The 2023 IBSA World Blind Football Championship was a blind football tournament and the eighth World Blind Football Championships. The competition was staged in Birmingham between 15 and 25 August 2023, and involved sixteen teams of visually impaired players from around the world competing to be crowned world champion, and was won for the third time by Argentina.[1][2] The competition was first held as part of the IBSA World Games.[3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United Kingdom, England |
| Dates | August 15 to 25 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | Birmingham (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  China |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Colombia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | Paul Yobo (Italy) |
| Best player(s) | Maximiliano Espinillo (Argentina) |
| Fair play award |  Thailand |
←  2018 TBD → | |
Group stage
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Japan
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Thailand
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 |  Turkey
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | 13th–16th place |
Source: blindfootball.sport
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Argentina
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Germany
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 |  England (H)
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 13th–16th place |
Group C
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  France
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Spain
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 |  Mali
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | 13th–16th place |
Source: blindfootball.sport
Group D
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Iran
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Morocco
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 |  Mexico
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | 13th–16th place |
Source: blindfootball.sport
Knockout stage
editMain tournament
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1A | Italy
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2B | Argentina
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Q1 | Argentina
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Q2 | Colombia
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1C | Colombia
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2D | Iran
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Argentina (p)
| 0 (2) | ||||||||||||
| S2 | China
| 0 (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1B | China
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2A | Japan
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Q3 | China (p)
| 0 (2) | Third place | |||||||||||
| Q4 | Brazil
| 0 (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1D | Brazil
| 1 | L1 | Colombia
| 1 | |||||||||
| 2C | France
| 0 | L2 | Brazil
| 7 | |||||||||
5th–8th place
edit| Semifinals | 5th place | ||||||||
| L1 | Italy
| 1 (2) | |||||||
| L2 | Iran (p)
| 1 (3) | |||||||
| W1 | Iran
| 0 | |||||||
| W2 | Japan
| 1 | |||||||
| L3 | Japan
| 2 | |||||||
| L4 | France
| 0 | 7th place | ||||||
| L1 | Italy
| 1 | |||||||
| L2 | France
| 2 | |||||||
9th–12th place
edit| Semifinals | 9th place | ||||||||
| 3A | Thailand
| 1 | |||||||
| 3B | Germany
| 0 | |||||||
| W1 | Thailand (p)
| 1 (3) | |||||||
| W2 | Morocco
| 1 (2) | |||||||
| 3C | Spain
| 0 (0) | |||||||
| 3D | Morocco (p)
| 0 (1) | 11th place | ||||||
| L1 | Germany
| 1 | |||||||
| L2 | Spain
| 0 | |||||||
13th–16th place
edit| Semifinals | 13th place | ||||||||
| 4A | Turkey
| 0 (1) | |||||||
| 4B | England (p)
| 0 (2) | |||||||
| W1 | England
| 1 | |||||||
| W2 | Mexico
| 0 | |||||||
| 4C | Mali
| 0 | |||||||
| 4D | Mexico
| 6 | 15th place | ||||||
| L1 | Turkey
| 6 | |||||||
| L2 | Mali
| 0 | |||||||
Final ranking
edit| Place | Team |
|---|---|
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Argentina
|
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China
|
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Brazil
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| 4 | Colombia
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| 5 | Japan
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| 6 | Iran
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| 7 | France
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| 8 | Italy
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| 9 | Thailand
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| 10 | Morocco
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| 11 | Germany
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| 12 | Spain
|
| 13 | England
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| 14 | Mexico
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| 15 | Turkey
|
| 16 | Mali
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Argentina wins the world title in Men's Blind Football". IBSA. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "¡Los Murciélagos salieron campeones del mundo y festejaron como la Scaloneta!". Olé (in Spanish). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ IBSA Blind Football World Championships 2023. IBSA (Report). Retrieved 9 September 2023.