INAS World Football Championships

The INAS World Football Championship is an international association football competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities. It takes place every four years, typically in the country that also hosts the FIFA World Cup. It is organized by the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID) which also organizes championships in other sports.

To participate in an INAS-FID event, an athlete must have an intellectual disability that was evident before the age of 18, significant limitations in adaptive behavior, and an IQ score below 75.[1] The latter requirement led to controversy in 2006, when third-placed Germany was disqualified because the employed IQ tests did not accord with international standards.[2]

Winners edit

Host Year Final Venue Third place
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
  Netherlands
1994
  England
1998
  Poland
  Japan
2002
  England
2 – 1
  Netherlands International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
  Germany
2006
  Saudi Arabia
4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(9 – 8 pens.)
  Netherlands BayArena, Leverkusen
  South Africa
2010
  Saudi Arabia
1 – 0[3]
  Netherlands Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane Poland   Portugal  
  Brazil
2014
  Saudi Arabia
4 – 2
  South Africa Arena Corinthians, São Paulo Poland   2-0 Japan  
  Sweden
2018
  Saudi Arabia
2 – 0
  Argentina Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

References edit

  1. ^ Classification Application Guidance Notes[permanent dead link], INAS-FID, February 2010
  2. ^ Fußball: "Die Jungs sollen bei der WM Spaß haben", Westdeutsche Zeitung, 20 August 2010. (in German)
  3. ^ "President General of Youth Welfare congratulates the leadership on the winning of the Saudi national team for special needs the World Football Cup". Saudi Press Agency (SPA). 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.

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