BLIND FOOTBALL NEWS
![A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.](/sites/default/files/images/161104122241332_370.jpg)
Europe's blind football breakthrough
UEFA-funded project helps game reach new heights over past five years
![A group of blind football players celebrate a win](/sites/default/files/images/150830090425588_Football-5%2BEuros.jpg)
Blind football Euros to be live streamed
All European Championship games available online in both English and German
![a group of Para athletes compete in their sports](/sites/default/files/images/170801145000604_August%2Bpreview.jpg)
August 2017 Preview
What you need to know about Para sport this month.
![#APCTop20 - Brazil win 4th consecutive football 5-a-side Paralympic gold](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/7ZnRMsWeNMcrcozHxX7MNB0hl4JDJ3YwJTfY6V4GcAk.jpg?itok=10iv-33-)
#APCTop20 - No.14: Brazil win 4th blind football gold
Rio 2016 hosts maintain 100 per cent record at Paralympic Games.
Pektas playing for home advantage in Euros
Blind Football European Championships kick off in Germany in one month.
Germany v Italy to kick off Blind Football Euros
Reigning champions Turkey start title defence against Belgium at Berlin 2017.
![Blindefolded football team celebrating](/sites/default/files/images/141201090458437_34%2BBrazil_0.jpg)
Brazil target fifth blind football world title
Paralympic champions seek to extend winning streak at World Championships.
![football 5-a-side match](/sites/default/files/images/160513085234122_turkey.jpg)
One year to go until 2018 Blind Football Worlds
16 teams to compete at World Championships in Madrid next June.
![Logo International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)](/sites/default/files/images/161021115132121_IBSAlogo.jpg)
Blind football reaches Denmark
The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) conducted a training camp aimed at local players, coaches and volunteers, between 27-28 May.
![Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer of France](/sites/default/files/images/161020083629101_GettyImages-507201558.jpg)
Para sport in review: May 2017
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during May.
![Man with visual impairment holds microphone and speak in front of people](/sites/default/files/images/170404065752479_Mizael%2BConrado%2BNPC%2BBrazil.jpg)
Mizael Conrado elected NPC Brazil's President
The former football 5-a-side Paralympian will succeed Andrew Parsons.
Countries invited to sign up for Asian Championships
The football-5 event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9-18 December.
Jefinho praises Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre
The three-time football-5 Paralympic gold medallist said the venue, Rio 2016’s main infrastructural legacy, is “one of the world’s best of its kind.”
![Japan - women's blind football 5](/sites/default/files/images/170508123521230_Japan%2BF5.jpg)
Japan win first women’s football 5 event
The Japanese team was crowned champion following a 1-0 victory over an IBSA select team in Vienna, Austria.
![Brazil and Argentina fought out a tough 0-0 draw in five-a-side football.](/sites/default/files/images/170202110436659_one-year-to-go-rio.jpg)
Dates for Football 5 Worlds change
The 2018 World Championships will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 5-18 June following a request from the Spanish Blind Sports Federation.
![Football 5 - IBSA - Central America](/sites/default/files/images/170425095039249_IBSA%2BCentral%2BAmerica.jpg)
Football 5 developed in Central America by IBSA
The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) kicked off an ambitious development plan in San Jose, Costa Rica, to boost the sport in the region.
![Logo International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)](/sites/default/files/images/161021115132121_IBSAlogo.jpg)
IBSA General Assembly set for Romania
The event will take place in Cluj Napoca this October.
![Romania Blind Football team](/sites/default/files/images/170411104435738_Romania.jpg)
Hosts Romania claim European Qualifier title
Both the champions and runners-up Georgia qualified for August’s IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships in Berlin, Germany.
![A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.](/sites/default/files/images/161104122241332_370.jpg)
IBSA launches Central Euro League
Three teams so far from three countries are in the league, with IBSA looking to add two more teams.
Malaysia to host football 5 Asian Champs
The football 5-a-side regional Championships will be held from 9-18 December.