Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

This article is about the 2012 Summer Paralympics event for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments. For the event at those Games for blind and partially sighted athletes, see Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For the able-bodied event at the 2012 Olympic Games, see Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Football 7-a-side
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Hockey Centre
Dates1 – 9 September
Competitors96 (8 teams)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Russia  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ukraine  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iran  Iran
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Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in London at the Olympic Hockey Centre, from 1 September to 9 September. Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with cerebral palsy, a condition characterized by impairment of muscular coordination. 96 footballers are expected to compete for one set of medals.[2]

For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament.

Qualifying

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths[3] Qualified
Host nation   1  Great Britain (GBR)
2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships 15–28 August 2010 Glasgow,  United Kingdom 1  Ukraine (UKR)
2010 Asian Para Games 12–19 December 2010 Guangzhou,  China 1  Iran (IRI)
2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side Americas Championships 17–27 October 2010 Buenos Aires,  Argentina 1  Brazil (BRA)
2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships 17 June – 1 July 2011 Drenthe,  Netherlands[4] 4  Russia (RUS)
 Netherlands (NED)
 Argentina (ARG)
 United States (USA)
Total 8

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia (RUS) 3 3 0 0 19 1 +18 9 Qualified for the medal round
2  Iran (IRI) 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6
3  Netherlands (NED) 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3 Qualified for the classification round
4  Argentina (ARG) 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
Russia 8–0 Argentina
Kuligin 9', 49'
Murvanadze 21', 30'
Ramonov 35'
Kuvaev 38', 58'
Larionov 54'		 Report
Attendance: 4,074
Referee: Stephen Conroy (GBR)
Netherlands 1–4 Iran
Straatman 52' Report Mehri 4'
Akbari 27'
Karimizadeh 30'
Ansari 60+6'
Attendance: 4,405
Referee: Ross Haswell (GBR)
Argentina 1–8 Iran
Fernández Romano 47' Report Gholamhosseinpour 2', 60+3'
Mehri 6', 58'
Atashafrouz 13', 14'
Bakhshi 18'
Heidari 29'
Attendance: 10,561
Referee: Garry Polkey (GBR)
Russia 8–0 Netherlands
Larionov 23'
Ramonov 30', 50', 54'
Van Altena 34' (o.g.)
Murvanadze 36', 39'
Potekhin 60+3'		 Report
Attendance: 10,561
Referee: Kevin Wright (GBR)
Iran 1–3 Russia
Mehri 36' (pen.) Report Kuligin 18'
Larionov 37'
Ramonov 46'
Attendance: 4,276
Referee: Keith Stroud (GBR)
Argentina 1–4 Netherlands
Morana 6' Report Lokhoff 11', 54'
Visker 19', 45'
Attendance: 4,405
Referee: Scott Henry (GBR)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine (UKR) 3 2 1 0 17 2 +15 7 Qualified for the medal round
2  Brazil (BRA) 3 2 1 0 12 1 +11 7
3  Great Britain (GBR) 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3 Qualified for the classification round
4  United States (USA) 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ukraine 9–0 United States
Shkvarlo 1', 7', 41'
Trushev 10'
Shevchyk 16', 30', 39', 48'
Dutko 32'		 Report
Attendance: 11,780
Referee: Hayley Ives (GBR)
Great Britain 0–3 Brazil
Report Almeida 10'
Silva 13'
Dos Santos 24'
Attendance: 13,247
Referee: Barry Huizinga (NED)
United States 0–8 Brazil
Report Almeida 5', 19'
Guimarães 20', 39'
da Silva 33', 55'
Tostes 49', 57'
Attendance: 4,529
Referee: David Davies (GBR)
Ukraine 7–1 Great Britain
Antoniuk 1', 47'
Shevchyk 9', 10'
Devlysh 15', 54'
Ponomaryov 58'		 Report Diallo 41'
Attendance: 9,329
Referee: Álvaro Azeredo (BRA)
Brazil 1–1 Ukraine
Dos Santos Ribeiro 9' Report Dotsenko 35'
Attendance: 9,994
Referee: Tom Nield (GBR)
United States 0–4 Great Britain
Report Richmond 20'
Fletcher 44'
Diallo 53'
Paterson 60+2'
Attendance: 12,274
Referee: Álvaro Azeredo Quelhas (BRA)

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

Netherlands 5–0 United States
Straatman 16', 33'
Visker 35'
Swinkels 39' (pen.)
Kooij 59'		 Report
Attendance: 3,848
Referee: Alex Kirkley (GBR)
Great Britain 3–4 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Diallo 14'
Dimbylow 27'
Patrick-Heselton 78'		 Report Lugrin 29'
Vivot 40', 69', 73'
Attendance: 9,942
Referee: Barry Huizinga (NED)

7th–8th place match

United States 1–3 (a.e.t.) Great Britain
Renteria 20' Report Barker 29'
Diallo 70'
Fletcher 74'
Attendance: 10,561
Referee: Barry Huizinga (NED)

5th–6th place match

Netherlands 3–0 Argentina
Visker 9', 12', 18' Report
Attendance: 7,490
Referee: Álvaro Azeredo Quelhas (BRA)

Medal round

Semi-finals

Russia 3–1 Brazil
Larionov 23'
Potekhin 34'
Kuligin 48'		 Report Silva de Oliveira 26'
Attendance: 7,383
Referee: Ross Haswell (GBR)
Ukraine 2–1 Iran
Dotsenko 37'
Shkvarlo 57'		 Report Bakhshi 51'
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Stephen Conroy (GBR)

Bronze medal match

Brazil 0–5 Iran
Report Atashafrouz 17', 23'
Mehri 20', 60+1'
Bakhshi 57'
Attendance: 11,197
Referee: Kevin Wright (GBR)

Gold medal match

Russia 1–0 Ukraine
Ramonov 44' Report
Attendance: 13,360
Referee: Keith Stroud (GBR)

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Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Russia
Aleksandr Lekov
Vladislav Raretckii
Aslanbek Sapiev
Alexey Tumakov
Lasha Murvanadze
Aleksei Chesmin
Ivan Potekhin (captain)
Eduard Ramonov
Viacheslav Larionov
Zaurbek Pagaev
Andrei Kuvaev
Aleksandr Kuligin 		 Ukraine
Kostyantyn Symashko
Ihor Kosenko
Vitaliy Trushev
Yevhen Zinoviev
Taras Dutko
Anatolii Shevchyk
Oleksiy Hetun
Volodymyr Antonyuk (captain)
Ivan Shkvarlo
Ivan Dotsenko
Denys Ponomaryov
Oleksandr Devlysh 		 Iran
Mehran Nikoee Majd
Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi
Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour Bousheh
Morteza Heidari
Bahman Ansari
Hashem Rastegarimobin
Sadegh Hassani Baghi
Farzad Mehri
Jasem Bakhshi
Moslem Akbari (captain)
Rasoul Atashafrouz
Abdolreza Karimizadeh

See also

References

  1. ^ "International Paralympic Committee". 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Football 7-a-side" Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessed 20 May 2011.
  3. ^ Football 7-a-Side Qualification Criteria - FT[permanent dead link‍], International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011
  4. ^ Draw for the CPISRA football 7-a-side world championships 2011 Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
  5. ^ "Paralympic Football 7-a-side. london2012.com". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.