| Football 7-a-side at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Green Hockey Field | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8–16 September 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 teams | ||||||||||||
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7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.
The sport of 7-a-side football is for people with cerebral palsy; athletes classified as CP5 through CP8 may take part. The classification system grades player by the extent of their disability, with lower numbers corresponding to more severe impairment. At least one CP5 or CP6 player, and no more than three CP8 players, may be on the field at a given time.
Eight teams qualified for the football 7-a-side tournament in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
The eight teams were divided into two even groups for a single round robin group stage. The top two teams of each group qualified for the semifinal, while the lower two teams from each group competed for 5th through 8th places. Games consisted of two 30-minute halves. A victory ceremony was held just after the finish of the gold medal match, at 18:00 on September 16.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 9 |
 Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 |
 China (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 |
 Iran (IRI) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 8 – 1 | Great Britain |
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| Iran | 3 – 0 | Great Britain |
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| Great Britain | 10 – 2 | China |
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Dimbylow  1'Barker 18', 41', 54', 61'Robertson 20'Gordon 28'G. Paterson 31+'Ellis 39'J. Paterson 48' | (Report) | Fan 40', 60' |
| Netherlands | 4 – 2 | Ireland |
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| Voogd 5' van de Ven 24'Lokhoff 31+', 38' | (Report) | O'Riordan 7' Messett 11' 16' |
| Brazil | 0 – 4 | Iran |
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| (Report) | Karimzadeh 5', 17', 21' 44' Malekzadeh 47'Mahini 54'Akbari 61'64' |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's team | Ukraine (UKR) Volodymyr Antonyuk (captain) | Russia (RUS) Ivan Potekhin (captain) | Iran (IRI) Ardeshir Mahini (captain) |
China was the host of the 2008 Summer Paralympics, held in Beijing. China's delegation included 547 people, of whom 332 were competitors. The athletes, 197 men and 135 women, ranged in age from 15 to 51 and competed in all twenty sports. 226 of the competitors participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time. The delegation was the largest in Chinese history and at the 2008 Games. China topped the medal count at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. China dominated the medal count winning the most gold, silver, bronze, and total medals by a wide margin in Beijing.
Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Great Britain sent a delegation of around 400, of which 212 were athletes, to compete in eighteen sports at the Games. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes from Northern Ireland, who may elect to hold Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Irish constitution, are able to be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Paralympics. Additionally some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Paralympic competition.
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