Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Last updated December 19, 2023

Football 5-a-side
at the XIV Paralympic Games

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Venue

Olympic Hockey Centre

Dates

31 August – 8 September

Competitors

96 (8 teams)

Medalists

		Brazil	Brazil
		France	France
		Spain	Spain

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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]

Contents

Qualifying
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Classification round
Medal round
Medallists
See also
References
External links

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 qualification	Date	Venue	Berths^[4]	Qualified
Host nation			1	Great Britain (GBR)
2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship	14–22 August 2010	United Kingdom	1	Brazil (BRA)
2010 Asian Para-Games	13–18 December 2010	Guangzhou, China	1	China (CHN)
2011 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships	17 June – 1 July 2011	Aksaray, Turkey	2	France (FRA)
2011 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships	17 June – 1 July 2011	Aksaray, Turkey	2	Spain (ESP)
2011 Parapan American Games	15–20 November 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	Argentina (ARG)
Wildcard			2	Turkey (TUR)
Wildcard			2	Iran (IRI)
Total			8

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brazil (BRA)	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Qualified for the medal round
2	France (FRA)	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Qualified for the medal round
3	China (CHN)	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4	Qualified for the classification round
4	Turkey (TUR)	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	Qualified for the classification round

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

31 August 2012

9:00

Brazil	0–0	France
	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,202

Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

31 August 2012

11:00

China	4–0	Turkey
Wenfa Zheng 2', 50' Xiaoqiang Li 13' (pen.) Yafeng Wang 46'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,938

Referee: Paul Leversuch (Germany)

2 September 2012

9:00

Turkey	0–4	Brazil
	Report	Conceição 4', 38' Alves 14' Da Silva 24' (pen.)

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,438

Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

2 September 2012

11:00

France	0–0	China
	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,554

Referee: Paul Leversuch (Great Britain)

4 September 2012

9:00

Brazil	1–0	China
Conceição 22'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 931

Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

4 September 2012

11:00

France	1–0	Turkey
Labarre 4' (pen.)	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,421

Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (ESP)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Qualified for the medal round
2	Argentina (ARG)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Qualified for the medal round
3	Iran (IRI)	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3	Qualified for the classification round
4	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2	Qualified for the classification round

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

31 August 2012

13:30

Iran	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Velo 27', 48'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,985

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

31 August 2012

15:30

Great Britain	1–1	Spain
Clarke 22'	Report	Martín Gaitán 20' (pen.)

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 2,630

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

2 September 2012

13:30

Spain	2–0	Iran
Martín Gaitán 13', 22'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,996

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

2 September 2012

15:30

Argentina	0–0	Great Britain
	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 2,179

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

4 September 2012

13:30

Spain	0–0	Argentina
	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,836

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

4 September 2012

15:30

Great Britain	0–1	Iran
	Report	Ardekani 21' (pen.)

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 2,273

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

6 September 2012

9:00

China	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Great Britain
Li 40' (pen.)	Report	English 47'
Penalties
Li Wang	2–1	Clarke English Seal

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,893

Referee: Juan Carlos Paule (Spain)

6 September 2012

11:00

Iran	1–0	Turkey
Rajab Pour 19'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,510

Referee: Niels Haupt (Germany)

7th–8th place match

8 September 2012

9:00

Turkey	0–2	Great Britain
	Report	Seal 5' Clarke 48'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 969

Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

5th–6th place match

8 September 2012

11:15

Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.)	China
	Report
Penalties
Shalhavizadeh Ardekani Haftdaran	0–1	Zhoubin Yafeng Dongdong

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,603

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Medal round

Semi-finals

6 September 2012

15:45

Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
	Report
Penalties
Severino dos Reis	1–0	Sacayan Velo Padilla

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 2,016

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

6 September 2012

13:30

Spain	0–2	France
	Report	Villeroux 23', 49'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,796

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Bronze medal match

8 September 2012

13:30

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
	Report
Penalties
Martín Gaitán Rosado Carrasco Giera Tejuelo	1–0	Rodriguez Velo Deldo

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,785

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Gold medal match

8 September 2012

16:00

France	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Severino 22' (pen.) Baron 42' (o.g.)

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,990

Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	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	France (FRA) Frédéric Jannas Hakim Arezki Abderrahim Maya Yvan Kepmegni David Labarre Jonathan Grangier Gaël Rivière Martin Baron Arnaud Ayax Frédéric Villeroux (captain)	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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References

↑ "International Paralympic Committee". 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
↑ "Football 5-a-side" Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine , The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessed 21 February 2012.
↑ "Football 5-a-Side: 12 Facts for London 2012".
↑ Football 5-a-Side Qualification Criteria – FT, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011.

External links

"Football 5-a-side" Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine , The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

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