Football Tournaments of the Summer Deaflympics

The first games were held in Paris in 1924 and were organized by Monsieur Eugène Rubens-Alcais, president of the French Deaf Sports Federation.
The games were known as the International Silent Games or World Games for the Deaf. They are ruled by Le Comité International des Sports des Sourds (The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf), ICSD or CISS.
The Deaflympics are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, IOC.

Men

Medal Winners

Year Venue                   Gold          Silver              Bronze 
1924 Paris             (FRA) France        Great Britain       Belgium        
1928 Amsterdam         (NED) Great Britain Czechoslovakia      Netherlands [*]
1931 Nürnberg          (GER) Germany       Austria             Czechoslovakia 
1935 London            (GBR) Great Britain Belgium             France         
1939 Stockholm         (SWE) Great Britain Sweden              Belgium        
1949 København         (DEN) Great Britain Belgium             Italy          
1953 Bruxelles/Brussel (BEL) Yugoslavia    Italy               Belgium        
1957 Milano            (ITA) Yugoslavia    Italy               Belgium        
1961 Helsinki          (FIN) Yugoslavia    Belgium             Czechoslovakia 
1965 Washington, D.C.  (USA) Yugoslavia    Great Britain       Germany        
1969 Beograd           (YUG) Yugoslavia    Soviet Union        Hungary        
1973 Malmö             (SWE) Soviet Union  Sweden              Yugoslavia     
1977 București         (ROU) Romania       Bulgaria            Soviet Union   
1981 Köln              (GER) Soviet Union  Hungary             Great Britain  
1985 Los Angeles       (USA) Italy         Great Britain       West Germany	  
1989 Christchurch      (NZL) Great Britain Ireland             Netherlands    
1993 Sofiya            (BUL) Greece        Czechoslovakia      Belgium        
1997 København         (DEN) Turkey        France              Denmark        
2001 Roma              (ITA) Italy         Germany             Ireland        
2005 Melbourne         (AUS) Great Britain Iran                Germany        
2009 Táiběi Shì        (TPE) Ukraine       Russia              Germany        
2013 Sofia             (BUL) Russia        Ukraine             Germany
2017 Samsun            (TUR) Turkey        Ukraine             Egypt

[*] there was no bronze medal match in 1928, but the ICSD ranks the Netherlands third
    and Germany, the other losing semifinalists, fourth, for unclear reasons

Medals Classification

                       Gold   Silver Bronze Total  
 1. Great Britain        6      3      1     10
 2. Yugoslavia           5             1      6
 3. Soviet Union         3      2      1      6
 4. Italy                2      2      1      5
 5. Turkey               2                    2
 6. Ukraine              1      2             3
 7. Germany              1      1      5      7
 8. France               1      1      1      3
 9. Greece               1                    1
    Romania              1                    1
11. Belgium                     3      5      8
12. Czech Republic              2      2      4
13. Sweden                      2             2
14. Hungary                     1      1      2
    Ireland                     1      1      2
16. Austria                     1             1
    Bulgaria                    1             1
    Iran                        1             1
19. Netherlands                        2      2
20. Denmark                            1      1
    Egypt                              1      1

Women

Medal Winners

Year Venue                   Gold          Silver              Bronze 
2005 Melbourne         (AUS) United States Russia              Great Britain        
2009 Táiběi Shì        (TPE) United States Germany             Russia        
2013 Sofia             (BUL) United States Russia              Great Britain
2017 Samsun            (TUR) Russia        Poland              Brazil

Medals Classification

                       Gold   Silver Bronze Total  
 1. United States        3                    3
 2. Russia               1      2      1      4
 3. Germany                     1             1
    Poland                      1             1
 5. Great Britain                      2      2	
 6. Brazil                             1      1

About this document

Sources: [CIHF -], International Committee of Sport for the Deaf

Prepared and maintained by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Osvaldo José Gorgazzi
Last updated: 17 Jul 2025

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