Football 5-a-side at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Hockey Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 31 August – 8 September 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 96 (8 teams) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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]
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]
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths [4] | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | ![]() | ||
2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship | 14–22 August 2010 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2010 Asian Para-Games | 13–18 December 2010 | Guangzhou, ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships | 17 June – 1 July 2011 | Aksaray, ![]() | 2 | ![]() |
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2011 Parapan American Games | 15–20 November 2011 | Guadalajara, ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Wildcard | 2 | ![]() | ||
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Total | 8 |
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for the medal round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Qualified for the classification round |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
China ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Wenfa Zheng ![]() Xiaoqiang Li ![]() Yafeng Wang ![]() | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Qualified for the medal round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | Qualified for the classification round |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Great Britain ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Clarke ![]() | Report | Martín Gaitán ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Martín Gaitán ![]() | Report |
Great Britain ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ardekani ![]() |
China ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Li ![]() | Report | English ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Li ![]() Wang ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rajab Pour ![]() | Report |
Turkey ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Seal ![]() Clarke ![]() |