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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Paris, France |
Dates | 1 – 7 September 2024 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | Eiffel Tower Stadium |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 22 (1.22 per match) |
Attendance | 176,610 (9,812 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (3 goals) |
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Football 5-a-side, more commonly known as Blind football or Blind soccer, at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris, France. [1] [2]
There are eight men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of eight outfield players and two goalkeepers.
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host country allocation | — | — | 1 | ![]() |
2022 IBSA Blind Football European Championships [3] | 8–18 June 2022 | ![]() | 1 | |
2022 IBSA Blind Football African Championships | 14–26 September 2022 | ![]() | 1 | |
2022 IBSA Blind Football Asian-Oceanian Championships [4] | 11–18 November 2022 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2023 IBSA World Games [5] | 18–27 August 2023 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2023 Parapan American Games | 17–26 November 2023 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 8 |
At the IBSA World Games, as China (runner-up) and Brazil (third place) qualified for the Paralympics through their regional qualifiers, their places were allocated to Colombia (fourth place) and Japan (fifth place). [1]
G | Group stage | C | Classification matches | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Date Event | Thu 29 Aug | Fri 30 Aug | Sat 31 Aug | Sun 1 Sep | Mon 2 Sep | Tue 3 Sep | Wed 4 Sep | Thu 5 Sep | Fri 6 Sep | Sat 7 Sep | ||
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Men's tournament | G | G | G | C | ½ | B | F |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Fifth place match |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | Seventh place match |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Fifth place match |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Seventh place match |
Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
5 September | ||||||
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7 September | ||||||
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5 September | ||||||
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![]() | 0 (3) | |||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
7 September | ||||||
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![]() | 1 |
There were 22 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 1.22 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: Paralympics
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8 | ![]() |
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