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Football 5-a-side, [1] more commonly known as Blind football or Blind football, is a variation of association football designed for players who are blind or visually impaired. It is currently a Paralympic sport , and the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) also organizes a World Blind Football Championships .
5-a-side football, also known as blind futsal and blind football, is an adaptation of football for athletes with visual impairments including blindness. The sport, governed by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), is played with modified FIFA rules. The field of play is smaller, and is surrounded by boards.
Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics [1] was held in London at the Riverbank Arena, from 31 August to 8 September. Football 5-a-side is played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside. [2] For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament.
France is the first team other than Brazil to win blind football at a Paralympics. Brazil won all five previous golds since it was first played at the 2004 Athens Games. The five-time defending champion, which had never lost a match before Thursday's penalty loss to Argentina in the semifinals, was consoled by the bronze medal after a 1-0 win ...
The field of play for blind soccer measures 40m x 20m (or roughly 131.2ft x 65.6ft), ... In order to play blind football at the Paralympics, athletes must be classified as B1. ‘B’ stands for ...
France defeated Argentina 3-2 on penalties under the lights of the Eiffel Tower for the gold medal in blind football on the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games. Frederic Villeroux scored the ...
This article is about the 2016 Summer Paralympics event for blind and partially sighted athletes. For the event at those Games for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments, see Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. For the able-bodied event at the Olympic Games, see Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Football 5-a-side at the XV Paralympic Games Venue Olympic Tennis ...
This is blind football, one of two silent sports at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. This type of ambiance is unthinkable in most sports venues, but especially in a sport like soccer, whose fans ...