Federation | Federacion Mexicana de Deportes para Personas con Paralisis Cerebral (FEMEDEPC) |
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IFCPF ranking | 21 |
Highest IFCPF ranking | 19 (July 2011, September 2012) |
Lowest IFCPF ranking | 22 (November 2014) |
Mexico national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Mexico that represents the team in international competitions. The country has never participated at the Paralympics.
Federacion Mexicana de Deportes para Personas con Paralisis Cerebral (FEMEDEPC) manages the national team. [1] In 2016, the national team was inactive as the country. The sport was being developed with the goal in mind of establishing a national team. The sport was developed enough to host a national championships. [2]
National team development is supported by an International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) recognized national championship. Recognized years for the national IFCPF recognized competition include 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. [3] In 2015, the championsion was in its seventh year. That year, six teams participated including Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Estado de México, Michoacán, and Distrito Federal. [4]
There have been a number of players for the Mexican squad.
Name | Number | Classification | Position | Years active | Ref |
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Edgar Aguirre Roman | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Bardo Isaac Alanis Rodríguez | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Oscar Ivan Baca Norzagaray | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Julio Baltazar Hernández | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Rogelio Constantino Gallegos | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Arturo Crespo Baltazar | FT8 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Marcos Cruz Jimenez | FT5 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Salvador Cuevas Magaña | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Jonathan Uriel Dávila Pérez | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Sebastian De La Rosa Vicente | FT6 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Orlando Díaz Gómez | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Gonzalo Ramsés García Yerena | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Jesus Arnulfo Gonzalez Lara | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
José Ramón González Gutiérrez | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Enrique González Orozco | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
José Angel Guerrero Martínez | FT5 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Jesus Hernandez Cosio | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Joel Ernesto Legarreta Gomez | FT6 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Luis Alberto Lopez Franco | FT8 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Juan Carlos Marín González | FT5 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Hector Alejandro Martinez Sandria | FT5 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Juan Daniel Montejano Alemán | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Hugo Eduardo Morquecho Castro | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Julian Ramirez Martinez | FT5 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Salvador Manuel Rocha Aguilar | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Juan Carlos Rojas Nava | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Francisco Javier Ruiz Ramirez | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Carlos Fernando Saldaña Arteaga | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Carlos Israel Samaniego Barrera | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Jorge Sanchez Reyes | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Abdel Jonathan Vega Garc | FT7 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Pedro Villanueva | FT5 | 2016 | [5] |
Mexico was ranked twenty-first in the world by the IFCPF in 2016. [6] The team is also ranked sixth in the Americas that same year. [7] In November 2014, the team was ranked twenty-second. [8] In August 2013, Mexico was ranked twenty-first. [9] In July 2011 and September 2012, Mexico was ranked nineteenth. [10] [11]
The country has never participated in a Paralympic Games since the sport made its debut at the 1984 Games. [12] Mexico has participated in a number of international tournaments. At the Football 7-a-side International Tournament in Portugal in 2011, Mexico lost to Canada 2 - 3. [13] Six teams participated in the Toronto hosted American Cup in 2014. Group A included Venezuela, Argentina and Canada. Group B included Mexico, Brazil and the United States. The tournament was important for preparations for the 2015 Parapan American Games, and because it was the last major continental level competition of the year. [14]
Competition | Location | Year | Total Teams | Result | Ref |
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America Cup | Toronto, Canada | 2014 | 6 | 6 | [15] [16] |
Parapan American Youth Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2013 | 6 | [17] | |
British Paralympic World Cup | Nottingham, England | 2012 | 12 | [18] | |
Football 7-a-side International Tournament | Porto, Portugal | 2011 | 4 | [13] [19] |
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