Pajulahti Games is the biggest annual international event for disability sports in Finland!
Since 2011 Pajulahti Games has been held every January in Pajulahti Sport Institute, in Lahti, Finland. Pajulahti is nowadays also the paralympic training center of Finland.
Goalball tournament has been always the highlight of the event except 2018, when goalball tournament was cancelled. There are own tournament for women and men and usually there have been 6 – 10 national teams participated on both sides in the tournament.
There are much more information about the event on its website www.pajulahtigames.fi/en/
Pajulahti Games 2021
Due the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic there will be no international goalball tournaments as a part of Pajulahti Games 2021 event.
History
You can find below all the winners and top scorers of the recent Pajulahti Games tournaments.
Clicking the year link you can check out all the results of that year tournament.
2020
Winner / Women: Russia
Winner / Men: Finland Blue
Top Scorer / Women: Lihi Ben David (ISR) 19 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Jarno Mattila (FIN) 29 goals
2019
Winner / Women: Russia II
Winner / Men: Lithuania
Top Scorer / Women: Natalia Makoveeva (RUS) 24 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Justas Pazarauskas (LTU) 37 goals
2018
Not Organized
2017
Winner / Women: Israel
Winner / Men: Lithuania
Top Scorer / Women: Lihi Ben David (ISR) 23 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Erkki Miinala (FIN) 34 goals
2016
Winner / Women: Russia
Winner / Men: Lithuania
Top Scorer / Women: Amanda Dennis (USA) 18 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Mantas Panovas (LTU) 29 goals
2015
Winner / Women: USA
Winner / Men: Lithuania II
Top Scorer / Women: Cassie Orgales (CAN) 17 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Nerijus Montvydas (LTU) 35 goals
2014
Winner / Women: USA
Winner / Men: Czech Republic
Top Scorer / Women: Ori Mizrachi (ISR) 18 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Jan Bosek (CZE) 42 goals
2013
Winner / Women: Turkey
Winner / Men: Lithuania
Top Scorer / Women: Sevda Altunoluk (TUR) 26 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Fatmir Seremeti (SWE) 45 goals
2012
Winner / Women: USA
Winner / Men: Czech Republic
Top Scorer / Women: Katja Heikkinen (FIN) 10 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Niklas Hultqvist (SWE) 29 goals
2011
Winner / Women: Canada
Winner / Men: Finland
Top Scorer / Women: Nancy Morin (CAN) 24 goals
Top Scorer / Men: Erkki Miinala (FIN) 24 goals