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]
2010 Details	Hereford	Aug 14–22		Brazil	2–0	Spain		China	1–0	England		10	[16]
2014 Details	Tokyo	Nov 16–24		Brazil	1–0	Argentina		Spain	0–0 (2–0 p)	China		12	[17]
2018 Details	Madrid	Jun 7–17		Brazil	2–0	Argentina		China	2–1	Russia		16	[18] [19]
2023 [20] Details	Birmingham	Aug 15–25		Argentina	0–0 (2–1 p)	China		Brazil	7–1	Colombia		16	[21]

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	1	2	8
2	Argentina	3	4	0	7
3	Spain	0	2	3	5
4	China	0	1	2	3
5	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		8	8	8	24

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	[22]
2002 Details	Varese	Sep 19–28		Belarus	14–2	Russia		Spain	3–2	Brazil		12	[23] [24]
2004 Details	Manchester	Dec 13–18		Belarus		Russia		Spain	3–2	Ukraine		12	[24]
2007 [20] Details	Sao Caetano do Sul	Aug 1–5		Belarus	1–1 (3–2 p)	Ukraine		Spain	4–0	Brazil		4	[25] [24]
2008 Details	Buenos Aires	Nov 16–22		Ukraine	0–0 (3–2 p)	Belarus		England		Argentina		10	[24]
2011 [20] Details	Antalya	Apr 3–9		Belarus	5–1	Ukraine		Spain	7–4	England		9	[26] [24]
2013 Details	Miyagi	Feb 4–12		Russia	1–0( a.e.t. )	Ukraine		England	14–0	Japan		4	[27] [24]
2015 [20] Details	Seoul	May 11–16		Ukraine	3–1	Spain		Italy	2–1	Japan		5	[28]
2017 Details	Cagliari	May 29 - Jun 3		Ukraine	3–0	England		Russia	2–2 (2–1 p)	Spain		8	[29]
2019 Details	Antalya	Dec 7–14		Ukraine	6–2	England		Russia	2–2 (3–2 p)	Turkey		7	[30]
2023 [20] Details	Birmingham	Aug 16–22		Ukraine	4–3( a.e.t. )	England		Spain	9–0	Japan		7	[31]

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					—	—	—		—	[32]
2023 [20] Details	Birmingham		Aug 14–21	Argentina	2–1	Japan		Sweden	0–0 (1–0 p)	India		8	[33]
2025 [34]	India		Oct 07- 11	Argentina	2–0	England		Japan	0–0 (2-1 p)	Brazil		8	[35]

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	2	0	0	2
2	Japan	0	1	1	2
3	England	0	1	0	1
4	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

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