World Blind Football Championships Explained

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)

width=5%	Year	width=10%	Venue		width=14%	Winners	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runners-up		width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth place		width=4%	Number of teams
1998 Details	Paulínia		1–0				2–0		6
2000 Details	Jerez		3–0				4–0		8
2002 Details	Rio de Janeiro		4–2				2–0		9
2006 Details	Buenos Aires		1–0				2–1		8
2010 Details	Hereford		2–0				1–0		10
2014 Details	Tokyo		1–0				0–0		12
2018 Details[12]	Madrid		2–0				2–1		16
2023 Details	Birmingham		0–0				7–1		16

Partially sighted (B2/B3)

width=5%	Year	width=10%	Venue		width=14%	Winners	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runners-up		width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth place		width=4%	Number of teams
1998 Details	Paulínia		3–2				9–2		6
2002 Details	Varese		14–2				3–2		12
2004 Details	Manchester
2008 Details	Buenos Aires
2013 Details	Sendai		1–0				14–0		4
2015 Details	Seoul		3–1				2–1		5
2017 Details	Cagliari		3–0				2–2		8
2019 Details	Antalya		6–2				2–2		7
2023 Details	Birmingham		4–3				9–0		7

Women's results

B1/B2/B3 (together)

width=5%	Year	width=10%	Venue		width=14%	Winners	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runners-up		width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth place		width=4%	Number of teams
2017 Details[13]	Vienna		1–0		IBSA select (Composed of players from Belgium, France, Germany and Austria)	/ select	0–0 (1–0 in penalties)	/ select	4
2020	Enugu	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[14]
2023 Details[15]	Birmingham		2–1				0–0		8

See also

• Blind football at the IBSA World Games
• IBSA Blind Football World Grand Prix
• Blind football
• Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association
• International Blind Sports Federation
• Paralympic games
• Paralympic sports
• Paralympic association football
• CP football
• Amputee football

External links

• International Blind Sport Federation - Football 5-a-side

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football - Results . IBSA . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116153156/https://ibsasport.org/sports/football/results/ . 16 January 2021.
2. Web site: Home . 2024-07-19 . IBSA Football . en-US.
3. Web site: Figueiredo . Pedro . 2023-08-11 . Blind Football in the IBSA World Games . 2024-07-19 . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . en-US.
4. Web site: 2023 IBSA World Games . 2024-07-19 . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . en-US.
5. Web site: IBSA World Blind Football Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522144128/https://studio-play.com/stories/blind-world-championships/ . 2022-05-22.
6. Web site: Great Britain Disability Football Association - Trio of football World Championships heading to Birmingham 2023 IBSA World Games . 2024-07-19 . gbdfa.co.uk.
7. Web site: The Home of Blind Football in India - Home . 2024-07-19 . www.blindfootball.in.
8. Web site: 2023-11-03 . Birmingham 2023 most ever viewed football championships – over 460 000 total views as footage of three competitions distributed in six countries . 2024-07-19 . IBF Foundation . ja.
9. Web site: 2022-11-17 . world blind football championship - Thai PBS World . 2024-07-19 . en-US.
10. Web site: Football News . 2024-07-19 . www.insidethegames.biz.
11. Web site: Morocco wins African blind football championships . 2024-07-19 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
12. Web site: Championship organization and information - Blind Football World Cup . 2018-06-20 . 2018-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620124831/http://www.madrid.blindfootballworldcup.com/championship-organization-and-information/ . dead .
13. Web site: 2017-05-06 . Japan wins first IBSA Women's Blind Football Tournament . 2024-07-19 . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . en-US.
14. Web site: IBSA Blind Football calls off first Women's World Championship in Nigeria over COVID-19 . Inside Games . 4 August 2021 . 21 August 2023.
15. Web site: Argentina is the first women's blind football world champion in history . IBSA . 21 August 2023.