2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship

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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 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
  1.  Spain (assigned to A1)
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Argentina
  4.  China

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
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

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

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

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

9th–16th place match

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Quarter-finals

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Final ranking

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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