Football 7-a-side
at the XIII Paralympic Games

Venue

Dates

8–16 September

Competitors

8 teams

Medalists

		Ukraine	Ukraine
		Russia	Russia
		Iran	Iran

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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.

Classification

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.

Participating teams

Eight teams qualified for the football 7-a-side tournament in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Russia Pavel Borisov Alexey Chesmin Mamuka Dzimistarishvili Stanislav Kolykhalov Andrey Kuvaev Alexander Lekov Andrey Lozhechnikov Lasha Murvandze Georgy Nadzharyan Ivan Potekhin Oleg Smirnov Aleksey Tumakov	Brazil Fabiano Bruzzi Adriano Costa Irineu Ferreira Marcos Ferreira José Guimarães Leandro Marinho Gilberto Moraes Wanderson Oliveira Antôonio Rocha Luciano Rocha Jean Rodrigues Marcos Silva	Netherlands Bart Adelaars Jeffrey Bruiner Stephan Lokhoff Joey Mense Pawel Statema Johannes Straatman Johannes Swinkels Rudy van Breemen Martijn van de Ven Hendrikus van Kempen Thieu van Don Johannes Voogd	China Dong Xinliang Fan Zhichao He Jinghua Lang Yunlong Li Chuan Liu Bo Wu Gang Xu Guojun Yang Wenshun Yang Ye Zhu Xu Zhuge Bin
Ukraine Volodymyr Antonyuk Oleksandr Devlysh Taras Dutko Ihor Kosenko Mykola Mikhovych Denys Ponomaryov Anatolii Shevchyk Ivan Shkvarlo Kostyantyn Symashko Vitaliy Trushev Andriy Tsukanov Serhiy Vakulenko	Iran Moslem Akbari Bahman Ansari Rasoul Atashafrouz Ehsan Gholam Hosseinpour Morteza Heidari Habibollah Heidari Mehr Abdolreza Karimzadeh Ardeshir Mahini Esmaeil Malekzadeh Nash Gholamreza Najafitovahkhoshgeh Hadi Safari	Ireland Aidan Brennan Kieran Patrick Devlin Paul Dollard Luke Evans Mark Gerard Jones Darren Kavanagh Derek Michael Malone Joseph James Markey Brian McGillivary Gary Messett Alan O'Hara Finbarr O'Riordan	Great Britain Michael Barker Matthew Dimbylow Matthew Ellis Richard Fox Roy Gordon Kieran Martin Graeme Paterson Jonathan Paterson Jordan Raynes Mark Robertson Leon Taylor Michael Wilson

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia (RUS)	3	3	0	21	1	+20	9
Brazil (BRA)	3	2	1	9	3	+6	6
Netherlands (NED)	3	1	2	9	14	−5	3
China (CHN)	3	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

2008-09-08

9:00

Russia	6 – 0	China

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

Classification

Participating teams

Competition format

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

7th–8th place match

5th–6th place match

Medal round

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Medallists

References

External links