Football 5-a-side at the Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side at the Summer Paralympics
Events	1 (men)
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Medalists

Football 5-a-side has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since 2004. The competition has consisted of a single event, men's team; women have never competed.^[1] Football 5-a-side is an adaptation of football for athletes with visual impairments including blindness. The sport, governed by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), is played with modified FIFA rules.

Medalists[]

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	4th place
2004 Details	Athens	Brazil	0 – 0 a.e.t.	Argentina	Spain	2 – 0	Greece
		3 – 2 on penalty shootout
2008 Details	Beijing	Brazil	2 – 1	China	Argentina	1 – 1 a.e.t.	Spain
					1 – 0 on penalty shootout
2012 Details	London	Brazil	2 – 0	France	Spain	0 – 0 a.e.t.	Argentina
					1 – 0 on penalty shootout
2016 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1 – 0	Iran	Argentina	0 – 0 a.e.t.	China
					1 – 0 on penalty shootout
2020 Details	Tokyo	Brazil	1 – 0	Argentina	Morocco	4 – 0	China

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	0	0	5
2	Argentina	0	2	2	4
3	China	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Iran	0	1	0	1
6	Spain	0	0	2	2
7	Morocco	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		5	5	5	15

Participating nations[]

- : denotes nation that did not take part that year.

X : denotes nation that did not advance into the final rounds.

Nation	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Years
Argentina			4			5
Brazil						5
China	-		5	5	4	4
France	6	-		-	8	3
Great Britain	-	5	7	-	-	2
Greece	4	-	-	-	-	1
Iran	-	-	6		-	2
Japan	-	-	-	-	5	1
Mexico	-	-	-	7	-	1
Morocco	-	-	-	8		2
South Korea	5	6	-	-		2
Spain		4		6	6	5
Thailand	-	-	-	-	7	1
Turkey	-	-	8	5	-	2

See also[]

• Football 7-a-side at the Summer Paralympics
• Football at the Summer Olympics

References[]

• "Football 5-a-Side History". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2008-10-16.

• "Results by Sport - Football 5-a-Side". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-16.