IBSA World Games

The IBSA World Games (formerly IBSA World Championships and Games) or World Blind Games are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). The events enable blind and partially sighted athletes to compete in a number of sports.[1] The first event took place at Madrid, Spain in 1998.[2]

The competitions in athletics, swimming, goalball and judo are part of the qualification process for the Paralympic Games.[1]

Events

IBSA World Games

EditionYearHostDatessports
11998 Spain, MadridJuly 18–26[2]4
22003 Canada, QuebecAugust 5–10[3]5
32007 Brazil, São PauloJuly 28-August 8[4]6 [5]
42011 Turkey, AntalyaApril 1–10[1]7
52015 South Korea, SeoulMay 8–1810
62019Not held--
72023 United Kingdom, BirminghamAugust 18-27TBA [6]

IBSA World Youth Games (WYC)

  • Former name: IBSA World Youth and Student Games
EditionYearHostDatesSports
12005 USA, Colorado SpringsAugust 4–105
22007 USA, Colorado SpringsJuly 11–175
32009 USA, Colorado SpringsJuly 15–203
42011 USA, Colorado SpringsJuly 13–183 [7]
52013 USA, Colorado SpringsSeptember 13–152
62015 USA, Colorado SpringsJuly 26–301
72017 HUN, BudaorsJuly 1–91 [8]

1998 IBSA World Games

The inaugural 1998 sports event was held in Madrid, Spain for athletics, swimming, goalball and judo for the blind and vision-impaired.

2003 IBSA World Games

The 2003 Quebec, Canada event included five-a-side football, goalball and judo, other disciplines have been added to the event. Blind athletes were able to compete in the following sports: powerlifting, ten-pin and nine-pin bowling, biathlon, alpine skiing, archery, showdown, swimming, shooting, torball, Nordic skiing, athletics and cycling. Although a lot of winter sports were added to the list such as skiing, but also bowling and many others, but was held in five sports: Swimming, athletics, goalball, judo, and powerlifting.[9]

2007 IBSA World Games

The 2007 Sao Paulo, Brazil sports were powerlifting, judo, goalball, football, swimming, and athletics.[10]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)28151154
2 Belarus (BLR)1813738
3 Brazil (BRA)17221958
4 Spain (ESP)16232362
5 China (CHN)1271231
6 Cuba (CUB)104519
7 Iran (IRI)81413
8 Poland (POL)72211
9 Algeria (ALG)71917
10 Italy (ITA)64414
11 Germany (GER)57921
12 Greece (GRE)55212
13 Malaysia (MAS)4116
14 Ukraine (UKR)37313
15 Turkey (TUR)3025
16 Venezuela (VEN)26816
17 Portugal (POR)2428
18 Great Britain (GBR)2417
19 New Zealand (NZL)2204
 Sweden (SWE)2204
21 Azerbaijan (AZE)2057
22 Canada (CAN)2002
 Cyprus (CYP)2002
24 Angola (ANG)1315
25 Japan (JPN)1247
26 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1124
 France (FRA)1124
28 Bulgaria (BUL)1113
 Thailand (THA)1113
 Tunisia (TUN)1113
31 Austria (AUT)1012
 Croatia (CRO)1012
33 South Korea (KOR)1001
34 Argentina (ARG)0336
35 Mexico (MEX)0325
36 Australia (AUS)0213
 Kenya (KEN)0213
38 Czech Republic (CZE)0202
 United States (USA)0202
40 Finland (FIN)0112
41 Ireland (IRL)0101
 South Africa (RSA)0101
43 Serbia (SRB)0022
44 Netherlands (NED)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
46 Belgium (BEL)0000
 Colombia (COL)0000
 Estonia (EST)0000
 Hong Kong (HKG)0000
 Hungary (HUN)0000
 India (IND)0000
 Iraq (IRQ)0000
 Israel (ISR)0000
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0000
 Latvia (LAT)0000
 Lithuania (LTU)0000
 Mongolia (MGL)0000
 Philippines (PHI)0000
 Puerto Rico (PUR)0000
 Slovakia (SVK)0000
 Uruguay (URU)0000
Totals (61 nations)175157155487

