INAS soccer world championship

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The INAS World Football Championships (INAS World Football Championships) is the world championship competition in football for people with intellectual disabilities . It is held every four years following the men's FIFA World Cup, usually in the same country as it. The organizer is the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS), which also organizes competitions for mentally handicapped people in other sports.

The medical prerequisite for participating in the World Cup is an intelligence quotient below 75 and a clearly limited ability to adapt to behavior. The impairment must have been assessed by an expert before the age of 18.

The winner on home soil in 1994 and 1998 was the Netherlands team. In 2002 (in Japan) England won, in 2006 (in Germany) and 2010 (in South Africa) the team from Saudi Arabia won (both competed in the final against the Netherlands).

The INAS soccer world championship 2014 , in which nine teams took part, took place from August 11th to 25th in the Brazilian city of São Paulo . The opening game was on August 13, the final on August 23 was won by the Saudi Arabia team 4-2 against South Africa, making them world champions for the third time in a row. The German selection was eliminated 3-0 against Poland at the end of the group stage.

Varia

  • The current national coach of the German national soccer team ID (Intellectual Disability) is the former Bundesliga professional Jörg Dittwar .
  • The participation of the Swedish national team, known as “The Unknowns”, in the 2014 World Cup was made possible by a donation from the Swedish professional striker Zlatan Ibrahimović , who was unable to take part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Classification Application Guidance Notes , INAS-FID, February 2010, at aviron (en)
  2. ^ INAS website: Saudi Arabia
  3. ↑ http://www.parasport-news.com/germany-loses-0-3-to-poland-at-inas-2014-world-football-championships/2553/
  4. ↑ Tournament in Brazil: Ibrahimovic finances handicapped footballers participation in the World Cup. In: Spiegel Online . August 12, 2014, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  5. ^ Zlatan Ibrahimović becomes ambassador for Swedish Inas football team