2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship Tournament details Host country Japan Dates 16 – 24 November Teams 12 (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)
International football competition
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 sixteen 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]
Group stage Group A 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
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Group B 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
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Group C 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
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^ a b A penalty shoot-out was used as a tiebreaker. 17 November 2014 (2014-11-17 )
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Ranking of third-placed teams 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 Main tournament 5th–8th place 9th–12th place Final ranking References ^ "Brasil vence Argentina e conquista o tetra no Mundial de Futebol de 5". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 24 November 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2023 . ^ IBSA Blind Football World Championships 2014. IBSA (Report). Retrieved 22 August 2023 . ^ "Brazil retains IBSA Blind Football World Championships title". IBSA . 26 November 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2023 .