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2015 IBSA World Games
Competition of the International Blind Sports Federation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Medal table
* Host nation (South Korea)
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References
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