Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

5-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 7 and September 17. One event was contested, a men's team competition.

Football 5-a-side
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Football 5-a-side
VenueOlympic Green Hockey Field
Dates7–17 September 2008
Competitors6 teams
Medalists
Brazil  Brazil
China  China
Argentina  Argentina

Classification

The tournament was classified as a B1 event, meaning that it was for blind athletes. Athletes wore eyeshades to ensure that vision-impaired and totally blind athletes were level in ability. Goalkeepers could be sighted as long as they had not been registered with FIFA since 2003. Each team was also allowed to have a guide behind their opponents' goal to direct players. The ball made a rattling sound when kicked, so fans were required to keep quiet during play.

Teams

 China
Chen Shanyong
Li Xiaoqiang
Wang Yafeng
Wang Zhoubin
Wei Zheng
Xia Zheng
Yang Xinqiang
Yu Yutan
Zhang Qiang
Zheng Wenfa
 Argentina
Gonzalo Abbas Hachache
Diego Cerega
Eduardo Diaz
Ivan Figueroa
Jose Luis Jimenez
Dario Aldo Lencina
Gustavo Maidana
Antonio Mendoza
Lucas Rodriguez
Silvio Mauricio Velo
 Great Britain
Ajmal Maqsood Ahmed
Andrew Briant
David Clarke
Lee Greatbatch
Jon Gribbin
Simon Hill
Daniel James
William Norman
Jonathon Pugh
Keryn Seal
 South Korea
Hur Suk
Ji Jun Min
Jo Woo Hyung
Kim Jae Sik
Kim Jung Hoon
Kim Kyung Ho
Lee Jin Won
Oh Yong Kyun
Park Meong Su
Yoon Jong Suk
 Spain
Adolfo Acosta Rodriguez
Vicente Aguilar Carmona
Alfredo Cuadrado
Pedro Garcia Villa
Carmelo Garrido Alarcon
Jose Manuel Gomez
Alvaro Gonzalez Alcaraz
Jose Lopez
Antonio Martin Gaitan
Marcelo Rosado Carrasco
 Brazil
Ricardo Alves
Andreonni Farias Rego
Marcos Felipe
Jefferson Gonçalves
Mizael Oliveira
Damião Ramos
Fabio Ribeiro Vasconcelos
João Batista Silva
Severino Silva
Sandro Soares

Competition format

The six teams started play a single round-robin tournament. Then the top two teams competed for the gold medal, the third and fourth place teams competed for the bronze medal, and the remaining two teams played a match to determine fifth and sixth place.

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China (CHN) 5 4 1 0 7 1 +6 13
 Brazil (BRA) 5 3 2 0 10 1 +9 11
 Argentina (ARG) 5 3 1 1 7 2 +5 10
 Spain (ESP) 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 4
 Great Britain (GBR) 5 1 0 4 4 15 11 3
 South Korea (KOR) 5 0 1 4 3 10 7 1
Source:
Brazil 1–0 Spain
Argentina 0–1 China
Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Ilias Mastoras (GRE)
China 1–0 South Korea
Li  13' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,995
Referee: Ricardo Torino (ARG)
Great Britain 1–3 Spain
Clarke  29' Cuadrado  37'
Rosado  43' (pen.)
Martin Antonio Jesus  44' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (BRA)
China 1–0 Spain
Brazil 1–1 China

Knockout stage

5th-6th classification

Bronze medal match

Argentina 1–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
Velo  42' (Report) Martin  1'
Aguilar  30'  31'
Gonzalez  33'
Penalties
Velo
Figueroa
Cerega
1–0 Lopez
Acosta
Martin
Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil)

Gold medal match

China 1–2 Brazil
Wang Y.  24' (Report) Alves  30'
Felipe  50' (pen.)
Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Brazil (BRA)

Fábio Ribeiro Vasconcelos (captain)
Sandro Soares
Damião Ramos
Severino Silva
Ricardo Alves
Marcos Felipe
Mizael Oliveira
João Batista Silva
Jefferson Gonçalves
Andreonni Farias Rego
Coach: Antônio Pádua Alves da Costa

 China (CHN)

Li Xiaoqiang (captain)
Xia Zheng
Wang Zhoubin
Chen Shanyong
Wang Yafeng
Wei Zheng
Zhang Qiang
Yu Yutan
Yang Xinqiang
Zheng Wenfa
Coach: Dong Junjie

 Argentina (ARG)

Silvio Velo (captain)
Gonzalo Abbas Hachache
Eduardo Diaz
Diego Cerega
Lucas Rodriguez
Dario Lencina
Antonio Mendoza
Gustavo Maidana
Ivan Figueroa
Jose Luis Jimenez
Coach: Gonzalo Vilarino

References

    • "Schedules and Results - Football 5-a-side". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
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