# 2023 IBSA Men's World Blind Football Championship

The 2023 IBSA World Blind Football Championship was a blind football tournament and the eighth World Blind Football Championships. The competition was staged in Birmingham between 15 and 25 August 2023, and involved sixteen teams of visually impaired players from around the world competing to be crowned world champion, and was won for the third time by Argentina. The competition was first held as part of the IBSA World Games.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | 13th–16th place |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 | England (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 13th–16th place |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | 13th–16th place |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 9th–12th place |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | 13th–16th place |

## Knockout stage
### Main tournament

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1A | Italy | 0 | | | | | | |
| 2B | Argentina | 1 | | | | | | |
| 2B | Argentina | 1 | Q1 | Argentina | 3 | | | |
| | | | Q2 | Colombia | 1 | | | |
| 1C | Colombia | 1 | Q2 | Colombia | 1 | | | |
| 2D | Iran | 0 | | | | | | |
| 2D | Iran | 0 | | | | S1 | Argentina (p) | 0 (2) |
| | | | | | | S2 | China | 0 (1) |
| 1B | China | 2 | | | | | | | S2 | China | 0 (1) |
| 2A | Japan | 1 | | | |
| 2A | Japan | 1 | Q3 | China (p) | 0 (2) | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Q4 | Brazil | 0 (0) |
| 1D | Brazil | 1 | Q4 | Brazil | 0 (0) | L1 | Colombia | 1 |
| 2C | France | 0 | | | | L2 | Brazil | 7 |

### 5th–8th place

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| L1 | Italy | 1 (2) | | | |
| L2 | Iran (p) | 1 (3) | | | |
| L2 | Iran (p) | 1 (3) | W1 | Iran | 0 |
| | | | W2 | Japan | 1 |
| L3 | Japan | 2 | W2 | Japan | 1 |
| L4 | France | 0 | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | | L1 | Italy | 1 |
| | | | L2 | France | 2 |

### 9th–12th place

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place |
| 3A | Thailand | 1 | | | |
| 3B | Germany | 0 | | | |
| 3B | Germany | 0 | W1 | Thailand (p) | 1 (3) |
| | | | W2 | Morocco | 1 (2) |
| 3C | Spain | 0 (0) | W2 | Morocco | 1 (2) |
| 3D | Morocco (p) | 0 (1) | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | | L1 | Germany | 1 |
| | | | L2 | Spain | 0 |

### 13th–16th place

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 13th place | 13th place | 13th place |
| 4A | Turkey | 0 (1) | | | |
| 4B | England (p) | 0 (2) | | | |
| 4B | England (p) | 0 (2) | W1 | England | 1 |
| | | | W2 | Mexico | 0 |
| 4C | Mali | 0 | W2 | Mexico | 0 |
| 4D | Mexico | 6 | 15th place | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | | L1 | Turkey | 6 |
| | | | L2 | Mali | 0 |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | China |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | Colombia |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Iran |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Italy |
| 9 | Thailand |
| 10 | Morocco |
| 11 | Germany |
| 12 | Spain |
| 13 | England |
| 14 | Mexico |
| 15 | Turkey |
| 16 | Mali |