2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship

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2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship
Football 7-a-side - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Dates22 – 29 September 2002
Final positions
Champions Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Runners-up Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Third place Flag of the United States.svg United States
Fourth place Flag of Chile.svg Chile

The 2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship was an American championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Chile from 22 to 29 September 2002. [1]

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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 2003 CPISRA Soccer World Championships.

Participating teams and officials

Teams

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1 Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Americas Region3 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Total4

Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Chile.svg Chile Flag of the United States.svg United States [2]

Adolfo Aguilar
Jay Aprea
Josh Blue
Geoff Glass
Tim Kristner
Jon McCullough
Josh McKinney
Aaron Myers
Mike Peters
John Theobald
George Sansonetis
Eli Wolff
Dave Woosnam

Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Santiago de Chile.

Santiago
Stadium: National Stadium of Chile
Capacity: 48,665
Estadio Nacional de Chile - vista desde Av. Grecia.jpg

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 4 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. In both of the best placed, they play in the final for the tournament, the two last teams play for third place.

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.

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

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualified for
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil*00000000 Team play for position 1
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina*00000000
3 Flag of the United States.svg United States*00000000 Team play for the position 3
4 Flag of Chile.svg Chile*00000000
Source: no more detailed information about the table stand available
The teams with * the placement is presumed due to the available results.
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg – Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
National Stadium of Chile
United States Flag of the United States.svg – Flag of Chile.svg Chile
National Stadium of Chile
Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg 3–1 Flag of the United States.svg United States
Report [3]
National Stadium of Chile
Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg – Flag of Chile.svg Chile
National Stadium of Chile

Finals

Position 3-4

United States Flag of the United States.svg – Flag of Chile.svg Chile
National Stadium of Chile

Final

Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg 1–3 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
National Stadium of Chile

Statistics

Ranking

Rank [1] Team
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Chile.svg Chile

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2002 CPISRA Pan America Soccer Championship Santiago". 2003-12-26. Archived from the original on 2003-12-26. Retrieved 2016-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "U.S. Paralympics Pan Am Soccer Team Selected". ussoccer.com. 2002-08-20. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Paralympic Soccer Team Loses to Argentina 3-1 in Pan-Am Soccer Championship". 2002-09-24. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
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