Athletes who compete in blind football have a very low visual acuity and/ or no light perception (fully blind or nearly fully blind).

Paralympics blind soccer. Blind soccer world championships have been held since 1998 and now take. Rio 2016 video launches rio 2016 paralympic emblem. This sport is open to para athletes with a visual impairment.

Blind football headlines tokyo 2020. Blind football has been a paralympic sport since the athens 2004 paralympic games. Blind football on the paralympics official website.

Blind is relatively new to the paralympics, having debuted at athens 2004. Follow blind and partially sighted competitions as they happen via live results. Blind soccer (b1) is an internationally recognised sport at the paralympics, played outdoors by athletes who are blind or partially.

Brazil have won gold at every. Ibsa world blind soccer championships. It is played between two teams with four players who are blind, as well as one sighted or visually impaired.

Governed by the international blind sports federation (ibsa), blind football featured at the paralympics for the first time at athens 2004. Tokyo 2020 blind football results. Blind soccer is one of three sports at the paralympics exclusively for athletes with vision impairments.

The sport has been governed by the international blind. They are known as ‘b1’ athletes. It is currently a paralympic sport, and the international blind sports.