Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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]

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
2008
2016

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

Qualifying

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerths[3]Qualified
Host nation 1  Great Britain (GBR)
2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships15–28 August 2010Glasgow,  United Kingdom1  Ukraine (UKR)
2010 Asian Para Games12–19 December 2010Guangzhou,  China1  Iran (IRI)
2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side Americas Championships17–27 October 2010Buenos Aires,  Argentina1  Brazil (BRA)
2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships17 June – 1 July 2011Drenthe,  Netherlands[4]4  Russia (RUS)
 Netherlands (NED)
 Argentina (ARG)
 United States (USA)
Total8

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Russia (RUS)3300191+189Qualified for the medal round
2  Iran (IRI)3201135+86
3  Netherlands (NED)3102513−83Qualified for the classification round
4  Argentina (ARG)3003220−180
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'ReportMehri 4'
Akbari 27'
Karimizadeh 30'
Ansari 60+6'
Attendance: 4,405
Referee: Ross Haswell (GBR)

Argentina  1–8  Iran
Fernández Romano 47'ReportGholamhosseinpour 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.)ReportKuligin 18'
Larionov 37'
Ramonov 46'
Attendance: 4,276
Referee: Keith Stroud (GBR)

Argentina  1–4  Netherlands
Morana 6'ReportLokhoff 11', 54'
Visker 19', 45'
Attendance: 4,405
Referee: Scott Henry (GBR)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Ukraine (UKR)3210172+157Qualified for the medal round
2  Brazil (BRA)3210121+117
3  Great Britain (GBR)3102510−53Qualified for the classification round
4  United States (USA)3003021−210
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
ReportAlmeida 10'
Silva 13'
Dos Santos 24'
Attendance: 13,247
Referee: Barry Huizinga (NED)

United States  0–8  Brazil
ReportAlmeida 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'
ReportDiallo 41'
Attendance: 9,329
Referee: Álvaro Azeredo (BRA)

Brazil  1–1  Ukraine
Dos Santos Ribeiro 9'ReportDotsenko 35'
Attendance: 9,994
Referee: Tom Nield (GBR)

United States  0–4  Great Britain
ReportRichmond 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'
ReportLugrin 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'ReportBarker 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'
ReportSilva de Oliveira 26'
Attendance: 7,383
Referee: Ross Haswell (GBR)

Ukraine  2–1  Iran
Dotsenko 37'
Shkvarlo 57'
ReportBakhshi 51'
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Stephen Conroy (GBR)

Bronze medal match

Brazil  0–5  Iran
ReportAtashafrouz 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

EventGoldSilverBronze
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

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