IFCPF World Cup
The IFCPF World Cup (formerly known as the IFCPF CP Football World Championships) is the main world competition of blind football.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
History[edit]
The blind football has several major competitions. These include the IFCPF CP Football World Championships, former the CPISRA Football-7-a-Side World Championships. The first CPISRA World Championships took place in Denmark in 1982, four years after the first international competition for the sport took place in Scotland at the Cerebral Palsy International Games.
7-a-side football was also played at the Paralympic Games, making its debut at the 1984 Summer Paralympics.[14] It was dropped from the Paralympic program for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
- Names
- 1990–2011: CPISRA World Championship
- 2015–2017: IFCPF World Championship
- 2019–2022: IFCPF World Cup[15]
Men's results[edit]
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPISRA tournaments | |||||||||||||
| 1990 Details |
 Assen (WC) |
 Netherlands |
5–0 |  Ireland |
 Belgium |
no information available2 | 5 | [16][17] | |||||
| 1994 Details |
 Dublin (WC) |
Netherlands |
2–0 | Ireland |
Belgium |
3 |  Spain |
[16][17] | |||||
| 1998 Details |
 Rio de Janeiro (WC) |
 Russia |
3–1 |  Ukraine |
 Brazil |
3–2 | Spain |
11 | [16] | ||||
| 2003 Details |
 Buenos Aires (WC) |
Ukraine |
3–1 | Brazil |
Russia |
2–1 |  Argentina |
[16] | |||||
| 2007 Details |
Rio de Janeiro (WC) |
Russia |
2–1 |  Iran |
Ukraine |
2–0 | Brazil |
16 | [16][18] | ||||
| 2011 Details |
Assen, Emmen, Hoogeveen (WC) |
Russia |
6–1 | Iran |
Ukraine |
8–3 | Brazil |
16 | [16][19] | ||||
| IFCPF tournaments | |||||||||||||
| 2015 Details |
 Burton-upon-Trent (WC) |
Russia |
1–0 | Ukraine |
Brazil |
6–0 | Netherlands |
16 | [16][20] | ||||
| 2017 Details |
San Luis (WC) |
Ukraine |
1–0 | Iran |
Russia |
2–0 |  England |
16 | [21] | ||||
| 2019 Details |
 Seville (Cup) |
Russia |
3–1 | Ukraine |
Brazil |
4–1 | England |
16 | [22] | ||||
| 2022 Details |
Salou (Cup) |
Ukraine |
1–0 | Iran |
Brazil |
2–0 |  United States |
15 | [23][24] | ||||
Medal table[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Iran (IRI) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Level 2 World Championship[edit]
The event was held from 27 September to 3 October 2022 in Olbia, Italy.
Ranking:
- 1st Colombia
- 2nd Scotland
- 3rd Japan
- 4th Chile
- 5th Italy
- 6th Egypt
- 7th South Korea
- 8th Denmark
Women's results[edit]
First-ever IFCPF Women's World Cup was held in 2022 in Salou, Spain.
- Teams:
Japan,
United States,
Netherlands,
Australia,
Spain
Ranking: [25]
International Championships[edit]
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Details |
Arnhem (IC) |
Ukraine |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p.) |
Russia |
Iran |
1–0 | Brazil |
12 | [26] | ||||
| 2013 Details |
Sant Cugat del Vallès (Cup) |
Ukraine |
1–0 | Brazil |
Russia |
4–0 | Ireland |
16 | [27] |
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.ifcpf.com/tournaments/world
- ^ https://www.ifcpf.com/tournaments
- ^ https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/football/scotland-cerebral-palsy-football-team-crowned-ifcpf-world-championship-winners-4598514
- ^ https://www.calameo.com/books/0072757825913bb32f27b
- ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123002/ifcpf-womens-world-cup
- ^ https://www.jiff.football/en/schedule/20220927-jcpfa/
- ^ https://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/world-championships-victory-for-scotland/
- ^ https://www.ifcpf.com/news/tournament-draw-for-the-italy-2022-ifcpf-mens-world-championships
- ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122391/cp-football-vacant-world-cup-crown
- ^ https://www.irishfa.com/news/2024/april/cp-team-reach-world-championships-final
- ^ https://www.footballwest.com.au/ifcpf-world-cup
- ^ https://www.ayrshirerefs.co.uk/miscellaneous/ross-haswell-in-argentina-ifcpf-cp-football-world-championships/
- ^ https://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/ifcpf-world-championships/
- ^ "Football 7 a side". scottishdisabilitysport.com. 2016-08-30. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- ^ https://www.ifcpf.com/tournaments/view/79
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- ^ "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships". ande.org.br. 2007-12-19. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
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