Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics


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.

Pavel Borisov
Alexey Chesmin
Mamuka Dzimistarishvili
Stanislav Kolykhalov
Andrey Kuvaev
Alexander Lekov
Andrey Lozhechnikov
Lasha Murvandze
Georgy Nadzharyan
Ivan Potekhin
Oleg Smirnov
Aleksey Tumakov

Fabiano Bruzzi
Adriano Costa
Irineu Ferreira
Marcos Ferreira
José Guimarães
Leandro Marinho
Gilberto Moraes
Wanderson Oliveira
Antôonio Rocha
Luciano Rocha
Jean Rodrigues
Marcos Silva

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

Dong Xinliang
Fan Zhichao
He Jinghua
Lang Yunlong
Li Chuan
Liu Bo
Wu Gang
Xu Guojun
Yang Wenshun
Yang Ye
Zhu Xu
Zhuge Bin

Volodymyr Antonyuk
Oleksandr Devlysh
Taras Dutko
Ihor Kosenko
Mykola Mikhovych
Denys Ponomaryov
Anatolii Shevchyk
Ivan Shkvarlo
Kostyantyn Symashko
Vitaliy Trushev
Andriy Tsukanov
Serhiy Vakulenko

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

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

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

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