Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Football 5-a-side at the XIII Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
.svg.png) Paralympic Football 5-a-side | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Green Hockey Field | |||||||||
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| Dates | 7–17 September 2008 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 6 teams | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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5-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 7 and September 17. One event was contested, a men's team competition.
Classification
The tournament was classified as a B1 event, meaning that it was for blind athletes. Athletes wore eyeshades to ensure that vision-impaired and totally blind athletes were level in ability. Goalkeepers could be sighted as long as they had not been registered with FIFA since 2003. Each team was also allowed to have a guide behind their opponents' goal to direct players. The ball made a rattling sound when kicked, so fans were required to keep quiet during play.
Qualification
| Match | Qualifying Criteria | Amount | NPC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006ISBA Football 5-a-side Championship | Champion | 1 |  Argentina |
| Qualifying Match | Asian Qualifying Tournament | 1 |  South Korea |
| 2007 Parapan American Games | 1 |  Brazil | |
| European Qualifying Tournament | 2 |  Great Britain | |
 Spain | |||
| Host Nation | 1 |  China | |
| Total | 6 | ||
Competition format
The six teams first played a singe round-robin tournament. Then the top two teams competed for the gold medal, the third and fourth place teams competed for the bronze medal, and the remaining two teams played a match to determine fifth and sixth place.
Group stage
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China (CHN) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 |
| Brazil (BRA) |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 11 |
| Argentina (ARG) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 |
| Spain (ESP) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| Great Britain (GBR) |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |
| South Korea (KOR) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
2008-09-11 13:00 |
| Great Britain |
1–3 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
Clarke  29' |
Cuadrado 37' Rosado 43' (pen.)Martin Antonio Jesus 44' (pen.) |
Knockout stage
5th-6th classification
Bronze medal match
2008-09-17 11:00 |
| Argentina |
1–1 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Velo 42' |
(Report) | Martin 1' Aguilar   30', 31'Gonzalez 33' |
| Penalties | ||
Velo  Figueroa Cerega  |
1–0 | Lopez Acosta Martin |
Gold medal match
Medallists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Brazil (BRA) Fábio Ribeiro Vasconcelos (captain) |
China (CHN) Li Xiaoqiang (captain) |
Argentina (ARG) Silvio Velo (captain) |
References
- "Schedules and Results - Football 5-a-side". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-09-18.