Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in Rio at the Olympic Tennis Centre, from 9 to 17 September. Football 5-a-side was played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.

Football 5-a-side
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Tennis Centre
Dates9–17 September
Competitors96 (8 teams) from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina
2012
2020

For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were hosts, reigning three times Paralympic champions, and the favorites since they won both in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012; they were also the defending world and PanAmerican champions.[2]

Classification

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The International Paralympic Committee recognizes three classifications for the purposes of this event, all involving various degrees of limited sight, ranging from total lack of sight to the ability to make out shapes at short distances – B1, B2 and B3. However, the event is made fair and open to all abilities within the broader classification by the use of eyemasks by all players.

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team   Brazil (BRA)
Luan de Lacerda
Cássio Lopes dos Reis
Damião Roboson de Souza
Tiago da Silva
Jeferson da Conceição
Raimundo Nonato Alves
Marcos Alves Felipe
Ricardo Alves
Mauricio Tchopi Dumbo
Vinícius Tranchezzi
  Iran (IRI)
Meysam Shojaeiyan
Amir Pourrazavi
Mohammadreza Mehninasab
Hossein Rajabpour
Mohammad Heidari
Sadegh Rahimighasr
Behzad Zadaliasghari
Ahmadreza Shahhosseini
Rasool Baseri
Akbar Shoushtari
  Argentina (ARG)
Darío Lencina
Ángel Deldo
Federico Accardi [es]
Froilán Padilla [es]
Silvio Velo [es]
Lucas Rodríguez [es]
David Peralta [es]
Nicolás Véliz [es]
Germán Muleck [es]
Maximiliano Espinillo [es]

Qualification

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Eight teams will contest the competition, which is for male athletes only.

An NPC can enter a single squad, consisting of eight players, plus 2 sighted goalkeepers – goalkeepers are not included in the athlete quota of 64; both goalkeepers however, in line with Paralympic practice on able bodied guides and competitors' in other events, are eligible for medals.[3]

Football 5-a-side at 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Berths[4] Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Copenhagen,   Denmark 1   Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship[5] 13–25 November 2014 Tokyo,   Japan 1   Argentina (ARG)
2015 Asian Championship[6] 30 August-8 September 2015 Tokyo,   Japan 2   Iran (IRI)
  China (CHN)
2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships[7] 22–29 August 2015 Hereford,   United Kingdom 2   Turkey (TUR)
  Spain (ESP)
2015 Parapan American Games 8–15 August 2015 Toronto,   Canada 1   Mexico (MEX)
2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side African Championships 16–25 October 2015 Douala,   Cameroon 1   Morocco (MAR)
Total 8

Squads

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Tournament

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil (H) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Semi finals
2   Iran 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3   Turkey 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2 5th–6th place match
4   Morocco 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1 7th–8th place match
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts
Brazil  3–1  Morocco
Report Hattab   13'
Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)
Turkey  0–0  Iran
Report
Attendance: 2,811
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Morocco  0–2  Iran
Report
Attendance: 2,374
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)
Brazil  2–0  Turkey
Report
Attendance: 2,596
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
Brazil  0–0  Iran
Report
Attendance: 2,355
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)
Morocco  1–1  Turkey
Snisla   27' Report Öcal   25'
Attendance: 1,933
Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Semi finals
2   China 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3   Spain 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3 5th–6th place match
4   Mexico 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0 7th–8th place match
Spain  0–1  China
Report Wang Z.   43'
Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil)
Argentina  2–0  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil)
Argentina  1–0  Spain
Véliz   29' Report
Attendance: 2,374
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
China  2–0  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 3,099
Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil)
China  0–0  Argentina
Report
Attendance: 2,355
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
Mexico  0–1  Spain
Report Acosta   14'
Attendance: 3,080
Referee: Rafael Glock (Brazil)

Knockout stage

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Classification round

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7th–8th place match

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Morocco  0–2  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 971
Referee: Christian Jung (Germany)

5th–6th place match

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Turkey  0–0  Spain
Report
Penalties
1–0
Attendance: 971
Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)

Medal round

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SemifinalsGold Medal Match
 
      
 
15 September 16:00
 
 
  Brazil2
 
17 September 17:00
 
  China1
 
  Brazil1
 
15 September 20:00
 
  Iran0
 
  Argentina0(1)
 
 
  Iran0(2)
 
Bronze medal
 
 
17 September 14:00
 
 
  China0(0)
 
 
  Argentina0(1)

Semi-finals

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Brazil  2–1  China
Jefinho   20', 30' Report Wang Y.   14'
Attendance: 3,026
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)
Argentina  0–0  Iran
Report
Penalties
1–2
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Bronze medal match

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China  0–0  Argentina
Report
Penalties
0–1
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil)

Gold medal match

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Brazil  1–0  Iran
Ricardinho   12' Report
Attendance: 3,118
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Final rankings

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Rank Team
    Brazil
    Iran
    Argentina
4.   China
5.   Turkey
6.   Spain
7.   Mexico
8.   Morocco

Source: Paralympic.org

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paralympic Football 5-a-side". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Football 5-a-Side: 12 Facts for London 2012".
  3. ^ IBSA announces update qualification process for 'football 5', Paralympics.org
  4. ^ Football 5-a-Side Qualification Criteria – FT, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011.
  5. ^ "IBSA World Blind Football Championships". Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ IBSA European Championship
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