2015 IBSA World Games

Sweden men's goalball team throwing against Turkey at the 2015 IBSA World Games in Seoul, South Korea.

The 2015 IBSA World Games was held from 8 to 18 June 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Sports

It included competitions in ten sports:^[8]

• athletics, at the Incheon Munhak Stadium
• chess, at the Olympic Parktel Hotel
• futsal B1, at the Songpa women's football field
• Futsal B2/B3, at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
• goalball, in the Jangchung Arena for the men's competition, and SK Handball Centre for the women's competition
• judo, at the Jamsil student gymnasium
• powerlifting, at the Woori Financial Art Hall
• showdown
• swimming, at the Tancheon swimming pool
• tandem cycling
• tenpin bowling, at the Tancheon bowling centre.

Venues were scattered around the city, including opening and closing ceremonies at the Jamsil Arena. About 1626 athletes competed from fifty-seven countries.^[9] The event motto was 'See with Passion, Run with Hope'.^[10] Mascots were Dari, Haechi and Suri.^[11]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

2015 IBSA World Championships and Games medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	48	35	31	114
2	Ukraine (UKR)	16	11	11	38
3	Iran (IRI)	15	6	11	32
4	China (CHN)	9	15	9	33
5	South Korea (KOR)*	9	11	9	29
6	Azerbaijan (AZE)	8	6	3	17
7	Turkey (TUR)	5	6	12	23
8	Uzbekistan (UZB)	5	2	5	12
9	Japan (JPN)	4	12	7	23
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	4	4	2	10
11	Algeria (ALG)	4	1	2	7
12	Mexico (MEX)	3	8	5	16
13	Thailand (THA)	3	3	0	6
14	Mozambique (MOZ)	3	1	4	8
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	0	2	5
16	Poland (POL)	2	4	7	13
17	Canada (CAN)	1	2	2	5
	Finland (FIN)	1	2	2	5
19	Croatia (CRO)	1	2	1	4
20	Australia (AUS)	1	1	4	6
21	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	3	5
22	Israel (ISR)	1	1	2	4
23	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	1	3
24	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	2	3
25	Georgia (GEO)	1	0	1	2
	Germany (GER)	1	0	1	2
	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
28	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
31	Venezuela (VEN)	0	9	4	13
32	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	3	2	5
33	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	1	4
34	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
36	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
38	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	6	6
39	Estonia (EST)	0	0	2	2
	India (IND)	0	0	2	2
41	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (45 entries)		155	154	164	473

References

1. "Seoul 2015: IBSA World Games".
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5. https://goalball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Results-Goalball-Seoul-2015-IBSA-World-Games.pdf
6. https://blindfootball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IBSA-Partially-Sighted-Football-World-Championships-Seoul-2015-results.pdf
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