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Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics 
Summary
Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in London at the Riverbank Arena, from 31 August to 8 September. Football 5-a-side is played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.[2]
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| Venue | Olympic Hockey Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 August – 8 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 96 (8 teams) | ||||||||||||
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For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were the favourites since they had won both in Athens 2004 and in Beijing 2008; they were also the defending world champions.[3]
Qualifying edit
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths[4] | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 |  Great Britain (GBR)
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| 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship | 14–22 August 2010 |  United Kingdom |
1 |  Brazil (BRA)
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| 2010 Asian Para-Games | 13–18 December 2010 | Guangzhou,  China |
1 |  China (CHN)
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| 2011 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships | 17 June – 1 July 2011 | Aksaray,  Turkey |
2 |  France (FRA)
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 Spain (ESP)
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| 2011 Parapan American Games | 15–20 November 2011 | Guadalajara,  Mexico |
1 |  Argentina (ARG)
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| Wildcard | 2 |  Turkey (TUR)
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 Iran (IRI)
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| Total | 8 | |||
Squads edit
Each of the eight participating nations submitted a squad of ten men – eight blind or visually impaired players and two sighted goalkeepers. For the first time, the sighted players were awarded medals as part of their team.
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil (BRA)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 2 | France (FRA)
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | China (CHN)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Qualified for the classification round |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain (ESP)
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG)
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Iran (IRI)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | Qualified for the classification round |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR)
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Great Britain | 1–1 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
Clarke  22' |
Report | Martín Gaitán 20' (pen.) |
| Spain | 2–0 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Martín Gaitán 13', 22' |
Report |
| Argentina | 0–0 | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Great Britain | 0–1 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ardekani 21' (pen.) |
Knockout stage edit
Classification round edit
5th–8th place semi-finals edit
| China | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Li 40' (pen.) |
Report | English 47' |
| Penalties | ||
Li  Wang |
2–1 |  Clarke English Seal |
7th–8th place match edit
| Turkey | 0–2 | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Seal 5' Clarke 48' |
5th–6th place match edit
| Iran | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | China |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Shalhavizadeh Ardekani Haftdaran |
0–1 | Zhoubin Yafeng Dongdong |
Medal round edit
Semi-finals edit
Bronze medal match edit
| Spain | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Martín Gaitán Rosado Carrasco Giera Tejuelo |
1–0 | Rodriguez Velo Deldo |
Gold medal match edit
Medallists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Brazil (BRA) Fábio Luiz Ribeiro de Vasconcelos Daniel Dantas da Silva Emerson de Carvalho Gledson da Paixão Barros Cássio Lopes dos Reis Marcos Jose Jeferson da Conceição Gonçalves Severino Gabriel da Silva Ricardo Steinmetz Alves (captain) Raimundo Nonato Alves Mendes |
France (FRA) Frédéric Jannas Hakim Arezki Abderrahim Maya Yvan Kepmegni David Labarre Jonathan Grangier Gaël Rivière Martin Baron Arnaud Ayax Frédéric Villeroux (captain) |
Spain (ESP) Álvaro Gonzalez Alcaraz José Luis Giera Tejuelo Francisco Muñoz Pérez Adolfo Acosta Rodriguez (captain) José López Ramírez Alfredo Cuadrado Freire Antonio Martín Gaitán Youssef El Haddaoui Rabii Marcelo Rosado Carrasco Raul Díaz Ortín |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "International Paralympic Committee". 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Football 5-a-side" Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessed 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Football 5-a-Side: 12 Facts for London 2012".
- ^ Football 5-a-Side Qualification Criteria – FT, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011.
External links edit
- "Football 5-a-side" Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games