World Blind Football Championships

The World Blind Football Championships, formerly the Football-5-a-Side World Championships, were played for the first time in 1998.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Men's results

Blind (B1)

Year Venue Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
1998
Details
Brazil
Paulínia
 Brazil 1–0  Argentina  Spain 2–0  Colombia 6
2000
Details
Spain
Jerez
 Brazil 3–0  Argentina  Spain 4–0  Greece 8
2002
Details
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
 Argentina 4–2  Spain  Brazil 2–0  Colombia 9
2006
Details
Argentina
Buenos Aires
 Argentina 1–0  Brazil  Paraguay 2–1  Spain 8
2010
Details
United Kingdom
Hereford
 Brazil 2–0  Spain  China 1–0  England 10
2014
Details
Japan
Tokyo
 Brazil 1–0  Argentina  Spain 0–0
(2–0 p)
 China 12
2018
Details[12]
Spain
Madrid
 Brazil 2–0  Argentina  China 2–1  Russia 16
2023
Details
United Kingdom
Birmingham
 Argentina 0–0
(2–1 p)
 China  Brazil 7–1  Colombia 16

Partially sighted (B2/B3)

Year Venue Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
1998
Details
Brazil
Paulínia
 Belarus 3–2  Spain  Italy 9–2  Argentina 6
2002
Details
Italy
Varese
 Belarus 14–2  Russia  Spain 3–2  Brazil 12
2004
Details
United Kingdom
Manchester
 Belarus
2008
Details
Argentina
Buenos Aires
 Ukraine
2013
Details
Japan
Sendai
 Russia 1–0 (a.e.t.)  Ukraine  England 14–0  Japan 4
2015
Details
South Korea
Seoul
 Ukraine 3–1  Spain  Italy 2–1  Japan 5
2017
Details
Italy
Cagliari
 Ukraine 3–0  England  Russia 2–2
(2–1 p)
 Spain 8
2019
Details
Turkey
Antalya
 Ukraine 6–2  England  Russia 2–2
(3–2 p)
 Turkey 7
2023
Details
United Kingdom
Birmingham
 Ukraine 4–3 (a.e.t.)  England  Spain 9–0  Japan 7

Women's results

B1/B2/B3 (together)

Year Venue Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
2017
Details[13]
Austria
Vienna
 Japan 1–0 IBSA select (Composed of players from Belgium, France, Germany and Austria)  England/ Greece select 0–0
(1–0 in penalties)
 Russia/ Canada select 4
2020 Nigeria
Enugu
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[14]
2023
Details[15]
United Kingdom
Birmingham
 Argentina 2–1  Japan  Sweden 0–0
(1–0 p)
 India 8

See also

References

  1. ^ "Football - Results". IBSA. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ https://blindfootball.sport/
  3. ^ https://ibsasport.org/blind-football-in-the-ibsa-world-games/
  4. ^ https://ibsasport.org/event/2023-ibsa-world-games/
  5. ^ https://studio-play.com/stories/blind-world-championships/
  6. ^ https://gbdfa.co.uk/news/101-trio-of-football-world-championships-heading-to-birmingham-2023-ibsa-world-games
  7. ^ https://www.blindfootball.in/
  8. ^ https://www.ibf-foundation.football/news/1321/
  9. ^ https://www.thaipbsworld.com/tag/world-blind-football-championship/
  10. ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/sections/326?page=7
  11. ^ https://www.paralympic.org/news/morocco-wins-african-blind-football-championships
  12. ^ "Championship organization and information - Blind Football World Cup". Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  13. ^ https://ibsasport.org/japan-wins-first-ibsa-womens-blind-football-tournament/
  14. ^ "IBSA Blind Football calls off first Women's World Championship in Nigeria over COVID-19". Inside Games. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Argentina is the first women's blind football world champion in history". IBSA. 21 August 2023.

External links

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  • Manchester 2004
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