World Blind Football Championships

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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]

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Men's results

Blind (B1)

YearVenueWinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeNumber of teams
1998
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
Paulínia
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6
2000
Details
Flag of Spain.svg
Jerez
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8
2002
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
Rio de Janeiro
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 9
2006
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg
Buenos Aires
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8
2010
Details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Hereford
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–0Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–0Flag of England.svg  England 10
2014
Details
Flag of Japan.svg
Tokyo
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0–0
(2–0 p)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12
2018
Details [12]
Flag of Spain.svg
Madrid
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2–1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 16
2023
Details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Birmingham
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0–0
(2–1 p)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 16

Partially sighted (B2/B3)

YearVenueWinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeNumber of teams
1998
Details
Flag of Brazil.svg
Paulínia
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6
2002
Details
Flag of Italy.svg
Varese
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 14–2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3–2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12
2004
Details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Manchester
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
2008
Details
Flag of Argentina.svg
Buenos Aires
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2013
Details
Flag of Japan.svg
Sendai
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1–0( a.e.t. )Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of England.svg  England 14–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4
2015
Details
Flag of South Korea.svg
Seoul
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5
2017
Details
Flag of Italy.svg
Cagliari
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3–0Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2–2
(2–1 p)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8
2019
Details
Flag of Turkey.svg
Antalya
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6–2Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2–2
(3–2 p)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 7
2023
Details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Birmingham
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4–3( a.e.t. )Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7

Women's results

B1/B2/B3 (together)

YearVenueWinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeNumber of teams
2017
Details [13]
Flag of Austria.svg
Vienna
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1–0IBSA select (Composed of players from Belgium, France, Germany and Austria)Flag of England.svg  England/Flag of Greece.svg  Greece select0–0
(1–0 in penalties)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia/Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada select4
2020 Flag of Nigeria.svg
Enugu
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [14]
2023
Details [15]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Birmingham
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0–0
(1–0 p)
Flag of India.svg  India 8

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