The England Learning Disabilities (LD) team is one of eight disability squads supported by

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. To qualify for the team, players must have an intellectual disability with an IQ equal to or below 70–75, as determined by the World Health Organization. The players must also have been in receipt of special education, employment and/or respite care between the ages of 0 and 18. The England LD team won the Learning Disabilities World Cup at the

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in 2002, beating the Netherlands 2–1 at the

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, Japan, in August 2002. They reached the final of the Learning Disabilities European Championships in August 2003, when they were beaten 2–1 by the Netherlands in Portugal. They were crowned world champions at the first Global Games in August 2004, beating

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4–1 in the final in

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, Sweden. The World Cup holders however crashed out of the quarter finals of the INAS FID World Football Championship in 2006, losing 4–1 to Saudi Arabia in Recklinghausen, Germany.

References

External links

The FA's Official site, Disabled Teams
{{England national football team L Parasports in England Disability organisations based in England