2011 IBSA World Games

The 2011 Antalya, Turkey sports were athletics, chess, futsal (football) B1, futsal (football) B2/B3, goalball, judo, powerlifting, swimming.[11][12]

2015 IBSA World Games

The 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games was held from 8 to 18 June 2015, in Seoul, South Korea and included competitions in ten sports:[1]

Venues were scattered around the city, including opening and closing ceremonies at the Jamsil Arena. About 1626 athletes competed from fifty-seven countries.[13] The event motto was 'See with Passion, Run with Hope'.[14] Mascots were Dari, Haechi and Suri.[15]

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

2015 IBSA World Championships and Games medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)483531114
2 Ukraine (UKR)16111138
3 Iran (IRI)1561132
4 China (CHN)915933
5 South Korea (KOR)*911929
6 Azerbaijan (AZE)86317
7 Turkey (TUR)561223
8 Uzbekistan (UZB)52512
9 Japan (JPN)412723
10 Chinese Taipei (TPE)44210
11 Algeria (ALG)4127
12 Mexico (MEX)38516
13 Thailand (THA)3306
14 Mozambique (MOZ)3148
15 Czech Republic (CZE)3025
16 Poland (POL)24713
17 Canada (CAN)1225
 Finland (FIN)1225
19 Croatia (CRO)1214
20 Australia (AUS)1146
21 Malaysia (MAS)1135
22 Israel (ISR)1124
23 Bulgaria (BUL)1113
24 Hong Kong (HKG)1023
25 Georgia (GEO)1012
 Germany (GER)1012
 United States (USA)1012
28 Argentina (ARG)1001
 Lithuania (LTU)1001
 Netherlands (NED)1001
31 Venezuela (VEN)09413
32 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0325
33 Great Britain (GBR)0314
34 Italy (ITA)0112
 Spain (ESP)0112
36 Belarus (BLR)0101
 Mongolia (MGL)0101
38 Brazil (BRA)0066
39 Estonia (EST)0022
 India (IND)0022
41 France (FRA)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Indonesia (INA)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (45 NOCs)155154164473

2019 IBSA World Games

Nominations for the host nation for the 2019 IBSA World Games was called on 3 March 2017.[16][17] It was not possible to find a host nation able to cater for all the sports. Instead the IBSA Goalball and Judo Paralympic Games qualifying tournaments were held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America in June–July 2019, in conjunction with the federation's four-yearly international general assembly.[18]

2023 IBSA World Games

IBSA indicated it would commence searching for a host nation in the latter part of 2018.[18] On 11 May 2020, the University of Birmingham, England was announced as the host city, for 18–27 August 2023, with the sports of judo, goalball, football, chess, tenpin bowling, shooting, and showdown.[19]

References

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  2. "Madrid '98". IBSA. Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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  5. http://www.ibsasport.org/photos/pictures/345.jpg - 2007 Medal Table
  6. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094115/birmingham-2023-ibsa-world-games-host
  7. https://usaba.org/files/uploads/2011_WYC_Medal_Count.pdf%5B%5D - 2011 Medal Table
  8. http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1235/final-results-2017-ibsa-goalball-world-youth-championships
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20041122153314/http://www.ibsa.es/esp/deportes/swimming/Quebec%202003%20Swimming%20results.pdf
  10. http://www.ibsasport.org/photos/25/3rd-ibsa-world-championships-and-games-sao-paulo-2007
  11. https://www.paralympic.org/news/ibsa-world-games-start-friday
  12. http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/210/4th-ibsa-world-championships-and-games-antalya-2011
  13. KIM, EJ Monica (18 May 2015). "The 5th IBSA World Games ends in Seoul, Korea". ParaSport News. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  14. "Seoul 2015 IBSA World Games". IBSA. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  15. YOON, So-Jung (11 May 2015). "Seoul 2015 IBSA World Games open". Korea.net -- Gateway to Korea. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  16. http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1125/ibsa-launches-2019-world-games-bid-process
  17. "IBSA World Games 2019 - bidding process reminder". IBSA. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  18. "IBSA General Assembly to take place in Fort Wayne, USA; 2019 World Games update". IBSA. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  19. "Birmingham, Great Britain, to host IBSA World Games 2023". International Blind Sports Federation. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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