2018 IFCPF CP Football Americas Championship

2018 IFCPF CP Football Americas Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	27 October – 3 November 2018
Teams	8
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
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Last updated February 13, 2026

The 2018 IFCPF CP Football Americas Championship was an American championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Ecuador from 27 October to 3 November 2018.^[1]

CP Football 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 2019 IFCPF CP Football World Championships.

Participating teams and officials

Teams

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Ecuador
Americas Region	7	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia United States Venezuela
Total	8

The draw

During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:^[2]

	Group A	Group B
Pot 1	Brazil	Argentina
Pot 2	Canada	United States
Pot 3	Chile	Venezuela
Pot 4	Colombia	Ecuador

Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

Group A

Brazil	Canada	Chile	Colombia

Group B

Argentina	United States	Venezuela	Ecuador

Venues

The venues to be used for the Americas Championships were located in Sangolquí.^[1]

Sangolquí		Sangolquí
Stadium: Estadio Rumiñahui (Club: C.S.D. Independiente del Valle)
Capacity: 8,000

Format

The group stage was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria: Number of points Goal difference Number of goals scored Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams Drawing of lots

The first-placed teams played in the final for the first place, the next two teams played for the position five to eight.

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

The group stage, have seen the 8 teams divided into two groups of four teams.^[1]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualified for
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Team play for the position 1 - 4
2	Colombia	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4	Team play for the position 1 - 4
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	3	13	−10	4	Team play for the position 5 - 8
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0	Team play for the position 5 - 8

Source: IFCPF CP Football 2018 Americas Championship
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

27 October 2018