Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Football 7-a-side at the XIII Paralympic Games |
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| Venue | Olympic Green Hockey Field | |||||||||
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| Dates | 8–16 September 2008 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 teams | |||||||||
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7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.
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Classfication
The sport of 7-a-side football is for people with cerebral palsy; athletes classified as CP5 through CP8 may take part. The classification system grades player by the extent of their disability, with lower numbers corresponding to more severe impairment. At least one CP5 or CP6 player, and no more than three CP8 players, may be on the field at a given time.
Qualification
| Match | Qualification Criteria | Amount | Nations |
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| 2006/2007 Zonal Qualify Tournament (Team qualify with this must reach top 10 in world championship, otherwise the slots will allocate to highest rank and not qualified team in the world championship) | 2006 European CPISRA Football 7-a-side Championship | 1 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
| 2006 FESPIC Games | 1 |  Iran (IRI) |
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| 2007 Para-Pan America Games | 1 |  Brazil (BRA) |
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| 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championship | Top 4 in the team not qualified | 4 |  Russia (RUS) |
 Netherlands (NED) |
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 Great Britain (GBR) 1 |
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 Ireland (IRL)2 |
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| Host Nation | Auto-qualification if take part in either 2007 World Championship or 2006/07 Zonal Championship | 1 |  China (CHN) |
| Total | 8 | ||
- The slot was won by team Scotland but is allocated to the unified team of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- The rank of the united team of England and Wales is higher than Ireland, but only one team can represent Great Britain, so the Republic of Ireland qualified as following best non-qualified team.
Competition format
The eight teams were divided into two even groups for a single round robin group stage. The top two teams of each group qualified for the semifinal, while the lower two teams from each group competed for 5th through 8th places. Games consisted of two 30-minute halves. A victory ceremony was held just after the finish of the gold medal match, at 18:00 on September 16.
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia (RUS) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 9 |
| Brazil (BRA) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 |
| Netherlands (NED) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 |
| China (CHN) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine (UKR) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 |
| Iran (IRI) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| Ireland (IRL) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |
Knockout stage
Classification round
5th–8th place semi-finals
7th–8th place match
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2008-09-16
9:00 |
| Great Britain |
10 – 2 | China |
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Dimbylow  1'Barker 18', 41', 54', 61'Robertson 20'Gordon 28'G. Paterson 31+'Ellis 39'J. Paterson 48' |
(Report) | Fan 40', 60' |
5th–6th place match
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2008-09-16
11:30 |
| Netherlands |
4 – 2 | Ireland |
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| Voogd 5' van de Ven 24'Lokhoff 31+', 38' |
(Report) | O'Riordan 7' Messett 11'  16' |
Medal round
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
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2008-09-16
14:00 |
| Brazil |
0 – 4 | Iran |
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| (Report) | Karimzadeh 5', 17', 21' 44' Malekzadeh 47'Mahini 54'Akbari 61' 64' |
Gold medal match
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2008-09-16
16:30 |
| Ukraine |
2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Russia |
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| Antonyuk 69', 71' |
(Report) | Borisov 19' Potekhin 24'Kuvaev 31'Murvanadze 74' |
Medallists
References
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