The IBSA Football Committee and the LOC for the 2019 IBSA Partially Sighted Football World Championships are happy to announce that entries are now open for teams to sign up.

The championships will be hosted by the Turkish Blind Sports Federation (GESFED) in Antalya from December 4th to 15th 2019.

Key dates

First entry deadline: 01.10.2019
Second entry deadline : 01.11.2019
Draw: 15.11.2019

Tentative Program
 
December 4th: official arrivals
December 5th: classification and arrival date for referees
December 6th: classification, technical meeting and referee meeting
December 7th: group stage match day 1
December 8th: group stage match day 2
December 9th: group stage match day 3
December 10th: group stage match day 4
December 11th: rest day (training day)
December 12th: semi-finals and placement matches
December 13th: rest day (training day)
December 14th: 3rd-4th place play-off and final
December 15th: official departures

For more information and entry forms click here or contact [email protected].

The last IBSA Partially Sighted Football World Championships were held in Cagliari, Italy, in May-June 2017. Eight teams were involved and Ukraine took the title, beating England 3-0 in the final. 

Final standings Italy 2017

1st Ukraine
2nd England
3rd Russia
4th Spain
5th France
6th Turkey
7th Italy
8th Japan