Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team

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Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Great Britain that represents the team in international competitions, but primarily the Paralympic Games. They compete at the 1984, 1992, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Their best performance was in 1984 when they won the bronze medal.

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Players

There have been a number of players for the British squad.

NameNumberClassificationPositionYears activeRef
Michael Barker7 FT7, FT8 Forward 2010, 2012 [1] [2]
Josh Beacham 3, 12 FT7 Defender 2010, 2012 [1] [2]
Dean Cartwright 9 FT6 2010 [2]
Craig Connell 1 FT7 Goalkeeper 2012 [1]
Ibrahima Diallo 11 FT8 Midfielder 2012 [1]
Matt Dimbylow 4 FT8 Defender2010, 2012 [1] [2]
Matt Ellis 6 FT7 2010 [2]
Richard Fox 11 FT7 2010 [2]
Blair Glynn 2 FT7 Defender2012 [1]
George Fletcher 9 FT5 Defender2012 [1]
Alistair-Patrick Heselton 6 FT8 Midfielder/Forward2012 [1]
Graham Leclerc 10 FT7 2010 [2]
Jonathan Paterson 10 FT7 Midfielder2012 [1]
Jordan Raynes 1 FT5 2010 [2]
James Richmond 5 FT7 Midfielder2012 [1]
Martin Sinclair 8 FT7 Midfielder2010, 2012 [1] [2]
Billy Thompson 13 FT5 Goalkeeper2012 [1]
Karl Townhend 5, 13 FT7 2010 [2]
Sam Whately 2 FT7 2010 [2]
Michael Wilson 3 FT7 2010 [2]

Coaches

In 2011 and 2012, the team was coached by Lyndon Lynch. [3] [4]

Results

British players watch a match at the 2016 Salou tournament. IFCPF Pre Paralympic Tournament Salou 2016 191.jpg
British players watch a match at the 2016 Salou tournament.

Great Britain has participated in a number of international tournaments. At the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May 2012, Great Britain met Brazil in the finals after defeating Ireland 7–3 in the semi-final. [5] Great Britain finished third at the 2016 Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain after losing to the Netherlands 3 - 2 in the bronze medal game. [6]

CompetitionLocationYearTotal TeamsResultRef
Pre-Paralympic Tournament Salou, Spain 20164 [6]
British Paralympic World Cup Nottingham, England 201212 [7]
2012 Paralympic World Cup London, England 20124 [8]
Forvard International Tournament Sochi, Russia 20125 [9]
Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup Nottingham, England 201043 [10]

Paralympic Games

Great Britain has participated in 7-a-side football at the Paralympic Games. [11]

2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships. [12] [13]

The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Great Britain was put into Group A with Ukraine, Brazil and Ireland. [14] The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating. [15] Great Britain finished fourth, after losing 2 - 3 to the Netherlands in the 3rd place match. [16]

Going into the Rio Games, England was ranked seventh in the world, while Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland was thirteenth and Wales was unranked. No Great Britain team was ranked. [17] On 13 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the selection of the fourteen members of the British 7-a-side squad. [18] The team includes several players from Scotland. These are FT7 classified players Martin Hickman, Jonathan Paterson and David Porcher. [19]

Pool A
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3300102+89 Semi finals
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (H)3201104+66
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 310275+23 5th–6th place match
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3003218−160 7th–8th place match
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

Paralympic Results

GamesResultsRef
2012 Summer Paralympics 8 [11]
2008 Summer Paralympics 7 [11]
1992 Summer Paralympics 4 [11]
1984 Summer Paralympics 3 [11]

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