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The two-time defending champions, who finished second in their group with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, first had to overcome Korea Republic in the quarter-finals (6-3) before overcoming Brazil 3-1 at the Arena Paris Sud on Wednesday evening.

Thanks to two goals from Sevda Altunoluk and one from Fatma Gul Guler, they will be looking to defend their title once again, and make it three after Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, when they face Israel in the final, who earlier in the day beat China in the semi-finals (2-1).

In the classification matches, the French team put up a good fight but had to lose to the Republic of Korea (2-2, 4-3 after the shoot-out) to finish the tournament in eighth place.

Brazil also beaten in the men's semi-finals

Although we already knew that Les Bleus had finished seventh in the men's tournament after beating Egypt 6-4 in the classification match, the semi-finals also delivered their verdict on Wednesday in a boiling hot Arena Paris Sud.

A few hours before the Brazilians' defeat, their male counterparts had done no better, despite being the defending champions of the competition. The South Americans were stunned by Ukraine 6-4 in the semi-final and will play for bronze this Thursday.

As in the women's tournament, Brazil will face China in the bronze medal match. In the other semi-final, a few hours later, the Chinese lost heavily to Japan 13-5 in a 100% Asian duel.

The grand final, which will pit Ukraine against Japan, will be played on Thursday at 7pm for the Goalball epilogue to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.