Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Football 7-a-side
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Football 7-a-side pictogram (Paralympics).svg
VenueOlympic Green Hockey Field
Dates8–16 September 2008
Competitors8 teams
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ukrain  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iran  Iran
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7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.

Classification[]

The sport of 7-a-side football is for people with cerebral palsy; athletes classified as CP5 through CP8 may take part. The classification system grades player by the extent of their disability, with lower numbers corresponding to more severe impairment. At least one CP5 or CP6 player, and no more than three CP8 players, may be on the field at a given time.

Participating teams[]

Eight teams qualified for the football 7-a-side tournament in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

 Russia

Alexey Chesmin

Stanislav Kolykhalov
Andrey Kuvaev
Alexander Lekov


Georgy Nadzharyan
Ivan Potekhin

Aleksey Tumakov 		 Brazil
Fabiano Bruzzi




Leandro Marinho

Wanderson Oliveira

Luciano Rocha

Marcos Silva 		 Netherlands











  China











 Ukraine
Volodymyr Antonyuk
Oleksandr Devlysh
Taras Dutko
Ihor Kosenko




Kostyantyn Symashko
Vitaliy Trushev
Andriy Tsukanov
  Iran










  Ireland











  Great Britain

Matthew Dimbylow









Competition format[]

The eight teams were divided into two even groups for a single round robin group stage. The top two teams of each group qualified for the semifinal, while the lower two teams from each group competed for 5th through 8th places. Games consisted of two 30-minute halves. A victory ceremony was held just after the finish of the gold medal match, at 18:00 on September 16.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia (RUS) 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20 9
 Brazil (BRA) 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Netherlands (NED) 3 1 0 2 9 14 −5 3
 China (CHN) 3 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
Source:[citation needed]
Russia 6 – 0 China
Brazil 1 – 0 Netherlands
Russia 12 – 1 Netherlands
Brazil 8 – 0 China
Russia 3 – 0 Brazil
Netherlands 8 – 1 China

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine (UKR) 3 3 0 0 19 1 +18 9
 Iran (IRI) 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Ireland (IRL) 3 0 1 2 3 12 −9 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source:[citation needed]
Iran 4 – 2 Ireland
Ukraine 8 – 1 Great Britain
Attendance: 5,141
Referee: Kou Yadong (China)
Iran 3 – 0 Great Britain
Attendance: 5,500
Ukraine 7 – 0 Ireland
Attendance: 6,763
Iran 0 – 4 Ukraine
Great Britain 1 – 1 Ireland

Knockout stage[]

Classification round[]

5th–8th place semi-finals[]

Netherlands 4 – 2 Great Britain
China 1 – 4 Ireland

7th–8th place match[]

Great Britain 10 – 2 China
Dimbylow Goal 1'
Goal 18', 41', 54', 61'
Goal 20'
Goal 28'
Goal 31+'
Goal 39'
Goal 48'		 (Report) Goal 40', 60'
Attendance: 4235
Referee: Fang Aijun (China)

5th–6th place match[]

Netherlands 4 – 2 Ireland
Goal 5'
Goal 24'
Goal 31+', 38'		 (Report) Goal 7'
Goal 11' Yellow card 16'
Attendance: 7142
Referee: Kou Yadong (China)

Medal round[]

Semifinal[]

Brazil 0 – 6 Ukraine
Russia 5 – 0 Iran

Bronze medal match[]

Brazil 0 – 4 Iran
(Report) Goal 5', 17', 21' Yellow card 44'
Yellow card 47'
Yellow card 54'
Yellow card 61' Goal 64'
Attendance: 11266
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Barbisan (Argentina)

Gold medal match[]

Ukraine 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Russia
Antonyuk Goal 69', 71' (Report) Yellow card 19'
Potekhin Yellow card 24'
Kuvaev Yellow card 31'
Goal 74'
Attendance: 11267
Referee: Guido Gonzalez (Ecuador)

Medallists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Ukraine (UKR)

Volodymyr Antonyuk (captain)
Kostyantyn Symashko
Vitaliy Trushev
Serhiy Vakulenko
Taras Dutko

Oleksandr Devlysh

Andriy Tsukanov


Ihor Kosenko
Coach:

 Russia (RUS)

Ivan Potekhin (captain)
Alexander Lekov


Aleksey Tumakov
Alexey Chesmin
Andrey Kuvaev


Georgy Nadzharyan

Stanislav Kolykhalov
Coach:

 Iran (IRI)

(captain)

Bahman Ansari
Morteza Heidari







Coach:

References[]

  • "Schedules and Results - Football 7-a-side". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

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