Football 7-a-side
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueDeodoro Olympic Park
Dates8–16 September
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

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
Kostyantyn Symashko
Vitaliy Trushev
Yevhen Zinoviev
Taras Dutko
Oleh Len
Edhar Kahramanian
Vitalii Romanchuk
Ivan Dotsenko
Dmytro Molodtsov
Stanislav Podolksyi
Volodymyr Antonyuk
Bohdan Kulynych
Artem Krasylnykov
Ivan Shkvarlo
 Iran
Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi
Hashem Rastegarimobin
Lotfollah Jangjou
Hassan Safari
Sadegh Hassani Baghi
Farzad Mehri
Behnam Sohrabi
Hossein Tiz Bor
Mehdi Jamali
Jasem Bakhshi
Rasoul Atashafrouz
Mohammad Kharat
Moslem Akbari
Babak Safarikourabbasloo
 Brazil
Marcos dos Santos Ferreira
Jônatas Santos Machado
Fernandes Alves Vieira
José Carlos Monteiro Guimarães
Diego Delgado da Silva
Fabrizio Nascimento
Igor Romero
Hudson Hyure
Wesley Martins de Souza
Wanderson Silva de Oliveira
Leandro Gonçalves
Gilvano Diniz
Maycon Ferreira
Felipe Rafael da Silva

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 qualificationDateVenueBerths[2]Qualified
Host nation2 October 2009Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark1 Brazil (BRA)
2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships23 July 2014 – 2 August 2014Portugal Maia, Portugal1 Ukraine (UKR)
2014 Asian Para Games19–23 October 2014South Korea Incheon, South Korea1 Iran (IRI)
Football 7-a-side at the 2015 Parapan American GamesSeptember 2015Canada Toronto, Canada1 Argentina (ARG)
2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships16–28 June 2015United Kingdom Burton, Great Britain[3]4 Great Britain (GBR)
 Ireland (IRL)
 United States (USA)
 Netherlands (NED)
Total8

Squads

Tournament

Group A

Pos Team 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) Hosts
Brazil 2–1 Great Britain
  • Leandrinho 10'
  • Maycon 22'
Report Porcher 33'
Attendance: 2,320
Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina)
Ukraine 6–0 Ireland
  • Romanchuk 12'
  • Antonyuk 16', 17'
  • Krasylnykov 26', 37'
  • Molotsov 36'
Report
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Alexandre Santos (Brazil)
Great Britain 1–2 Ukraine
Barker 35' Report
Attendance: 8,981
Referee: Paulo Volpato (Brazil)
Ireland 1–7 Brazil
Sheridan 50' Report
  • Wanderson 5', 49'
  • Leandrinho 17', 53'
  • Diego 20'
  • Fabrizio 34', 41'
Attendance: 11,059
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada)
Ireland 1–5 Great Britain
Tuite 59' Report
  • Rutter 1'
  • Barker 8'
  • Evans 30+2' (o.g.)
  • Blackwell 30+2'
  • Highdale 59'
Attendance: 3,244
Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain)
Ukraine 2–1 Brazil
  • Krasylnykov 7'
  • Kahramanian 24'
Report Wesley 59'
Attendance: 7,044
Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)

Group B

Pos Team 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
Iran 3–1 Argentina
  • Kharat 23'
  • Bakhshi 43'
  • Hassani Baghi 51'
Report Morana 59'
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Hector Robas Bondia (Spain)
Netherlands 2–2 United States
  • Saedt 44'
  • Kleinlugtebeld 57'
Report Ballou 3', 60'
Attendance: 2,223
Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)
Argentina 0–2 Netherlands
Report
  • Kleinlugtebeld 49'
  • Visker 60+1'
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Raphael Torres (Brazil)
United States 0–2 Iran
Report
  • Bakhshi 4'
  • Tiz Bor 60+2'
Attendance: 11,326
Referee: Jorge Barbisan (Argentina)
Iran 2–0 Netherlands
  • Rastegarimobin 9'
  • Mehri 18'
Report
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning (Canada)
Argentina 3–2 United States
  • Fernández 30'
  • Lugrin 60+2'
  • Cortés 60+5'
Report
Attendance: 3,047
Referee: Raphael Torres (Brazil)

Knockout stage

Classification round

7th–8th place match

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

5th–6th place match

Great Britain 2–0Argentina 
  • Crossen 20'
  • Barker 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 
  • Atashafrouz 14'
  • Jamali 30', 37', 53'
  • Tiz Bor 48'
Report
Attendance: 3,965
Referee: Ross Haswell (Great Britain)

Bronze-medal match

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

Gold-medal match

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

Final rankings

RankTeam
 Ukraine
 Iran
 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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