| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Dates | 4 – 24 September 2017 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 217 (4.52 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
The 2017 IFCPF CP Football World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes competed with a physical disability. The Championship took place in the Argentina from 4 to 24 September 2017.
Football CP Football was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications 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.
The following teams were qualified for the tournament: [1]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | | ||
| 2015 World Championships | 16 – 28 June 2015 | | 7 | |
| 2016 World Championships Qualification Tournament | 29 July – 6 August 2016 | | 8 | |
| Total | 16 | |||
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. [2] Here, the following groups:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pot 1 | | | | |
| Pot 2 | | | | |
| Pot 3 | | | | |
| Pot 4 | | | | |
Group A
| | | | |
1 Marcos Dos Santos Ferreira (GK) | 1 James Gerard Naughton (GK) | 1 Damien Wojtiw (GK) | 1 Antonio Jesus Dominguez Galvan (GK) |
Group B
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1 Matias Salvat (GK) | 1 Vladislav Raretskii (GK) | 1 Rui Rocha (GK) | 1 Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi (GK) |
Group C
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1 George van Altena | 1 Giles Moore (GK) | 1 | 1 Hideyuki Yanaghi |
Group D
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1 Kostyantyn Symashko (GK) | 1 Sean Robert Boyle (GK) | 1 Paul Seamus Cassidy (GK) | 1 Chris Barty (GK) |
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in San Luis. [3]
| San Luis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial Juan Gilberto Funes Stadium | Stadium Estancia Grande | Campus de Universidad De La Punta | Stadium La Pedrera | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 1,500 | Capacity: | Capacity: | |
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four groups of four, 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 sixteen. the two lower ranked teams played for the positions 17 to 32. The 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.
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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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.
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.
The first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
| Spain | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | W. Martins W. De Oliveira Costa Martins |
| Ireland | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Tier | Report | Charron Stanley |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| Russia | 6–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuligin Borkin Pestretsov Larionov | Report | Tiz Bor |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 1 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Schuitert Rodenburg | Report |
| England | 11–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Porcher Nugent Ono Crossen Smith Blackwell | Report |
| England | 9–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Crossen Porcher Barker Tribe | Report |
| Japan | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Schuitert Rodenburg, De La Cruz Victoria |
| Netherlands | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nugent Rutter Barker |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | |
| 3 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanchuk Antoniuk Podolskyi | Report |
| United States | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jahn DeLillo Atkins Ballou | Report |
| United States | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hensley Ballou DeLillo Bremer | Report |
| Australia | 0–8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sheremet Dutko Atkins Romanchuk Antoniuk Shkvarlo |
| Ukraine | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Krasylnykov Molodtsov | Report |
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Walker | Report | Jones Atkins |
Position 9-16
| Australia | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Atkins Jones Barber | Report | Ura |
| Venezuela | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Olivares Mora | Report | R. Walker |
| Argentina | 11–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Acevedo Figuera Bonomi Carrizo Cortes Coronel Fernandez | Report |
Position 1-8
| Ukraine | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kahramanian Antoniuk Krasylnykov Dutko Podolskyi | Report |
| England | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Rutter | Report | Ballou |
| Russia | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Eloev Tumakov Pagaev Pestretsov | Report |
Position 13-16
| Venezuela | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Quintana Yari Villegas Olivares Mora | Report | Pardo Rovira |
| | 0–4 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Charron Ackinclose |
Position 9-12
| | 0–1 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lugrin |
Position 5-8
| | 3–2 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Jahn Mayhugh Ballou | Report | Magalhães A Martins |
| | 1–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Saedt | Report | Sheridan Tier |
Position 1-4
| England | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Porcher | Report | Sehsari Masoumzadeh Tiz Bor |
Position 15-16
Position 13-14
| Venezuela | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Quintana | Report | Charron McDonald |
Position 11-12
| Northern Ireland | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Leavy Walker | Report | Ribeiro Gonçalves |
Position 9-10
| Argentina | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Morana Bonomi | Report | Prescott |
Position 7-8
| Brazil | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| De Oliveira Costa Martins da Silva Martins da Costa | Report |
Position 5-6
| United States | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| DeLillo Garza | Report | Tier Sheridan |
Position 3-4
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