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2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship

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.

2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates7 June – 17 June
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)Madrid (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil
Runners-up Argentina
Third place China
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored136 (3.09 per match)
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The tournament

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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

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Not Ranked
  1.   Spain (assigned to A1)
  2.   Brazil
  3.   Argentina
  4.   China

Group stage

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Group A

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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
Spain  2–1  Thailand
Turkey  1–2  Morocco
Spain  3–0  Morocco
Thailand  3–0  Turkey
Spain  0–1  Turkey
Morocco  3–0  Thailand

Group B

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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]
Argentina  1–0  Iran
France  1–3  Colombia
Colombia  0–0  Argentina
Iran  7–0  France
Argentina  3–0  France
Colombia  2–1  Iran

Group C

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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]
China  2–0  South Korea
Russia  1–1  Mexico
Mexico  0–1  China
South Korea  0–3  Russia
China  1–0  Russia
Mexico  1–1  South Korea

Group D

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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]
Brazil  6–1  Mali
Costa Rica  1–14  Brazil
Mali  0–4  Great Britain
Costa Rica  0–1  Mali
Brazil  3–0  Great Britain
Great Britain  7–1  Costa Rica

Knockout stage

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9th–16th place match

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13th place13th–16th place semifinals9th–16th place quarterfinals9th–12th place semifinals9th place
A4  Turkey4A3  Thailand0
B4  France1B3  Iran4
A4  Turkey7B3  Iran (p)2(2)
D4  Costa Rica0D3  Mali2(0)
15th placeC4  South Korea1C3  Mexico111th place
D4  Costa Rica2D3  Mali2
B4  France3A3  Thailand1
C4  South Korea0C3  Mexico2

Quarter-finals

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Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
B1  Argentina (p)1(1)
D2  Great Britain1(0)
D2  Great Britain0(1)B1  Argentina1
A1  Spain (p)0(2)C2  Russia0
A1  Spain0
C2  Russia1
A1  Spain4B1  Argentina0
B2  Colombia1D1  Brazil2
D1  Brazil3
B2  Colombia0
Seventh placeB2  Colombia3D1  Brazil1Third place
A2  Morocco1C1  China0
D2  Great Britain (p)0(2)C1  China1C2  Russia0
A2  Morocco0(1)A2  Morocco0C1  China1

Final ranking

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Place Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    China
4   Russia
5   Spain
6   Colombia
7   Great Britain
8   Morocco
9   Iran
10   Mali
11   Mexico
12   Thailand
13   Turkey
14   Costa Rica
15   France
16   South Korea

References

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http://www.madrid.blindfootballworldcup.com/championship-organization-and-information/ Archived 20 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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