The events enable blind and partially sighted athletes to compete in a number of sports.
[2] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] The inaugural 1998 sports event was held in Madrid, Spain for athletics, swimming, goalball and judo for the blind and vision-impaired.
[18] The 2007 IBSA World Games was held from 28 July to 8 August in São Paulo, Brazil.
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.
[24] In May 2020, British Blind Sport and the University of Birmingham, England was announced as the host city, for 18–27 August 2023.