IFCPF World Cup

The IFCPF World Cup (formerly known as the IFCPF CP Football World Championships) is the main world competition of CP football.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

History

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

Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams Ref.
CPISRA tournaments
1990
Details 		Netherlands
Assen (WC) 		Netherlands
Netherlands 		5–0 Republic of Ireland
Ireland 		Belgium
Belgium 		no information available 5 [16][17]
1994
Details 		Republic of Ireland
Dublin (WC) 		Netherlands
Netherlands 		2–0 Republic of Ireland
Ireland 		Belgium
Belgium 		Spain
Spain 		[16][17]
1998
Details 		Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (WC) 		Russia
Russia 		3–1 Ukraine
Ukraine 		Brazil
Brazil 		3–2 Spain
Spain 		11 [16]
2003
Details 		Argentina
Buenos Aires (WC) 		Ukraine
Ukraine 		3–1 Brazil
Brazil 		Russia
Russia 		2–1 Argentina
Argentina 		[16]
2007
Details 		Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (WC) 		Russia
Russia 		2–1 Iran
Iran 		Ukraine
Ukraine 		2–0 Brazil
Brazil 		16 [16][18]
2011
Details 		Netherlands
Assen, Emmen, Hoogeveen (WC) 		Russia
Russia 		6–1 Iran
Iran 		Ukraine
Ukraine 		8–3 Brazil
Brazil 		16 [16][19]
IFCPF tournaments
2015
Details 		England
Burton-upon-Trent (WC) 		Russia
Russia 		1–0 Ukraine
Ukraine 		Brazil
Brazil 		6–0 Netherlands
Netherlands 		16 [16][20]
2017
Details 		Argentina
San Luis (WC) 		Ukraine
Ukraine 		1–0 Iran
Iran 		Russia
Russia 		2–0 England
England 		16 [21]
2019
Details 		Spain
Seville (Cup) 		Russia
Russia 		3–1 Ukraine
Ukraine 		Brazil
Brazil 		4–1 England
England 		16 [22]
2022
Details 		Spain
Salou (Cup) 		Ukraine
Ukraine 		1–0 Iran
Iran 		Brazil
Brazil 		2–0 United States
United States 		15 [23][24]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)5027
2 Ukraine (UKR)3328
3 Netherlands (NED)2002
4 Iran (IRI)0404
5 Ireland (IRL)0202
6 Brazil (BRA)0145
7 Belgium (BEL)0022
Totals (7 entries)10101030

The 2024 FIFA Sevens World Cup was held in Spain, resulting in Iran, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and Brazil winning the first to fourth titles, respectively.

International Championships

Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams Ref.
2009
Details 		Netherlands
Arnhem (IC) 		Ukraine
Ukraine 		0–0 (a.e.t.)
(9–8 p.) 		Russia
Russia 		Iran
Iran 		1–0 Brazil
Brazil 		12 [25]
2013
Details 		Spain
Sant Cugat del Vallès (Cup) 		Ukraine
Ukraine 		1–0 Brazil
Brazil 		Russia
Russia 		4–0 Republic of Ireland
Ireland 		16 [26]

Level 2 World Championship

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

See also

References

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