Football 7-a-side at the 2015 Parapan American Games

Summary

Football 7-a-side competitions at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto were held from 8 to 15 August at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields, which are located on the back campus of the University of Toronto.[1] Football 7-a-side make its return to the program, after last being staged in 2007.[1] The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As Brazil won the competition the second place Argentina qualified for the Paralympics.[2]

Football 7-a-side at the
2015 Parapan American Games
VenuePan Am / Parapan Am Fields
Dates8 – 15 August 2015
Competitors70 quota limit from 5 nations
Teams5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Venezuela


Participating teams and officials edit

Qualifying edit

A total of five teams competed in the football seven a side competition. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified a team. A team may consist of a maximum of 14 athletes.[3]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation 1   Canada
2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side American Cup 19 – 26 September 2014   Toronto, Canada 4   Brazil
  Argentina
  United States
  Venezuela
Total 5

Squads edit

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

  Argentina[4]   Brazil[5]   Canada[6]
Claudio Figuera
Rodrigo Luquez
Mariano Cortes
Ezequiel Jaime
Matias Bassi
Maximiliano Fernandez
Pablo Molina Lopez
Mariano Morana
Duncan Coronel
Rodrigo Lugrin
Matias Fernandez Romano
Gustavo Nahuelquin
Lautaro Marzolini
Alberto Albarce
Marcos dos Santos Ferreira
Jonatas Santos Machado
Fernandes Alves Vieira
Jose Monteiro Guimaraes
Marcos Cabral da Costa
Ubirajara da Silva Magalhaes
Ronaldo de Souza Almeida
Evandro de Oliveira Gomes
Maycon Ferreira de Almeida
Wanderson Silva de Oliveira
Jan Brito da Costa
Gilvano Diniz da Silva
Gabriell D'Anglo Santos
Wesley Martins de Souza
Damien Wojtiw
Liam Stanley
Matt Gilbert
John Phillips
Sam Charron
Lucas Bruno
Dustin Hodgson
Vito Proietti
Trevor Stiles
Kyle Payne
Matt Brown
Nick Heffernan
Cory Johnson
Joseph Resendes
  United States[7]   Venezuela[8]
Keith Johnson
Gavin Sibayan
Bryce Boarman
Tyler Bennett
Jordan Weise
Adam Ballou
Seth Jahn
Kevin Hensley
Mason Abbiate
Daniel Hoffman
Davis Garza
Michael Moore
Jackson McCabe
Marthell Vazquez
Marlon Bello
Gabriel Medina Diaz
Peter Alvarado Gonzalez
Marcos Cardenas Nieto
Daniel Sanchez
Richard Mogollon Melendez
Pedro Suarez Rico
Asdrubal Olivero Mora
Angel Molina Camacho
Jessy Yari Villegas
Saul Torres Villegas
Carlos Carasquel Torres
Jose Quintana
Frank Pineda Teran

Venues edit

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Toronto.

Toronto
Stadium: Parapan-Am field
Capacity: 2,000
 

Format edit

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 5 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The best two teams play for gold in the finals, the third and fourth place for the third place in the tournament, the fifth in the table is the fifth of the tournament.

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 edit

In the first group stage have seen the teams in a one group of five teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualified for
1   Brazil 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 Team play for position 1
2   Argentina 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 9
3   Canada 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 Team play for the position 3
4   Venezuela 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 2
5   United States 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 Team play for the position 5
Source: The results of the table were determined from the results
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Brazil  7–0  Venezuela
Martins de Souza   11'   33'
Santos Machado   14'   46'
D'Angelo Santos   31'
Da Silva Magalhaes   44'
Brito da Costa   53'
Report
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Argentina  3–1  Canada
Cortes   4'
Lungrin   30'+1
Fernandez Romano   54'
Report Charron   42'
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning
Venezuela  0–4  Argentina
Report Morana   10' (pen.)   22'
Cortes   41'
Coronel   58'
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Alexis Vaughan
Canada  2–1  United States
Stiles   15'
Charron   54'
Report Jahn   11'
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Ross Haswell
Brazil  7–0  Argentina
Monteiro Guimaraes   6'   12'
De Oliveira Gomes   15'
Ferreira de Almeida   21'   30'
Silva de Oliveira   37'
Martins de Souza   42'
Report
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Ross Haswell
United States  1–1  Venezuela
Garza   60'+1 Report Olivares Mora   40' (pen.)
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Argentina  1–0  United States
Lugrin   30' Report
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Canada  0–8  Brazil
Report De Oliveira Gomes   7'
Brito da Costa   14'   24'
Silva de Oliveira   21'
Monteiro Guimares   26'
Alves Vieira   35'
Ferreira de Almeida   54'
Martins de Souza   59'
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Skye Artur-Banning
Brazil  6–0  United States
D'Angelo Santos   3'
Silva de Oliveira   22'   32'
Ferreira de Almeida   24'   60'+1
Santos Machado   60'+4
Report
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Alexis Vaughan
Venezuela  1–1  Canada
Olivares Mora   47' Report Charron   31'
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Ross Haswell

Finals edit

Position 3-4

Canada  1–2  Venezuela
Charron   60'+5 Report Quintana   17'
Yari Villegas   43'
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning

Final

Brazil  3–1  Argentina
De Oliveira Gomes   11'
Monteiro Guimaraes   44'
Ferreira de Almeida   54'
Report Bassi   15' (pen.)
Parapan-Am field
Referee: Ross Haswell

Statistics edit

Ranking edit

Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Venezuela
4.   Canada
5.   United States

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). www.paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games Qualification Guide v5" (PDF). www.paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Team roster Argentina" (PDF). 7 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Team roster Brazil" (PDF). 7 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Team roster Canada" (PDF). 7 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Team roster United States" (PDF). 7 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Team roster Venezuela" (PDF). 7 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2015.

External links edit

  • Football 7-a-side at 2015 Parapan American Games Toronto from 6 September 2015
  • Football 7-a-side at 2015 Parapan American Games Toronto (ifcpf.com)
  • Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
  • International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)