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 2016 Summer Paralympics 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
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.
Squads
Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team squads
Tournament
Group A
Source: Paralympic.org 8 September 201610:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,320Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina )
8 September 201614:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,368Referee: Alexandre Santos (Brazil )
10 September 201610:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,981Referee: Paulo Volpato (Brazil )
10 September 201619:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,059Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada )
12 September 201616:15 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,244Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain )
12 September 201619:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,044Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)
Group B
Source: Paralympic.org
8 September 201616:15 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,368Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain )
8 September 201619:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,223Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)
10 September 201614:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 10,300Referee: Raphael Torres (Brazil )
10 September 201616:15 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,326Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina )
12 September 201610:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,222Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada )
12 September 201614:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,047Referee: Raphael Torres (Brazil )
Knockout stage
Classification round
7th–8th place match
14 September 201614:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,800Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina )
5th–6th place match
14 September 201616:15 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,131Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada )
Medal round
Semi finals
14 September 201610:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,010Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain )
14 September 201619:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,965Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)
Bronze-medal match
16 September 201614:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,737Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina )
Gold-medal match
16 September 201617:00 Deodoro Stadium , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,305Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)
Final rankings
Source: Paralympic.org
See also
References
"Paralympic Football 7-a-side" . Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics . Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.Football 7-a-Side Qualification Criteria - FT Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine , International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011
Draw for the CPISRA football 7-a-side world championships 2015 , Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
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