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 |
 Paulínia |
Brazil
|
1–0 | 
Argentina
|
Spain
|
2–0 | 
Colombia
|
6 | |||
| 2000 Details |
Jerez |
Brazil
|
3–0 |
Argentina
|
Spain
|
4–0 | 
Greece
|
8 | |||
| 2002 Details |
Rio de Janeiro |
Argentina
|
4–2 |
Spain
|
Brazil
|
2–0 |
Colombia
|
9 | |||
| 2006 Details |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina
|
1–0 |
Brazil
|
Paraguay
|
2–1 |
Spain
|
8 | |||
| 2010 Details |
 Hereford |
Brazil
|
2–0 |
Spain
|
China
|
1–0 | 
England
|
10 | |||
| 2014 Details |
 Tokyo |
Brazil
|
1–0 |
Argentina
|
Spain
|
0–0 (2–0 p) |
China
|
12 | |||
| 2018 Details [12] |
Madrid |
Brazil
|
2–0 |
Argentina
|
China
|
2–1 | 
Russia
|
16 | |||
| 2023 Details |
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 |
Paulínia |
Belarus
|
3–2 |
Spain
|
Italy
|
9–2 |
Argentina
|
6 | |||
| 2002 Details |
Varese |
Belarus
|
14–2 |
Russia
|
Spain
|
3–2 |
Brazil
|
12 | |||
| 2004 Details |
Manchester |
Belarus
| |||||||||
| 2008 Details |
Buenos Aires |
Ukraine
| |||||||||
| 2013 Details |
Sendai |
Russia
|
1–0 ( a.e.t.) |
Ukraine
|
England
|
14–0 |
Japan
|
4 | |||
| 2015 Details |
 Seoul |
Ukraine
|
3–1 |
Spain
|
Italy
|
2–1 |
Japan
|
5 | |||
| 2017 Details |
Cagliari |
Ukraine
|
3–0 |
England
|
Russia
|
2–2 (2–1 p) |
Spain
|
8 | |||
| 2019 Details |
 Antalya |
Ukraine
|
6–2 |
England
|
Russia
|
2–2 (3–2 p) |
Turkey
|
7 | |||
| 2023 Details |
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] |
 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 |
 Enugu |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [14] | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2023 Details [15] |
Birmingham |
Argentina
|
2–1 |
Japan
|
Sweden
|
0–0 (1–0 p) |
India
|
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
References
- ^ "Football - Results". IBSA. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021.
- ^ https://blindfootball.sport/
- ^ https://ibsasport.org/blind-football-in-the-ibsa-world-games/
- ^ https://ibsasport.org/event/2023-ibsa-world-games/
- ^ https://studio-play.com/stories/blind-world-championships/
- ^ https://gbdfa.co.uk/news/101-trio-of-football-world-championships-heading-to-birmingham-2023-ibsa-world-games
- ^ https://www.blindfootball.in/
- ^ https://www.ibf-foundation.football/news/1321/
- ^ https://www.thaipbsworld.com/tag/world-blind-football-championship/
- ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/sections/326?page=7
- ^ https://www.paralympic.org/news/morocco-wins-african-blind-football-championships
- ^ "Championship organization and information - Blind Football World Cup". Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ https://ibsasport.org/japan-wins-first-ibsa-womens-blind-football-tournament/
- ^ "IBSA Blind Football calls off first Women's World Championship in Nigeria over COVID-19". Inside Games. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Argentina is the first women's blind football world champion in history". IBSA. 21 August 2023.