2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship

2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates 7 June – 17 June
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) Madrid (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  China PR
Fourth place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 44
Goals scored 136 (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) Host.
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 place 13th–16th place semifinals 9th–16th place quarterfinals 9th–12th place semifinals 9th place
                                               
     
     
  A4  Turkey 4       A3  Thailand 0  
  B4  France 1       B3  Iran 4  
 
     
  A4  Turkey 7       B3  Iran (p) 2(2)
  D4  Costa Rica 0       D3  Mali 2(0)
     
       
C4  South Korea 1       C3  Mexico 1
  15th place     D4  Costa Rica 2       D3  Mali 2     11th place
  B4  France 3     A3  Thailand 1
  C4  South Korea 0         C3  Mexico 2


Quarter-finals

  5th place match 5th – 8th place play-offs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
    B1  Argentina (p) 1(1)  
    D2  Great Britain 1(0)  
  D2  Great Britain 0(1)       B1  Argentina 1  
  A1  Spain (p) 0(2)       C2  Russia 0  
  A1  Spain 0
    C2  Russia 1  
  A1  Spain 4       B1  Argentina 0
  B2  Colombia 1       D1  Brazil 2
    D1  Brazil 3  
      B2  Colombia 0  
B2  Colombia 3       D1  Brazil 1
  7th place match     A2  Morocco 1       C1  China 0     3rd place match
  D2  Great Britain (p) 0(2)   C1  China 1   C2  Russia 0
  A2  Morocco 0(1)     A2  Morocco 0     C1  China 1

Final Ranking

PlaceTeam
1st, gold medalist(s) Brazil
2nd, silver medalist(s) Argentina
3rd, 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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