Blind soccer

Blind Football is variation of futsal designed for players who are blind or visually impaired. It is currently a Paralympic sport, and the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA)[1] also organizes a World Championship.

History

According to IBSA, "Football for the blind and partially sighted started out as a playground game for school children in special schools for the visually impaired."

Rules

Generally speaking, the rules of blind football are very similar to the rules of futsal. There are, however, some important exceptions:

All players, except for the goalkeeper, are blindfolded.
The ball has been modified to make a jingling or rattling sound.
Players are required to say "voy", "go", or something similar when going for the ball; this alerts the other players about their position.
A guide, positioned outside the field of play, provides instructions to the players.

IBSA Blind Football World Championships

Men's B1

Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
1998 Details	Campinas	Brazil	1–0	Argentina	Spain	2–0	Colombia	6
2000 Details	Jerez	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	Spain	4–0	Greece	8
2002 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Argentina	4–2	Spain	Brazil	2–0	Colombia	9
2006 Details	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1–0	Brazil	Paraguay	2–1	Spain	8
2010 Details	Hereford	Brazil	2–0	Spain	China	1–0	England	10
2014 Details	Tokyo	Brazil	1–0	Argentina	Spain	0–0 (2-0 in penalties)	China	12
2018 Details[2]	Madrid	Brazil	2–0	Argentina	China	2–1	Russia	16

Source: IBSA Football - Results

Men's B2/B3 (Partially Sighted)

Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
1998 Details	Campinas	Belarus	3–2	Spain	Italy	9–2	Argentina	6
2002 Details	Varese	Belarus	14–2	Russia	Spain	3–2	Brazil	12
2013 Details	Miyagi	Russia	1–0 (AET)	Ukraine	England	14–0	Japan	4
2017 Details	Cagliari	Ukraine	3–0	England	Russia	2–2 (2-1 in penalties)	Spain	8
2021 Details

Source: IBSA Football - Results

IBSA Women's Blind Football Tournament

Year	Venue		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams
2017 Details	Vienna		Japan	1–0	IBSA select[lower-alpha 1]		England/ Greece select	0-0 (1-0 in penalties)	Russia/ Canada select		4

Source: IBSA Football - Results

Composed of players from Belgium, France, Germany and Austria.

References

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[3] Composed of players from Belgium, France, Germany and Austria.

[1] ttp://www.ibsasport.org/sports/football/

[2] ttp://www.madrid.blindfootballworldcup.com/championship-organization-and-information/