The Virtus World Football Championships (formerly INAS World Football Championship) is an international association football competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
History
[edit]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]
Results
[edit]| Host | Year | Final | Venue | Bronze match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
 Netherlands
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1994
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 England
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1998
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 Poland
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 Japan
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2002
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England
|
2 – 1
|
Netherlands
|
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama | |||
 Germany
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2006
|
 Saudi Arabia
|
Netherlands
|
BayArena, Leverkusen | ||||
 South Africa
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2010
|
Saudi Arabia
|
1 – 0[3]
|
Netherlands
|
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane | Poland
|
 Portugal
| |
 Brazil
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2014
|
Saudi Arabia
|
4 – 2
|
South Africa
|
Arena Corinthians, São Paulo | Poland
|
2-0 | Japan
|
 Sweden
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2018
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Saudi Arabia
|
2 – 0
|
 Argentina
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Tingvalla IP, Karlstad | |||
 France
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2022
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Cancelled due to insufficient teams participating | ||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Classification Application Guidance Notes[permanent dead link], INAS-FID, February 2010
- ^ Fußball: "Die Jungs sollen bei der WM Spaß haben", Westdeutsche Zeitung, 20 August 2010. (in German)
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- "INAS official site". International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS). Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- FIFA.com
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