2018 IFCPF CP Football European Championships
The 2018 IFCPF CP Football World Championships was the European championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes compete with a physical disability. The Championship took place in the Netherlands from 25 July to 5 August 2018.
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| Host country |  |
| Dates | 25 July – 5 August 2018 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 146 (4.87 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  |
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the 2019 IFCPF CP Football World Championships.
Participating teams and officials
Teams
| Continental | Berths | Team |
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| Host nation | 1 | |
| Europe | 9 |        |
| Total | 10 |
The draw
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings.[1] Here, the following groups:
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| The teams outside Europe were not included. | ||
Squads
Group A
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1 Stefan Boersma |
1 Mark Barry |
2 Charlie Fogarty |
1 Mads Christian Fomsgaard |
David Bruns |
Group B
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1 Kostyantyn Symashko |
1 Giles Moore |
1 Vladislav Raretckii |
1 Jaakko Seppala |
1 Antonio Jesus Dominguez |
Venues
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Zeist.
| Zeist KNVB Campus |
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| Stadium: unknown | ||
| Capacity: unknown | ||
Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 10 teams divided among two groups of five, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to four. The next two teams played for the position five to eight. The last teams played for the position nine to ten. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.
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The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
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In the knockout stage there were three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.
Classification
Athletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.
Players were classified by level of disability.
- C5: Athletes with difficulties when walking and running, but not in standing or when kicking the ball.
- C6: Athletes with control and co-ordination problems of their upper limbs, especially when running.
- C7: Athletes with hemiplegia.
- C8: Athletes with minimal disability; must meet eligibility criteria and have an impairment that has impact on the sport of football.
Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.
Group stage
The first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 12 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 2 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
| 4 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 10 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Netherlands | 4–2 | |
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Panneman  Schuitert Rodenburg Saedt |
Report | Eidenhardt Odrich |
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | |
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| Emerson |
Report | Meyer Sperl |
| Netherlands | 7–0 | |
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| Saedt Christiansen Schuitert Dikken Flier Bambacht |
Report |
| Netherlands | 7–0 | |
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| Schuitert Vos Rodenburg Saedt Loeffen |
Report |
| Ireland | 4–0 | |
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| Messett Nolan Ruane |
Report |
| Northern Ireland | 1–0 | |
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| Emerson |
Report |
| Netherlands | 0–1 | |
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| Report | Sheridan |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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| 1 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 12 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | |
| 3 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 3 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 3 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 10 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Ukraine | 8–0 | |
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| Shkvarlo Sheremet Romanchuk Donenko Krasylnykov |
Report |
| England | 10–0 | |
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| Crossen Fletcher Baker Mykkänen Twiss Tribe |
Report |
| Ukraine | 8–0 | |
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| Romanchuk Shkvarlo Krasylnykov Len Donenko |
Report |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Position 5-8
| England | 8–0 | |
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| Irons Crossen Baker Smith Tribe Twiss |
Report |
Position 1-4
| Russia | 5–0 | |
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| Borkin Eloev Albegov Gazdanov |
Report |
Finals
Position 9-10
| Finland | 0–8 | |
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| Report | Olsen Christiansen Jukarainen Strand Sambleben Larsen |
Position 7-8
| 1–2 | Spain |
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| Emerson |
Report | Maciá |
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
| Ireland | 2–1 | |
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| Tier Dikken |
Report | Vos |
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- own goals
- 2×
Ranking
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See also
References
- "IFCPF, Regional Rankings: Europe". web.archive.org. 2018-07-16. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2018-07-16.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)