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 B1 Category

Year	Venue	Date		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams	Sources
1998 Details	Campinas	Sep		Brazil	1–0	Argentina		Spain	2–0	Colombia		6	[12]
2000 Details	Jerez de la Frontera	Sep 25-30		Brazil	4–0	Argentina		Spain	3–0	Greece		8	[13]
2002 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Dec		Argentina	4–2	Spain		Brazil	2–0	Colombia		9	[14]
2006 Details	Buenos Aires	Nov 24 - Dec 1		Argentina	1–0	Brazil		Paraguay	2–1	Spain		8	[15]
2007[16] Details	São Paulo	Jul 28 - Aug 8		Brazil	2–0	Argentina		Spain	0–0 (1–0 p)	Japan		4	[17]
2010 Details	Hereford	Aug 14-22		Brazil	2–0	Spain		China	1–0	England		10	[18]
2011[16] Details	Antalya	Apr 1-10		Iran	3–0	France		China	3–0	England		7	[19]
2014 Details	Tokyo	Nov 16-24		Brazil	1–0	Argentina		Spain	0–0 (2–0 p)	China		12	[20]
2015[16] Details	Seoul	May 10-17		Argentina	2–1	United Kingdom		Spain	1–0	China		9	[21]
2018 Details	Madrid	Jun 7-17		Brazil	2–0	Argentina		China	2–1	Russia		16	[22][23]
2023[16] Details	Birmingham	Aug 15-25		Argentina	0–0 (2–1 p)	China		Brazil	7–1	Colombia		16	[24]

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	6	1	2	9
2	Argentina	4	5	0	9
3	Iran	1	0	0	1
4	Spain	0	2	5	7
5	China	0	1	3	4
6	France	0	1	0	1
	United Kingdom	0	1	0	1
8	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		11	11	11	33

Men's B2/B3 Category

Year	Venue	Date		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams	Sources
1998 Details	Campinas	Sep		Belarus	3–2	Spain		Italy	9–2	Argentina		6	[25]
2002 Details	Varese	Sep 19-28		Belarus	14–2	Russia		Spain	3–2	Brazil		12	[26][27]
2004 Details	Manchester	Dec 13-18		Belarus		Russia		Spain	3–2	Ukraine		12	[27]
2007[16] Details	Sao Caetano do Sul	Aug 1-5		Belarus	1–1 (3–2 p)	Ukraine		Spain	4–0	Brazil		4	[28][27]
2008 Details	Buenos Aires	Nov 16-22		Ukraine	0–0 (3–2 p)	Belarus		England		Argentina		10	[27]
2011[16] Details	Antalya	Apr 3-9		Belarus	5–1	Ukraine		Spain	7–4	England		9	[29][27]
2013 Details	Miyagi	Feb 4-12		Russia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine		England	14–0	Japan		4	[30][27]
2015[16] Details	Seoul	May 11-16		Ukraine	3–1	Spain		Italy	2–1	Japan		5	[31]
2017 Details	Cagliari	May 29 - Jun 3		Ukraine	3–0	England		Russia	2–2 (2–1 p)	Spain		8	[32]
2019 Details	Antalya	Dec 7-14		Ukraine	6–2	England		Russia	2–2 (3–2 p)	Turkey		7	[33]
2023[16] Details	Birmingham	Aug 16-22		Ukraine	4–3 (a.e.t.)	England		Spain	9–0	Japan		7	[34]

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine	5	3	0	8
2	Belarus	5	1	0	6
3	Russia	1	2	2	5
4	England	0	3	2	5
5	Spain	0	2	5	7
6	Italy	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		11	11	11	33

Women's results

B1/B2/B3 (together)

Year	Venue		Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams	Sources
2020	Enugu		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic					—	—	—		—	[35]
2023[16] Details	Birmingham		Aug 14-21	Argentina	2–1	Japan		Sweden	0–0 (1–0 p)	India		8	[36]

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	1	0	0	1
2	Japan	0	1	0	1
3	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

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

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External links

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