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)

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:
(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:
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:
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:
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

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

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

PlaceTeam
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

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

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