INAS World Football Championships

[1] 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.[2] The latter requirement led to controversy in 2006, when third-place Germany was disqualified because the employed IQ tests did not accord with international standards.[3]

Winners

Host Year Final Venue
Winner Score Runner-up
Netherlands
1994
 Netherlands Netherlands
England
1998
 Poland Poland
Japan
2002
 England England
2 – 1
 Netherlands Netherlands International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Germany
2006
 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(9 – 8 pens.)
 Netherlands Netherlands BayArena, Leverkusen
South Africa Limpopo[4]
2010
 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
1 – 0[5]
 Netherlands Netherlands Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Brazil
2014
 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
4 – 2
 South Africa South Africa Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/socialresponsibility/news/newsid=105694/index.html
  2. ↑ Classification Application Guidance Notes, INAS-FID, February 2010
  3. ↑ Fußball: „Die Jungs sollen bei der WM Spaß haben", Westdeutsche Zeitung, 20 August 2010. (German)
  4. ↑ "LIMPOPO TO HOST IN AS-FID 5TH WORLD FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS". Limpopo Provincial Government. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "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. Retrieved 11 September 2010.

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