# 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.

## 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 |
| Spain (assigned to A1) Brazil Argentina China | Colombia France South Korea Turkey | Morocco | Costa Rica Great Britain Iran Mali Mexico Russia Thailand |

## 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 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 |

### 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 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 |

### 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 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 |

### 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 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 |

## Knockout stage
### 9th–16th place match

| 13th place | 13th place | 13th place | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | | | 9th place | 9th place | 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 | | | | | B3 | | | | | D3 | Mali | 2(0) |
| 15th place | 15th place | 15th place | C4 | South Korea | 1 | C3 | Mexico | 1 | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place | | |
| | | | D4 | Costa Rica | 2 | | D3 | Mali | 2 | | | | | |
| B4 | France | 3 | | | | | | | | | A3 | Thailand | 1 |
| C4 | South Korea | 0 | | | | | | | | | | C3 | Mexico | 2 |

### Quarter-finals

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | 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 | | | | | | | | | B1 | D1 | Brazil | 2 |
| | | | | | | D1 | Brazil | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B2 | Colombia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | B2 | Colombia | 3 | | | | D1 | Brazil | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A2 | Morocco | 1 | | | | C1 | China | 0 | | | |
| D2 | Great Britain (p) | 0(2) | | | | C1 | | | China | 1 | | C2 | Russia | 0 |
| A2 | Morocco | 0(1) | | | | A2 | Morocco | 0 | | | | C1 | China | 1 |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| | 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 |