2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship

The 2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship is a blind football tournament and the sixth World Blind Football Championship. The competition was staged in Japan between 16 and 25 November 2014, and involved twelve teams of visually impaired players from around the world competing to be crowned world champion. It was won for the fourth time by Brazil,[1] who defeated their fellow finalists, Argentina, 1–0 to take the title.[2][3]

2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates16 – 24 November
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Tokyo (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Spain
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Ricardo Alves (Brazil)
United Kingdom 2010
Spain 2018

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Paraguay 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6 Quarter-finals
2   Japan (H) 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3   Morocco 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2 9th–12th place match
4   France 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
Source: blindfootball.sport
(H) Hosts
Japan  1–0  Paraguay
Morocco  0–0  France

Paraguay  3–0  France
Japan  0–0  Morocco

Morocco  0–1  Paraguay
France  1–1  Japan

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2   China 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3   Colombia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4   Turkey 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1 9th–12th place match
Brazil  1–0  Turkey
China  1–0  Colombia

Colombia  1–3  Brazil
China  0–0  Turkey

Brazil  0–0  China
Turkey  0–1  Colombia

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Quarter-finals
2   Germany 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
3   Spain 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2[a]
4   South Korea 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2[a] 9th–12th place match
Source: blindfootball.sport
Notes:
  1. ^ a b A penalty shoot-out was used as a tiebreaker.
South Korea  0–0  Germany
Spain  0–1  Argentina

Germany  1–1  Spain
Argentina  2–1  South Korea

Spain  0–0  South Korea
Penalties
2–1
Germany  0–0  Argentina

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Colombia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Quarter-finals
2   Spain 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
3   Morocco 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2 9th–12th place match
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: blindfootball.sport

Knockout stage

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Main tournament

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
2A   Japan 0 (1)
2B   China (p) 0 (2)
Q1   China 1
Q2   Brazil 2
1B   Brazil 4
2C   Germany 0
S1   Brazil 1
S2   Argentina 0
1A   Paraguay 0 (0)
3C   Spain (p) 0 (2)
Q3   Spain 0 (1) Third place
Q4   Argentina (p) 0 (2)
1C   Argentina 1 L1   China 0 (0)
3B   Colombia 0 L2   Spain (p) 0 (2)

5th–8th place

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Semifinals 5th place
      
L1   Japan 1
L2   Germany 0
W1   Japan 0 (0)
W2   Paraguay (p) 0 (1)
L3   Paraguay (p) 1 (2)
L4   Colombia 1 (1) 7th place
L1   Germany 0
L2   Colombia 1

9th–12th place

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Semifinals 9th place
      
4B   Turkey 0
4C   South Korea 1
W1   South Korea 1
W2   France 2
4A   France 1
3A   Morocco 0 11th place
L1   Turkey (p) 0 (1)
L2   Morocco 0 (0)

Final ranking

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Place Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Spain
4   China
5   Paraguay
6   Japan
7   Colombia
8   Germany
9   France
10   South Korea
11   Turkey
12   Morocco

References

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  1. ^ "Brasil vence Argentina e conquista o tetra no Mundial de Futebol de 5". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 24 November 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ IBSA Blind Football World Championships 2014. IBSA (Report). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Brazil retains IBSA Blind Football World Championships title". IBSA. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2023.