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 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[4]
 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
  1. https://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. (in German)
  4. "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.
  • "INAS official site". International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS).


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