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 PR
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored136 (3.09 per match)

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 playoffs 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
 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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