The Virtus World Football Championships (formerly INAS World Football Championship) is an international Intellectual disability football (variation of association football) competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
History 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.Classification Application Guidance Notes , INAS-FID, February 2010 The latter requirement led to controversy in 2006, when third-placed Germany was disqualified because the employed IQ tests did not accord with international standards.Fußball: "Die Jungs sollen bei der WM Spaß haben", Westdeutsche Zeitung, 20 August 2010.
Results
HostYearFinalVenueBronze matchWinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place Poland England Netherlands International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama BayArena, LeverkusenPeter Mokaba Stadium, PolokwaneArena Corinthians, São Paulo2-0Tingvalla IP, Karlstad FranceCancelled due to insufficient teams participating
See also Intellectually Disabled Futsal at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games References
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