Day 7 of the 2023 IBSA World Games with Blind Football, Chess and Goalball in competition, but it was on the Bournbrook Pitch at the University of Birmingham (UoB), the home of Blind Football, that it was full of decisions.

Early in the morning of this Sunday, Japan and Argentina manage to secure their place in the final of the Women’s Blind Football World Championship, to decide which will be the first women’s national team to conquer the first world title in the history of the sport. Easier job for the South American Bat Girls who beat Sweden (3-0). Japan, on the other hand, only beat India on penalties (1-0), after a draw in regulation time.

On Saturday, the 7th and 5th places were already determined by the matches Morocco vs Austria (7th and 8th) and England vs Germany (5th and 6th). Both ended in draws, and the penalty shootout smiled on Morocco and Germany.

Discover the results of the day and the program for tomorrow (CEST, UK time -1), the last day of competition for women’s blind football, which will give the first champion of the IBSA World Games 2023:

Sunday August 20
Japan vs India: 0-0 (1-0p)
Argentina vs Sweden: 3-0

monday august 21
5:30 p.m. – India vs Sweden (bronze)
8:00 p.m. – Japan vs Argentina (FINAL)

In the Men’s World Blind Football Championship, the two remaining matches in Group D closed the stage group of the competition. Iran beat Morocco (1-0) and in the South American clash, Brazil tied Mexico (0-0), but made no change in the final standings.

Check out the final stage group standings to understand what’s next for each of the 16 participating national teams, now in the knockout stages:

monday august 21
1:30 p.m. – Türkiye vs England
3:30 p.m. – Mali vs Mexico

CHESS

As for the chess tournament, the 20 players from seven countries had their first round of seven, confirming the patronage status of the top-ranked players at the UoB Grand Hall. Starting from the best, the Hungarian Fide Master, Zlato Zambo (2294 Rtg), beat the Czech Tatana Polnarova (1650 Rtg). The second best Bulgarian international master, Rasim Nizam (2179 Rtg) beat the Colombian Leidy Contreras Sandoval (1400 Rtg), and the third best Romanian Fide master, Dacian Pribeanu (2101 Rtg) beat the Colombian Lyda Sepulveda (1370 Rtg). There has been only one draw between 21-year-old Raykhona Sharofova of Uzbekistan and Czech Josef Polnar.

The highest ranking in the world belongs to Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlssen, five-time world chess champion, current four-time world rapid chess champion and current six-time world blitz chess champion. His maximum score of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level of classical chess. He is 32 years old.

Consult the results of the day and the matches of this Monday, second round of the tournament:

Sunday August 20
Zlato Zambo (2294) v Tatana Polnarova (1650): 1-0
Rasim Nizam (2179) v Leidy Contreras Sandoval (1400): 1-0
Dacian Pribeanu (2101) v Lyda Sepulveda (1370): 1-0
Ilinka Dilkova (1326) v Habibulla Aghalarov (1923): 0-1
Ionel Morariu (1908) v Ilkhom Gulamov (0): 1-0
Rovshan Igidaliyev (0) v Fredy Jaime (1834): 0-1
Jaider Castillo Peres (1829) vs. sabokhat Ikromalieva (0): 1-0
Axadxon Kimsanboev (1622) v Mihai Bursuc (1822): 1-0
Hanna Vilics (1797) v Edvard Sadarov (0): 1-0
Raykhona Sharofova (0) against Joseph Polnar (1750): ½ – ½
monday august 21
Ionel Morariu (1908) against Zlato Zambo (2294)
Rasim Nizam (2179) vs. Jaider Castillo Peres (1829)
Fredy Jaime (1834) vs Dacian Pribeanu (2101)
Habibulla Aghalarov (1923) versus Hanna Vilics (1797)
Josef Polnar (1750) against Axadxon Kimsanboyev (1622)
Mihai Bursuc (1822) against Raykhona Sharofova (0)
Tatana Polnarova (1650) vs Ilkhom Gulamov (0)
sabokhat Ikromalieva (0) vs Leidy Contreras Sandoval (1400)
Lyda Sepulveda (1370) vs. Rovshan Igidaliyev (0)
Edvard Sadarov (0) vs Ilinka Dilkova (1326)

#Accessibility – Ilinka Dilkova, the highest ranked woman in the tournament, ponders her next move against Azeri Habibulla Aghalarov with her chess set in front of her.

GOALBALL

Men’s and women’s goalball competitions, such as chess, also started this Sunday. Two groups of each sex are heading to the final dreaming of a place in Paris 2024. Discover the results of the day and the matches of this Monday (CEST, UK time -1):

Sunday August 20
Men
USA v Greece: 5-8
Egypt vs Lithuania: 3-8
Türkiye vs Argentina: 10-4
Germany vs South Korea: 3-8
Iran v Ukraine: 3-10
Japan vs Finland: 10-5
Great Britain vs Egypt: 7-5
Australia vs Greece: 2-5
Women
Israel vs Japan: 2-3
Germany vs USA: 0-10
China vs Greece: 8-1
Brazil vs Ukraine: 9-0
Australia vs Great Britain: 1-5
Canada v. Finland: 7-1
monday august 21
Men
10:30 a.m. – Germany vs Finland (Hall 1)
10:30 a.m. – Türkiye vs Australia (Hall 2)
1:00 p.m. – South Korea vs Lithuania (H1)
1:00 p.m. – Argentina vs USA (H2)
3:30 p.m. – Japan vs Egypt (H1)
3:30 p.m. – Iran vs Greece (H2)
6:00 p.m. – Germany vs Great Britain (H1)
6:00 p.m. – Türkiye vs Ukraine (H2)
Women
11:45 am – Israel vs Great Britain (H1)
2:15 p.m. – Ukraine vs USA (H1)
2:15 p.m. – China vs Australia (H2)
4:45 p.m. – Canada vs Germany (H1)
4:45 p.m. – Greece vs Japan (H2)
7:15 p.m. – Brazil vs Finland (H1)

#Accessibility – Number 3 player of the Goalball Ukraine women’s team throws the ball with the logo of the IBSA World Games 2023 in the center of the field of play during the match against Brazil.

Photo credit:
Chess – IBSA
Blind football and goalball: Richard Hall/IBSA