The 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships was the European championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Portugal from 23 July to 2 August 2014.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Portugal |
| Dates | 23 July – 2 August 2014 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ukraine (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Netherlands |
| Third place |  Russia |
| Fourth place |  Iran |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Goals scored | 162 (5.59 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Iljas Visker (8) |
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the 2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships.
Participating teams and officials
Teams
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Portugal |
| European Region | 10 |  Denmark England Finland Germany Ireland Netherlands Northern Ireland Russia Scotland Ukraine |
| Total | 11 |
The draw
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings.[2] Here, the following groups:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pot 1 | Netherlands (3.) | Russia (1.) | Ukraine (2.) |
| Pot 2 | Ireland (4.) | Scotland (8.) | England (10.) |
| Pot 3 | Finland (.) | Northern Ireland (15.) | Portugal (.) |
| Pot 4 | Denmark (21.) | Germany (23.) | |
| The teams outside Europe were not included. Spain (.) did not participate this time. | |||
Squads
Group A
| Netherlands | Ireland | Finland | Denmark |
1 George Van Altena (GK) | 1 Simon L’ Estrange (GK) | 1 Jaakko Seppälä (GK) | 1 Mads Tofte (GK) |
Coach: Marcel Geestman | Coach: Gerard Glynn | Coach: Samuel Siikonen | Coach: Henrik Voerby |
Group B
| Russia | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Germany |
3 Aslanbek Sapiev | 1 Craig Connell (GK) | 1 Gareth Miller (GK) | 2 Jan Jeschke |
Coach: Avtandil Baramidze | Coach: Andrew Smith | Coach: Mal Donaghy | Coach: Thomas Pfannkuch |
Group C
| Ukraine | England | Portugal | |
1 Kostyantyn Symashko | 1 Giles Moore (GK) | 1 Rui Rocha (GK) | |
Coach: Ovcharenko Serhii | Coach: Keith Webb | Coach: Luis Ferreira |
Venues
The venues to be used for the European Championships were located in Maia.
| Maia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Estádio Municipal Dr. Costa Lima | Estádio Municipal Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho | |
| Capacity: 2,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 11 teams divided among two groups of four and one group of three, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group and the best two third-placed of the groups advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to eight. The other teams played for the positions nine to eleven. The Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
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In the knockout stage there were three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.
Classification
Athletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.
Players were classified by level of disability.
- C5: Athletes with difficulties when walking and running, but not in standing or when kicking the ball.
- C6: Athletes with control and co-ordination problems of their upper limbs, especially when running.
- C7: Athletes with hemiplegia.
- C8: Athletes with minimal disability; must meet eligibility criteria and have an impairment that has impact on the sport of football.
Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.
Group stage
The first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 6 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 3 | 2 best 3 placed to qualify for the quarter final |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| Netherlands | 14–0 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
Visker  2', 5', 11', 13', 17', 26', 27'Dikken 16'Lokhoff 16'Kooij 33', 35'Saedt 36', 54', 60' | Report |
| Ireland | 10–0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Nolan 13' Tier 23'Cotter 32'Sheridan 37', 54', 56'Messett 39'Leacy 43', 46'Markey 50' | Report |
| Finland | 0–14 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kooij 1', 23', 25' Conijn 4', 8', 36'Lokhoff 29'Lebon 32', 33', 44'Rodenburg 39', 41'Mense 54'Gebbink 55' |
| Denmark | 0–12 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Evans 1', 13', 26' O'Flaherty 4', 20'Byrne 6'Badun 42', 45', 55'Messett 33', 36'Leacy 50' |
| Netherlands | 0–1 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Byrne 55' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 2 best 3 placed to qualify for the quarter final |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| Scotland | 3–1 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Hickman 38' Robertson 48'McGinley 56' | Report | Levy 26' |
| Northern Ireland | 0–2 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pestritsov 7' Ramonov 9' |
| Germany | 0–7 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Brown 2' McGinley 25'J. Paterson 26', 29'Halloran 33'Glynn 49'Mitchell 59' |
| Northern Ireland | 1–0 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| R. Walker 37' | Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | 2 best 3 placed to qualify for the quarter final |
| Portugal | 0–5 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Barker 7', 22', 34' Rutter 10', 29' |
| Portugal | 1–6 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Vilarinho 44' | Report | Hetman 1' Devlysh 3', 5'Molodtsov 14'Romanchuk 35'Trushev 53' |
able of third-placed teams from each group
To compare the third-placed teams, only the games counted against the first-placed and second placed team, because in group C were only three teams. In this table, the two best teams rose to the quarter-finals, the third-placed nation must play the games at the 9th to 11th place.
