The IBSA World Games (formerly IBSA World Championships and Games) or World Blind Games are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). The events enable blind and partially sighted athletes to compete in a number of sports.[1] The first event took place at Madrid, Spain in 1998.[2]
| Edition | Year | Host | Dates | sports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 |  Spain, Madrid |
July 18–26[2] | 4 |
| 2 | 2003 |  Canada, Quebec |
August 5–10[3] | 5 |
| 3 | 2007 |  Brazil, São Paulo |
July 28-August 8[4] | 6[5] |
| 4 | 2011 |  Turkey, Antalya |
April 1–10[1] | 7 |
| 5 | 2015 |  South Korea, Seoul |
May 8–18 | 10 |
| 6 | 2019 | Not held | - | - |
| 7 | 2023 |  United Kingdom, Birmingham |
August 18–27 | 11[6] |
| Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Sports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 |  USA, Colorado Springs |
August 4–10 | 5 |
| 2 | 2007 | USA, Colorado Springs |
July 11–17 | 5 |
| 3 | 2009 | USA, Colorado Springs |
July 15–20 | 3 |
| 4 | 2011 | USA, Colorado Springs |
July 13–18 | 3[7] |
| 5 | 2013 | USA, Colorado Springs |
September 13–15 | 2 |
| 6 | 2015 | USA, Colorado Springs |
July 26–30 | 1 |
| 7 | 2017 |  HUN, Budaörs |
July 1–9 | 1[8] |
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The inaugural 1998 sports event was held in Madrid, Spain for athletics, swimming, goalball and judo for the blind and vision-impaired.
The 2003 Quebec, Canada event included five-a-side football, goalball and judo, other disciplines have been added to the event. Blind athletes were able to compete in the following sports: powerlifting, ten-pin and nine-pin bowling, biathlon, alpine skiing, archery, showdown, swimming, shooting, torball, Nordic skiing, athletics and cycling. Although a lot of winter sports were added to the list such as skiing, but also bowling and many others, but was held in five sports: Swimming, athletics, goalball, judo, and powerlifting.[17]
The 2007 IBSA World Games was held from 28 July to 8 August in São Paulo, Brazil.
The sports were powerlifting, judo, goalball, football, swimming, and athletics.[18]
The 2011 Antalya, Turkey sports were athletics, chess, futsal (football) B1, futsal (football) B2/B3, goalball, judo, powerlifting, swimming.[19][20]
The 2015 IBSA World Games was held from 8 to 18 June 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.
Nominations for the host nation for the 2019 IBSA World Games was called on 3 March 2017.[21][22] It was not possible to find a host nation able to cater for all the sports. Instead the IBSA Goalball and Judo Paralympic Games qualifying tournaments were held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America in June–July 2019, in conjunction with the federation's four-yearly international general assembly.[23]
