| World Deaf Football Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | May, June, July |
| Frequency | 4 Years |
| Inaugurated | 2008 |
| Organised by | CISS |
The World Deaf Football Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the association football sport for deaf people. It is organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (CISS) and was first held in 2008. [1]
| Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Nations played | Men | Women | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 1 | 2008 |  Greece, Patras | 1-12 July | 15 (M) 5 (W) |  GER |  TUR |  FRA |  RUS | GER |  GBR | [1] |
| 2 | 2012 | Turkey, Ankara | 16-28 July | 15 (M) 5 (W) | TUR |  EGY |  UKR |  USA | RUS | GER | [1] [2] |
| 3 | 2016 |  Italy, Agropoli, Capaccio, Salerno | 19 June-2 July | 16 (M) 6 (W) | TUR | GER | RUS | USA | RUS | GBR | [1] [3] [4] |
| 4 | 2023 |  Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur | 20 September - 8 October | 19 (M) 5 (W) | UKR |  JPN |  SEN | USA | TUR |  POL | [5] [6] [7] |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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