Thus was laid on 25 July that the teams from Northern Ireland and Portugal were promoted to the quarter-finals, the team from Finland had to play for the 9th to 11th place.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
| 3 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 12 |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
| Ireland | 6–2 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Messett 11' Badun 14', 19'Sheridan 43'Tier 58', 60+1' | Report | Ramos 23' Carneiro 59' |
| Russia | 5–1 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Chesmin 3' Murvanadze 19'Kuligin 27'Larionov 29'Ramonov 38' | Report | Fletcher 35' |
| Ukraine | 6–0 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| R. Walker 2' (o.g.) Levy 7' (o.g.)Ponomarov 21'Romanchuk 21'Molodtsov 30'Antonyuk 60' | Report |
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Conijn 25' Saedt 26'Kooij 60+4' | Report |
Semi-finals
Position 5-8
| Portugal | 0–6 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Halloran 8', 47' Hickman 15', 28'McGinley 40'J. Paterson 59' |
| England | 7–1 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Barker 8', 51' Nugent 15'Fletcher 16'Brown 45'Rutter 47'Blackwell 58' | Report | R. Walker 50' |
Position 1-4
| Ireland | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Sheridan 48' Messett 60' | Report | Lokhoff 16' Conijn 23'Visker 74' |
Finals
Position 9-11
| Finland | 1–5 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Helander 38' | Report | Fritsch 6', 20' Wermeester 12', 17'Freudinger 49' |
| Germany | 4–1 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Fritsch 11' Heinze 13'Wermeester 19'Freudinger 39' | Report | Møller 59' |
| Denmark | 6–0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Hansen 12' Sørensen 18', 44', 45'Simonsen 58'Møller 59' | Report |
Position 7-8
| Portugal | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Vilarinho 24' Ramos 60' | Report | R. Walker 1' Levy 4' |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–2 |   | |
Position 5-6
- 1 = Match was not played due to bad weather conditions
Position 3-4
Final
| Netherlands | 0–3 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Antonyuk 9' Zinoviev 16'Romanchuk 57' |
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 8 goals
Iljas Visker
- 7 goals
- Peter Kooij
- 5 goals
Tomiwa Badun
Michael Barker
Eduard Ramonov- Dillon Sheridan
- 4 goals
- Lars Conijn
- Luke Evans
Barry Halloran- Aleksandr Kuligin
- Gary Messett
- Jack Rutter
- Anton Saedt
- 3 goals
- Alexey Chesmin
Oleksandr Devlysh
Conny Fritsch- Martin Hickman
- Mitch Lebon
- Stephan Lokhoff
- Laurie McGinley
Emil Møller- Lasha Murvanadze
- Jonathan Paterson
- Vitalii Romanchuk
- Victor Sørensen
- Aaron Tier
Vítor Vilarinho
Ryan Walker- Kevin Wermeester
- 2 goals
- Volodymyr Antonyuk
- Darragh Byrne
- David Levy
- George Fletcher
- Philipp Freudinger
- Peter Hansen
- Podge Leacy
- Dmytro Molodtsov
- Eric O'Flaherty
- Tiago Ramos
- Hendrik Rodenburg
- 1 goal
- James Blackwell
- Stefan Boersma
- Jake Brown
- Thomas Brown
- Christian Canning
- Tiago Carneiro
- Peter Cotter
- Daan Dikken
- Myron Gebbink
- Blair Glynn
- Frederic Heinze
Janne Helander- Dmytro Hetman
- Mikael Jukarainen
- Viacheslav Larionov
- Joseph Markey
- Joey Mense
- Jamie Mitchell
- Ryan Nolan
- Oliver Nugent
- Dmitrii Pestritsov
- Denys Ponomarov
- Mark Robertson
- Rui Rocha
- Andreas Simonsen
- Glenn Sambleben
- Vitaliy Trushev
- Jordan Walker
- Yevhen Zinoviev
- own goals
- David Levy
- Ryan Walker
Ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Ukraine |
 | Netherlands |
 | Russia |
| 4. | Ireland |
| 5. | England |
| Scotland | |
| 7. | Portugal |
| 8. | Northern Ireland |
| 9. | Germany |
| 10. | Denmark |
| 11. | Finland |
