International football competition
The 2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship is a blind football tournament and the seventh World Blind Football Championship. The competition was staged in Spain between 7 June and 17 June 2018, and involved sixteen teams of visually impaired players from around the world competing to be crowned world champion. It was won for the fifth time by Brazil, who defeated their fellow finalists, Argentina, 2–0 to take the title.
The tournament The tournament got under way on 7 June with the opening match between Spain and Thailand. Brazil won the tournament after beating Argentina 2–0 in the final on 17 June. It was the fifth occasion on which Brazil have won the competition, and their team's striker, Ricardo Alves, was named Player of the tournament. China was awarded the fair play award.
Draw Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Not Ranked
Group stage
Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Spain (H) 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Quarter-finals 2 Morocco 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 3 Thailand 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 9th–12th place match 4 Turkey 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 13th–16th place match
Source: [1](H) Hosts
7 June 2018 (2018-06-07 )
18:00 UTC+2
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08 )
11:30 UTC+2
9 June 2018 (2018-06-09 )
11:30 UTC+2
10 June 2018 (2018-06-10 )
11:30 UTC+2
11 June 2018 (2018-06-11 )
11:30 UTC+2
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12 )
11:30 UTC+2
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Argentina 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Quarter-finals 2 Colombia 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 3 Iran 3 1 0 2 8 3 +5 3 9th–12th place match 4 France 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0 13th–16th place match
Source: [2]
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08 )
14:00 UTC+2
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08 )
16:30 UTC+2
9 June 2018 (2018-06-09 )
16:30 UTC+2
10 June 2018 (2018-06-10 )
16:30 UTC+2
11 June 2018 (2018-06-11 )
16:30 UTC+2
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12 )
16:30 UTC+2
Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 China 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Quarter-finals 2 Russia 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4 3 Mexico 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 9th–12th place match 4 South Korea 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1 13th–16th place match
Source: [3]
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08 )
9:00 UTC+2
9 June 2018 (2018-06-09 )
9:00 UTC+2
10 June 2018 (2018-06-10 )
9:00 UTC+2
11 June 2018 (2018-06-11 )
9:00 UTC+2
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12 )
9:00 UTC+2
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12 )
14:00 UTC+2
Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Brazil 3 3 0 0 23 2 +21 9 Quarter-finals 2 Great Britain 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6 3 Mali 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3 9th–12th place match 4 Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 2 22 −20 0 13th–16th place match
Source: [4]
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08 )
19:00 UTC+2
9 June 2018 (2018-06-09 )
19:00 UTC+2
10 June 2018 (2018-06-10 )
19:00 UTC+2
11 June 2018 (2018-06-11 )
14:00 UTC+2
11 June 2018 (2018-06-11 )
19:00 UTC+2
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12 )
19:00 UTC+2
Knockout stage
9th–16th place match
Quarter-finals
Final ranking
References
http://www.madrid.blindfootballworldcup.com/championship-organization-and-information/ Archived 20 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine
B1 events Paulínia 1998 Jerez 2000 Rio de Janeiro 2002 Buenos Aires 2006 Hereford 2010 Tokyo 2014 Madrid 2018 Birmingham 2023 B2/B3 events Paulínia 1998 Varese 2002 Manchester 2004 Buenos Aires 2008 Sendai 2013 Seoul 2015 Cagliari 2017 Antalya 2019 Birmingham 2023 Women Vienna 2017 Enugu 2020 Birmingham 2023