Blind soccer

Blind soccer match

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.

Results[]

Men's[]

B1[]

Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
1998	Campinas	Brazil	1–0	Argentina	Spain	2–0	Colombia	6
2000	Jerez	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	Spain	4–0	Greece	8
2002	Rio de Janeiro	Argentina	4–2	Spain	Brazil	2–0	Colombia	9
2006	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1–0	Brazil	Paraguay	2–1	Spain	8
2010 Details	Hereford	Brazil	2–0	Spain	China	1–0	England	10
2014	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 Archived 2019-06-20 at the Wayback Machine

B2/B3 (Partially Sighted)[]

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