Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Football 7-a-side
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Olympic Green Hockey Field
Dates 8–16 September 2008
Competitors 8 teams
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ukrain  Ukraine
2nd, silver medalist(s) Russia  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Iran  Iran

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
Irinieu Ferreira
Marcos Ferreira
Jose Guimaraes
Leandro Marinho
Gilberto Moraes
Wanderson Oliveira
Antonio 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
 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
Russia 6 – 0 China
Brazil 1 – 0 Netherlands
Russia 12 – 1 Netherlands
Brazil 8 – 0 China
Russia 3 – 0 Brazil
Netherlands 8 – 1 China

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
Iran 4 – 2 Ireland
Ukraine 8 – 1 Great Britain
Attendance: 5,141
Referee: Kou Yadong (China)
Iran 3 – 0 Great Britain
Attendance: 5,500
Ukraine 7 – 0 Ireland
Attendance: 6,763
Iran 0 – 4 Ukraine

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

China 1 – 4 Ireland

7th–8th place match

Great Britain 10 – 2 China
Dimbylow  1'
Barker  18', 41', 54', 61'
Robertson  20'
Gordon  28'
G. Paterson  31+'
Ellis  39'
J. Paterson  48'		 (Report) Fan  40', 60'
Attendance: 4235
Referee: Fang Aijun (China)

5th–6th place match

Netherlands 4 – 2 Ireland
Voogd  5'
van de Ven  24'
Lokhoff  31+', 38'		 (Report) O'Riordan  7'
Messett  11' Yellow card 16'
Attendance: 7142
Referee: Kou Yadong (China)

Medal round

Semifinal

Brazil 0 – 6 Ukraine
Russia 5 – 0 Iran

Bronze medal match

Brazil 0 – 4 Iran
(Report) Karimzadeh  5', 17', 21' Yellow card 44'
Malekzadeh Yellow card 47'
Mahini Yellow card 54'
Akbari Yellow card 61'  64'
Attendance: 11266
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Barbisan (Argentina)

Gold medal match

Ukraine 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Russia
Antonyuk  69', 71' (Report) Borisov Yellow card 19'
Potekhin Yellow card 24'
Kuvaev Yellow card 31'
Murvanadze  74'
Attendance: 11267
Referee: Guido Gonzalez (Ecuador)

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Ukraine (UKR)

Volodymyr Antonyuk (captain)
Kostyantyn Symashko
Vitaliy Trushev
Serhiy Vakulenko
Taras Dutko
Anatolii Shevchyk
Oleksandr Devlysh
Ivan Shkvarlo
Andriy Tsukanov
Denys Ponomaryov
Mykola Mikhovych
Ihor Kosenko
Coach: Sergiy Ovcharenko

  Russia (RUS)

Ivan Potekhin (captain)
Alexander Lekov
Lasha Murvanadze
Pavel Borisov
Aleksey Tumakov
Alexey Chesmin
Andrey Kuvaev
Oleg Smirnov
Andrey Lozhechnikov
Georgy Nadzharyan
Mamuka Dzimistarishvili
Stanislav Kolykhalov
Coach: Avtandil Baramidze

  Iran (IRI)

Ardeshir Mahini (captain)
Esmaeil Malekzadeh
Bahman Ansari
Morteza Heidari
Ehsan Gholam-Hosseinpour
Moslem Akbari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Habibollah Heidari-Mehr
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Rasoul Atash-Afrouz
Coach: Alireza Raadi

References

    • "Schedules and Results - Football 7-a-side". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
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