Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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This article is about the 2016 Summer Paralympics event for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments. For the event at those Games for blind and partially sighted athletes, see Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. For the able-bodied event at the 2016 Olympic Games, see Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Football 7-a-side at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Deodoro Olympic Park
Dates	8–16 September 2016
Competitors	112 (8 teams) from 8 nations
←2012	2020→

Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics^[1] will be held in Rio de Janeiro at the Deodoro Olympic Park, from 8 September to 16 September. Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with cerebral palsy, a condition characterized by impairment of muscular coordination. 112footballers are expected to compete for one set of medals.

For these games, the men compete in an 8-team tournament.

Contents

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• 1Qualifying
• 2Tournament
  • 2.1Group A
  • 2.2Group B
• 3Knockout Stage
  • 3.17th–8th place match
  • 3.25th–6th place match
  • 3.3Semi finals
  • 3.4Medal Round
• 4Medalists
• 5See also
• 6References
• 7External links

Qualifying[edit]

Eight teams will contest the competition, which is for male athletes only. An NPC can enter a single squad, consisting of fourteen players, two more per team than in 2012.

Qualification is by a series of tournaments, and was one of the first events for which entries were completed.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths[2]	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen, Denmark	1	Brazil (BRA)
2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships	23 July 2014 – 2 August 2014	Maia, Portugal	1	Ukraine (UKR)
2014 Asian Para Games	October 19–23, 2014	Incheon, South Korea	1	Iran (IRI)
Football 7-a-side at the 2015 Parapan American Games	September 2015	Toronto, Canada	1	Argentina (ARG)
2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships	16–28 June 2015	Burton, Great Britain[3]	4	Great Britain (GBR)
				Ireland (IRL)
				United States (USA)
				Netherlands (NED)
Total			8

Tournament[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine (UKR)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Semi finals
2	Brazil (BRA) (H)	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3	5th–6th place match
4	Ireland (IRL)	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0	7th–8th place match

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host.

2016-09-08 10:00 v

Brazil	2–1	Great Britain
Leandro Gonçalves 10′ Maycon Ferreira 22′	Report	David Porcher 33′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 2,320 Referee: BARBISAN Jorge(Argentina)

2016-09-08 14:00 v

Ukraine	6–0	Ireland
Vitalii Romanchuk 12′ Volodymyr Antoniuk  16′ 17′ Artem Krasylnykov  26′ 37′ Dmytro Molotsov  36′	Report

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 2,368 Referee: Santos Alexandre(Brazil)

2016-09-10 10:00 v

Great Britain	1–2	Ukraine
Michael Barker  35′	Report	Volodymyr Antoniuk  25′ Artem Krasylnykov  47′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 8,981 Referee: Paulo Volpato (Brazil)

2016-09-10 19:00 v

Ireland	1–7	Brazil
SHERIDAN Dillon  50′	Report	SILVA de OLIVEIRA Wanderson  5′  49′ GONCALVES DO AMARAL Leandro  17′  53′ DELGADO da SILVA Diego  20′ NASCIMENTO de OLIVEIRA Fabrizio  34′  41′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 11,059 Referee: ARTHUR-BANNING Skye (Canada)

2016-09-12 16:15 v

Ireland	1–5	Great Britain
Conor Tuite  59′	Report	Jack Rutter  1′ Michael Barker  8′ Luke Evans (o.g.) James Blackwell  30’+2′ Sean Highdale  59′

Deodoro Olympic Park Attendance: 3,244 Referee: ROBAS BONDIA Hector(Spain)

2016-09-12 19:00 v

Ukraine	2–1	Brazil
Artem Krasylnykov  7 Edhar Karhamanian  24	Report	Wesley Martins de Souza  59

Deodoro Olympic Park Attendance: 7,044 Referee: Ross Haswell ( United Kingdom)

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran (IRI)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Semi finals
2	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Argentina (ARG)	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3	5th–6th place match
4	United States (USA)	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1	7th–8th place match

Source: Paralympic.org

2016-09-08 16:15 v

Iran	3–1	Argentina
KHARAT Mohammad  23′ BAKHSHI Jasem  43′ HASSANI BAGHI Sadegh  51′	Report	MORANA Mariano  59′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 2,368 Referee: ROBAS BONDIA Hector(Spain)

2016-09-08 19:00 v

Netherlands	2–2	United States
SAEDT Jeroen  44′ KLEINLUGTEBELD Thomas  57′	Report	BALLOU Adam  3′  60′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 2,223 Referee: HASWELL Ross ()

2016-09-10 14:00 v

Argentina	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	KLEINLUGTEBELD Thomas  49′ VISKER Iljas  60’+1′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 10,300 Referee: TORRES Raphael(Brazil)

2016-09-10 16:15 v

United States	0–2	Iran
	Report	BAKHSHI Jasem  4′ TIZ BOR Hossein  60’+2′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 11,326 Referee: BARBISAN Jorge(Argentina)

2016-09-12 10:00 v

Iran	2–0	Netherlands
RASTEGARIMOBIN Hashem  9′, MEHRI Farzad  18′	Report

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 2,222 Referee: ARTHUR-BANNING Skye (Canada)

2016-09-12 14:00 v

Argentina	3–2	United States
FERNANDEZ Maximiliano  30′ LUGRIN Rodrigo  60’+2′ CORTES Mariano  60’+5′	Report	HENSLEY Kevin  25′ JAHN Seth  53′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 3,047 Referee: TORRES Raphael(Brazil)

Knockout Stage[edit]

7th–8th place match[edit]

2016-09-14 14:00 v

Ireland	1–2	United States
SHERIDAN Dillon  31′	Report	JAHN Seth  13′ BREMER Drew  56′

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: BARBISAN Jorge(Argentina)

5th–6th place match[edit]

2016-09-14 16:15 v

Great Britain	2–0	Argentina
CROSSEN Matt  20 BARKER Michael  46	Report

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 3,131 Referee: ARTHUR-BANNING Skye (Canada)

Semi finals[edit]

2016-09-14 10:00 v

Ukraine	4–0	Netherlands
ANTONIUK Volodymyr  9′  44′  60’+2′ LEN Oleh  30’+1′	Report

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 2,010 Referee: ROBAS BONDIA Hector (Spain)

2016-09-14 19:00 v

Iran	5–0	Brazil
ATASHAFROUZ Rasoul  14 JAMALI Mehdi  30  37  53 TIZ BOR Hossein  48	Report

Deodoro Stadium Attendance: 3,965 Referee: HASWELL Ross ( United Kingdom)

Medal Round[edit]

	Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	14 September 10:00
	Netherlands	0
					16 September 17:00
	Ukraine	4
					Ukraine
	14 September 19:00
					Iran
	Iran	5
	Brazil	0
					Bronze medal
					16 September 14:00
					Netherlands
					Brazil

Medalists[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s team

See also