World Deaf Football Championships
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Statusactive
Genresports event
DatesMay, June, July
Frequency4 Years
| World Deaf Football Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Dates | May, June, July |
| Frequency | 4 Years |
| Inaugurated | 2008 |
| Organised by | CISS / Deaf International Football Association (DIFA) |
The World Deaf Football Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the association football sport for deaf people. It is organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (CISS) and Deaf International Football Association (DIFA) and was first held in 2008.[1]
Football
Source:[4]
| Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Nations played |
Men | Women | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 1 | 2008 |  Greece, Patras |
1–12 July | 15 (M) 5 (W) |
 GER |  TUR |  FRA |
 RUS | GER |  GBR |
[1] |
| 2 | 2012 | Turkey, Ankara |
16–28 July | 15 (M) 5 (W) |
TUR |  EGY |  UKR |
 USA | RUS | GER |
[1][5] |
| 3 | 2016 |  Italy, Agropoli, Capaccio, Salerno |
19 June – 2 July | 16 (M) 6 (W) |
TUR | GER | RUS |
USA | RUS | GBR |
[1][6][7] |
| 4 | 2023 |  Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur |
20 September – 8 October | 19 (M) 5 (W) |
UKR |  JPN |  SEN |
USA | TUR |  POL |
[8][9][10][11][12] |
U23 Football
14 March 2026 – 26 March 2026 Location Chonburi, Thailand.[13]
Futsal
World Deaf Futsal Ranking
Source:[16]
Deaflympics
| Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Nations played |
Men | Women | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 1 | 2023 | Turkey, Erzurum |
2–12 March | 11 (M) 9 (W) |
 IRI | JPN |  BRA |
 ESP | BRA | GER |
[19] |
Men
| # | Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Teams | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997 |  BEL |
 HOL |
 SLO |
RUS |
7 | |
| 2 | 2007 | UKR |
 THA |
ITA |
RUS |
24 | [20] |
| 3 | 2011 | IRI |
TUR |
RUS |
 BUL |
16 | |
| 4 | 2015 | IRI |
THA |
RUS |
HOL |
11 | |
| 5 | 2019 | ESP |
 SUI |
RUS |
 SWE |
16 | |
| 6 | 2023 | IRI |
SWE |
JPN |
THA |
14 | [21] |
| 7 | 2025 | IRI |
BRA |
ITA |
 CRO |
18 | [22][23][24] |
Women
| # | Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Teams | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 | GER |
RUS |
 ENG |
 NOR |
11 | |
| 2 | 2011 | RUS |
 DEN |
GER |
BEL |
12 | |
| 3 | 2015 | RUS |
BRA |
GER |
ITA |
13 | |
| 4 | 2019 | BRA |
POL |
GER |
HOL |
12 | |
| 5 | 2023 | JPN |
BRA |
ENG |
GER |
6 | [25] |
| 6 | 2025 | ESP |
BRA |
POL |
 IRL |
12 | [26] |
U21 Futsal
Men
- 2022:
Iran – 
Kazakhstan – 
Uzbekistan - 2024: Iran – Kazakhstan –
Brazil
Women
- 2022: Unknown
- 2024: Not held
U18 Futsal
1st World Deaf U18 Futsal Championships 2017 in Thailand
+40 Veteran Futsal
Futsal Club
World Deaf Futsal Club Championships 2026
Beach Soccer
Medals (Football)
Men
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Women
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |