Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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Football 5-a-side
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Football 5-a-side, London 2012.png
Venue Olympic Hockey Centre
Dates31 August – 8 September
Competitors96 (8 teams)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg BrazilFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg FranceFlag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg SpainFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
2008
2016

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]

Contents

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]

Qualifying

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerths [4] Qualified
Host nation 1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship 14–22 August 2010Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
2010 Asian Para-Games 13–18 December 2010 Guangzhou, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
2011 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships17 June – 1 July 2011 Aksaray, Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
2011 Parapan American Games 15–20 November 2011 Guadalajara, Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)
Wildcard 2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)
Total8

Squads

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.

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)321050+57Qualified for the medal round
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)312010+15
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)311141+34Qualified for the classification round
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)30030990
Source: [ citation needed ]
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–0Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg4–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Wenfa Zheng Soccerball shade.svg2', 50'
Xiaoqiang Li Soccerball shade.svg13' (pen.)
Yafeng Wang Soccerball shade.svg46'
Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,938
Referee: Paul Leversuch (Germany)

Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg0–4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Conceição Soccerball shade.svg4', 38'
Alves Soccerball shade.svg14'
Da Silva Soccerball shade.svg24' (pen.)
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,438
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

France  Flag of France.svg0–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,554
Referee: Paul Leversuch (Great Britain)

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Conceição Soccerball shade.svg22' Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 931
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

France  Flag of France.svg1–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Labarre Soccerball shade.svg4' (pen.) Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)312031+25Qualified for the medal round
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)312020+25
3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)31021433Qualified for the classification round
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)30211212
Source: [ citation needed ]
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg0–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report Velo Soccerball shade.svg27', 48'
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,985
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Clarke Soccerball shade.svg22' Report Martín Gaitán Soccerball shade.svg20' (pen.)
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 2,630
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–0Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Martín Gaitán Soccerball shade.svg13', 22' Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg0–0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 2,179
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg0–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 1,836
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg0–1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Report Ardekani Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.)
Riverbank Arena
Attendance: 2,273
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Li Soccerball shade.svg40' (pen.) Report English Soccerball shade.svg47'
Penalties
Li Soccerball shad check.svg
Wang Soccerball shad check.svg
2–1Soccerball shade cross.svg Clarke
Soccerball shad check.svg English
Soccerball shade cross.svg Seal
Attendance: 1,893
Referee: Juan Carlos Paule (Spain)

Iran  Flag of Iran.svg1–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Rajab Pour Soccerball shade.svg19' Report
Attendance: 1,510
Referee: Niels Haupt (Germany)

7th–8th place match

Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg0–2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Report Seal Soccerball shade.svg5'
Clarke Soccerball shade.svg48'
Attendance: 969
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

5th–6th place match

Iran  Flag of Iran.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Penalties
Shalhavizadeh Soccerball shade cross.svg
Ardekani Soccerball shade cross.svg
Haftdaran Soccerball shade cross.svg
0–1Soccerball shade cross.svg Zhoubin
Soccerball shad check.svg Yafeng
Soccerball shade cross.svg Dongdong
Attendance: 1,603
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Medal round

Semi-finals

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report
Penalties
Severino Soccerball shad check.svg
dos Reis Soccerball shade cross.svg
1–0Soccerball shade cross.svg Sacayan
Soccerball shade cross.svg Velo
Soccerball shade cross.svg Padilla
Attendance: 2,016
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg0–2Flag of France.svg  France
Report Villeroux Soccerball shade.svg23', 49'
Attendance: 1,796
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Bronze medal match

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report
Penalties
Martín Gaitán Soccerball shad check.svg
Rosado Carrasco Soccerball shade cross.svg
Giera Tejuelo Soccerball shade cross.svg
1–0Soccerball shade cross.svg Rodriguez
Soccerball shade cross.svg Velo
Soccerball shade cross.svg Deldo
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Gold medal match

France  Flag of France.svg0–2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Severino Soccerball shade.svg22' (pen.)
Baron Soccerball shade.svg42' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,990
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Medallists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's teamFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Fábio Luiz Ribeiro de Vasconcelos
Daniel Dantas da Silva
Emerson de Carvalho
Gledson da Paixão Barros
Cássio Lopes dos Reis
Marcos Jose
Jeferson da Conceição Gonçalves
Severino Gabriel da Silva
Ricardo Steinmetz Alves (captain)
Raimundo Nonato Alves Mendes
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Frédéric Jannas
Hakim Arezki
Abderrahim Maya
Yvan Kepmegni
David Labarre
Jonathan Grangier
Gaël Rivière
Martin Baron
Arnaud Ayax
Frédéric Villeroux (captain)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Álvaro Gonzalez Alcaraz
José Luis Giera Tejuelo
Francisco Muñoz Pérez
Adolfo Acosta Rodriguez (captain)
José López Ramírez
Alfredo Cuadrado Freire
Antonio Martín Gaitán
Youssef El Haddaoui Rabii
Marcelo Rosado Carrasco
Raul Díaz Ortín

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