# World Blind Football Championships

The World Blind Football Championships, formerly the Football-5-a-Side World Championships, were played for the first time in 1998.

## Men's B1 Category

| Year | Venue | Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1998 Details | Campinas | Sep | Brazil | 1–0 | Argentina | Spain | 2–0 | Colombia | 6 |
| 2000 Details | Jerez de la Frontera | Sep 25-30 | Brazil | 4–0 | Argentina | Spain | 3–0 | Greece | 8 |
| 2002 Details | Rio de Janeiro | Dec | Argentina | 4–2 | Spain | Brazil | 2–0 | Colombia | 9 |
| 2006 Details | Buenos Aires | Nov 24 - Dec 1 | Argentina | 1–0 | Brazil | Paraguay | 2–1 | Spain | 8 |
| 2010 Details | Hereford | Aug 14-22 | Brazil | 2–0 | Spain | China | 1–0 | England | 10 |
| 2014 Details | Tokyo | Nov 16-24 | Brazil | 1–0 | Argentina | Spain | 0–0 (2–0 p) | China | 12 |
| 2018 Details | Madrid | Jun 7-17 | Brazil | 2–0 | Argentina | China | 2–1 | Russia | 16 |
| 2023 Details | Birmingham | Aug 15-25 | Argentina | 0–0 (2–1 p) | China | Brazil | 7–1 | Colombia | 16 |

### Medals summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

## Men's B2/B3 Category

| Year | Venue | Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1998 Details | Campinas | Sep | Belarus | 3–2 | Spain | Italy | 9–2 | Argentina | 6 |
| 2002 Details | Varese | Sep 19-28 | Belarus | 14–2 | Russia | Spain | 3–2 | Brazil | 12 |
| 2004 Details | Manchester | Dec 13-18 | Belarus | | Russia | Spain | 3–2 | Ukraine | 12 |
| 2007 Details | Sao Caetano do Sul | Aug 1-5 | Belarus | 1–1 (3–2 p) | Ukraine | Spain | 4–0 | Brazil | 4 |
| 2008 Details | Buenos Aires | Nov 16-22 | Ukraine | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Belarus | England | | Argentina | 10 |
| 2011 Details | Antalya | Apr 3-9 | Belarus | 5–1 | Ukraine | Spain | 7–4 | England | 9 |
| 2013 Details | Miyagi | Feb 4-12 | Russia | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Ukraine | England | 14–0 | Japan | 4 |
| 2015 Details | Seoul | May 11-16 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Spain | Italy | 2–1 | Japan | 5 |
| 2017 Details | Cagliari | May 29 - Jun 3 | Ukraine | 3–0 | England | Russia | 2–2 (2–1 p) | Spain | 8 |
| 2019 Details | Antalya | Dec 7-14 | Ukraine | 6–2 | England | Russia | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Turkey | 7 |
| 2023 Details | Birmingham | Aug 16-22 | Ukraine | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | England | Spain | 9–0 | Japan | 7 |

### Medals summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Belarus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | England | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Women's results
### B1/B2/B3 (together)

| Year | Venue | Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams | Sources |
| 2020 | Enugu | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | — | — | — | — | |
| 2023 Details | Birmingham | Aug 14-21 | Argentina | 2–1 | Japan | Sweden | 0–0 (1–0 p) | India | 8 | |

### Medals summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |