The 2023 IBSA World Blind Football Championship was a blind football tournament and the eighth World Blind Football Championships. The competition was staged in Birmingham between 15 and 25 August 2023, and involved sixteen teams of visually impaired players from around the world competing to be crowned world champion, and was won for the third time by Argentina.[1][2] The competition was first held as part of the IBSA World Games.[3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United Kingdom, England |
| Dates | August 15 to 25 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | Birmingham (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Argentina (4th title) |
| Runners-up | China |
| Third place | Brazil |
| Fourth place | Colombia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | Paul Yobo (Italy) |
| Best player(s) | Maximiliano Espinillo (Argentina) |
| Fair play award | Thailand |
TBD → | |
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Main tournament
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1A |  Italy
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2B |  Argentina
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Q1 | Argentina
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Q2 |  Colombia
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1C | Colombia
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2D |  Iran
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Argentina (p)
| 0 (2) | ||||||||||||
| S2 |  China
| 0 (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1B | China
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2A |  Japan
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Q3 | China (p)
| 0 (2) | Third place | |||||||||||
| Q4 |  Brazil
| 0 (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1D | Brazil
| 1 | L1 | Colombia
| 1 | |||||||||
| 2C |  France
| 0 | L2 | Brazil
| 7 | |||||||||
5th–8th place
| Semifinals | 5th place | ||||||||
| L1 | Italy
| 1 (2) | |||||||
| L2 | Iran (p)
| 1 (3) | |||||||
| W1 | Iran
| 0 | |||||||
| W2 | Japan
| 1 | |||||||
| L3 | Japan
| 2 | |||||||
| L4 | France
| 0 | 7th place | ||||||
| L1 | Italy
| 1 | |||||||
| L2 | France
| 2 | |||||||
9th–12th place
| Semifinals | 9th place | ||||||||
| 3A |  Thailand
| 1 | |||||||
| 3B |  Germany
| 0 | |||||||
| W1 | Thailand (p)
| 1 (3) | |||||||
| W2 |  Morocco
| 1 (2) | |||||||
| 3C |  Spain
| 0 (0) | |||||||
| 3D | Morocco (p)
| 0 (1) | 11th place | ||||||
| L1 | Germany
| 1 | |||||||
| L2 | Spain
| 0 | |||||||
13th–16th place
| Semifinals | 13th place | ||||||||
| 4A |  Turkey
| 0 (1) | |||||||
| 4B |  England (p)
| 0 (2) | |||||||
| W1 | England
| 1 | |||||||
| W2 |  Mexico
| 0 | |||||||
| 4C |  Mali
| 0 | |||||||
| 4D | Mexico
| 6 | 15th place | ||||||
| L1 | Turkey
| 6 | |||||||
| L2 | Mali
| 0 | |||||||
Final ranking
See also
References
External links
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