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
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VenueDeodoro Olympic Park
Dates8–16 September 2016
Competitors112 (8 teams) from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil
←2012

Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics[1] was 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, stroke, or traumatic brain injury (TBI). 112 footballers are expected to compete for one set of medals.

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

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Ukraine

Vitaliy Trushev

Taras Dutko






Volodymyr Antonyuk


 Iran













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Qualifying[]

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

Squads[]

Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team squads

Tournament[]

Group A[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Semi finals
2  Brazil (H) 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3 5th–6th place match
4  Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0 7th–8th place match
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host
Brazil 2–1 Great Britain
  • Goal 10'
  • Goal 22'
 Report Goal 33'
Attendance: 2,320
Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina)
Ukraine 6–0 Ireland
  • Goal 12'
  • Antonyuk Goal 16', 17'
  • Goal 26', 37'
  • Goal 36'
 Report
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Alexandre Santos (Brazil)
Great Britain 1–2 Ukraine
Goal 35' Report
Attendance: 8,981
Referee: Paulo Volpato (Brazil)
Ireland 1–7 Brazil
Goal 50' Report
  • Goal 5', 49'
  • Goal 17', 53'
  • Goal 20'
  • Goal 34', 41'
Attendance: 11,059
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada)
Ireland 1–5 Great Britain
Goal 59' Report
  • Rutter Goal 1'
  • Goal 8'
  • Goal 30+2' (o.g.)
  • Goal 30+2'
  • Highdale Goal 59'
Attendance: 3,244
Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain)
Ukraine 2–1 Brazil
  • Goal 7'
  • Goal 24'
 Report Goal 59'
Attendance: 7,044
Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)

Group B[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Semi finals
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3 5th–6th place match
4  United States 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1 7th–8th place match
Source: Paralympic.org
Iran 3–1 Argentina
  • Goal 23'
  • Goal 43'
  • Goal 51'
 Report Goal 59'
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain)
Netherlands 2–2 United States
  • Goal 44'
  • Goal 57'
 Report Ballou Goal 3', 60'
Attendance: 2,223
Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)
Argentina 0–2 Netherlands
Report
  • Goal 49'
  • Goal 60+1'
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Raphael Torres (Brazil)
United States 0–2 Iran
Report
  • Goal 4'
  • Goal 60+2'
Attendance: 11,326
Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina)
Iran 2–0 Netherlands
  • Goal 9'
  • Goal 18'
 Report
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada)
Argentina 3–2 United States
  • Goal 30'
  • Goal 60+2'
  • Goal 60+5'
 Report
  • Hensley Goal 25'
  • Jahn Goal 53'
Attendance: 3,047
Referee: Raphael Torres (Brazil)

Knockout stage[]

Classification Round[]

7th–8th place match[]

Ireland 1–2United States 
Goal 31' Report
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina)

5th–6th place match[]

Great Britain 2–0Argentina 
  • Goal 20'
  • Goal 46'
 Report
Attendance: 3,131
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada)

Medal Round[]

 
SemifinalsGold Medal Match
 
      
 
14 September 10:00
 
 
 Netherlands0
 
16 September 17:00
 
 Ukraine4
 
 Ukraine2
 
14 September 19:00
 
 Iran1
 
 Iran5
 
 
 Brazil0
 
Bronze medal
 
 
16 September 14:00
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
 
 Brazil3

Semi finals[]

Ukraine 4–0Netherlands 
 Report
Attendance: 2,010
Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain)
Iran 5–0Brazil 
  • Goal 14'
  • Goal 30', 37', 53'
  • Goal 48'
 Report
Attendance: 3,965
Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match[]

Netherlands 1–3 Brazil
Goal 54' Report Goal 1', 49', 56'
Attendance: 6,737
Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina)

Gold medal match[]

Ukraine 2–1 Iran
 Report Goal 50'
Attendance: 9,305
Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)

Final rankings[]

Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svg  Brazil
4.  Netherlands
5.  Great Britain
6.  Argentina
7.  United States
8.  Ireland

Source: Paralympic.org

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Paralympic Football 7-a-side". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ Football 7-a-Side Qualification Criteria - FT Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011
  3. ^ Draw for the CPISRA football 7-a-side world championships 2015, Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)

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