Spain national cerebral palsy football team

Spain national cerebral palsy football team
Federation Federación Española de Deportes de Paralíticos Cerebrales (FEDPC)
IFCPF ranking 18
Highest IFCPF ranking 13 (August 2013)
Lowest IFCPF ranking 18 (2016)

Spain national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Spain that represents the team in international competitions. The team has participated in the Paralympic Games and the IFCPF World Championships. Their best finish in their three Paralympic Games appearances was a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.

Background

Spain takes on Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.

Federación Española de Deportes de Paralíticos Cerebrales (FEDPC) manages the national team.[1] Spain was active internationally by 2016, and had national championships to support national team player development.[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 some circumstances, Federació Esportiva Catalana de Paralítics Cerebrals serves as the national governing body when dealing with the IFCPF, and a Catalan team competes like a national team as Catalan national cerebral palsy team in some events against full national teams.[1] This occurred in May 2015, when two Catalan national squads played against the Tunisian squad.[4][5]

Ranking

Spain was ranked eighteenth in the world by the IFCPF in 2016.[6] Spain was ranked sixteenth in November 2014.[7] In August 2013, Spain was thirteenth.[8] In July 2011 and September 2012, Spain was fourteenth.[9][10]

Results

Spain has participated in a number of international tournaments. The team was scheduled to participate in the 2016 IFCPF Qualification Tournament World Championships in Vejen, Denmark in early August. The tournament tournament was part of the qualifying process for the 2017 IFCPF World Championships. Other teams scheduled to participate included Scotland, Canada, Portugal, Iran, Northern Ireland, Australia, Venezuela, Japan, Republic of South Korea, Germany, and Denmark.[11][12]

Competition Location Year Total Teams Result Ref
Intercontinental Cup Barcelona, Spain 2013 16 [13]

IFCPF World Championships

Spain has participated in the IFCPF World Championships. At the 2011 CP-ISRA World Championship in Drenthe, Spain lost to Canada 2 - 3.[14]

World Championships Location Total Teams Result Ref
2011 CPSIRA World Championships Netherlands 16 14 [15]

Paralympic Games

Spain has participated in 7-a-side football at the Paralympic Games.[16]

Paralympic Results

Games Results Ref
2000 Summer Paralympics 6 [16]
1996 Summer Paralympics 3 [16]
1992 Summer Paralympics [16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Our Members — CP Football". IFCPF. IFCPF. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Worldwide Reach - CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  3. ↑ "National Championships 2015". CP Football. CP Football. 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tournaments — CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Barcelona to host 10th International CP Football Tournament — CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Ranking — CP Football". CP Football. CP Football. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ "World Ranking 2014". CPISRA. November 8, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  8. ↑ "World Ranking List Football 7-a-side updated after Intercontinental Cup 2013, Barcelona Spain" (PDF). CPISRA. CPISRA. August 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ "World Ranking List 2012 Football 7-a-side after PG Londen 2012" (PDF). CPISRA. September 13, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Football_7-a-side_CPISRA_World_Ranking_List" (PDF). CPISRA. July 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Tournament Draw 2016 IFCPF Qualification Tournament World Championships" (PDF). IFCPF. IFCPF. 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ "La Selección de parálisis cerebral busca el Mundial de Argentina". AS (in Spanish). AS. July 26, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Match Reports: Intercontinental Cup 2013, Barcelona | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  14. ↑ "Canadian Soccer Association 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Canadian Soccer Association. Canadian Soccer Association. 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ "2011 Final Results". CPISRA. CPISRA. 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Paralympic Games — CP Football". CP Football. IFCPF. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
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