Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Aomi Urban Sports Venue in Tokyo.[1]

Football 5-a-side
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Football 5-a-side pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueAomi Urban Sports Venue
Dates29 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
2016
2024

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2][3]

Qualifying edit

There are 8 men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of fifteen squad members: eight outfield players, two goalkeepers with the other members being one guide, one coach with an assistant coach, along with a doctor and physiotherapist.[4]Iran the finalists of Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics withdraw due to Financial problems of players and Political reasons.

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship 5–16 June 2018   Madrid 1   Brazil (BRA)
2019 Americas Regional Championships[5] 2–10 June 2019   São Paulo 1   Argentina (ARG)
2019 European Championships[6] 15–24 September 2019   Rome 2   France (FRA)
  Spain (ESP)
2019 Asia Regional Championships[7] 30 September – 6 October 2019   Pattaya 2   Iran (IRI)
  China (CHN)
  Thailand (THA)
2019 Africa Regional Championships[8] 22 November – 1 December 2019   Enugu 1   Morocco (MAR)
Host country allocation 7 September 2013   Buenos Aires 1   Japan (JPN)
Total 8

Schedule edit

G Group stage C Classification matches ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
Date
Event
Wed
25 Aug
Thu
26 Aug
Fri
27 Aug
Sat
28 Aug
Sun
29 Aug
Mon
30 Aug
Tue
31 Aug
Wed
1 Sep
Thu
2 Sep
Fri
3 Sep
Sat
4 Sep
Sun
5 Sep
Men's tournament G G G C
(5th/6th)
(7th/8th)
½ B F

Squads edit

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team   Brazil (BRA)
Cássio [pt]
Damião [pt]
Gledson da Paixão Barros
Jardiel
Jefinho [pt]
Luan [pt]
Matheus Bumussa
Nonato [pt]
Ricardinho [pt]
Tiago [pt]
  Argentina (ARG)
Federico Accardi [es]
Ángel Deldo
Maximiliano Espinillo [es]
Nahuel Heredia
Darío Lencina
Germán Muleck [es]
Froilán Padilla [es]
Marcelo Panizza
Braian Pereyra
Nicolás Véliz [es]
  Morocco (MAR)
Abdellali Ait Al-Hakem
Elhabib Ait Bajja
Samir Bara
Imad Berka
Kamal Boughlam
Said El-Mselek
Houssam Ghilli
Ayoub Hadimi
Abderrazak Hattab
Zouhair Snisla

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi finals
2   China 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3   Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 5th–6th place match
4   France 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Japan  4–0  France
Report
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Brazil  3–0  China
Report
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

China  1–0  France
Zhu Ruiming   37' Report
Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)

Brazil  4–0  Japan
Report
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

Japan  0–2  China
Report Zhu Ruiming   12', 18'
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

France  0–4  Brazil
Report
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Semi finals
2   Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3   Spain 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 5th–6th place match
4   Thailand 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Argentina  2–1  Morocco
Espinillo   3', 15' Report Snisla   9'
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

Spain  1–0  Thailand
Martin   40' Report
Referee: Urabe Yasushi (Japan)

Thailand  0–2  Morocco
Report Snisla   6', 20'
Referee: Kazuo Takagi (Japan)

Spain  0–2  Argentina
Report Espinillo   8', 40'
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Argentina  3–0  Thailand
Report
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Morocco  1–1  Spain
Snisla   18' Report Martin   30'
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
2 September
 
 
  China0
 
4 September
 
  Argentina2
 
  Argentina0
 
2 September
 
  Brazil1
 
  Brazil1
 
 
  Morocco0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
4 September
 
 
  China0
 
 
  Morocco4

7th–8th classification matches edit

France  2–3  Thailand
Youme   29', 31' Report
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

5th–6th classification matches edit

Japan  1–0  Spain
Kuroda   20' Report
Referee: Rafael Gonzalez (Mexico)

Semi-finals edit

China  0–2  Argentina
Report Espinillo   18', 22'
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Brazil  1–0  Morocco
Berka   28' (o.g.) Report
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Bronze medal match edit

China  0–4  Morocco
Report Snisla   4', 8', 18', 30'
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Gold medal match edit

Argentina  0–1  Brazil
Report Mendes   33'
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Final rankings edit

Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Morocco
4   China
5   Japan
6   Spain
7   Thailand
8   France

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ "IBSA Blind Football Rulebook 2017–2021" (PDF). www.ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Brazil recapture Copa America". International Paralympic Committee. 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (22 September 2019). "Spain and France book Tokyo 2020 place at Blind Football European Championships". insidethegames.biz.
  7. ^ Pavitt, Michael (5 October 2019). "Iran earn Tokyo 2020 qualification by reaching Blind Football Asian Championships final". insidethegames.biz.
  8. ^ "Morocco retains African title and qualified for Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

External links edit