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 London 2012 Paralympic Games.[1]
Participating teams and officials
Qualifying
The following teams are qualified for the tournament:
01 Marcos dos Santos Ferreira 03 José Augusto Siqueira 04 Dihego Rezende Rodrigues 05 José Carlos Monteiro Guimarᾶes 06 Mateus Francisco Tostes Calvo 07 Fábio da Silva Bordignon 08 Rael de Medeiros Coelho 09 Renato da Rocha Lima
10 Wanderson Silva de Oliveira
11 Jan Francisco Brito da Costa
12 Moisés Tamiozzo da Silva
16 Jean Adriano Rodrigues
01 Rudi van Breemen 04 Myron Gebbink 05 Lars Conijn 06 Peter Kooij 07 Dennis Straatman 08 Pawel Statema 09 John Swinkels
10 Stephan Lokhoff
11 Iljas Visker
14 Daan Dikken
15 Joey Mense
16 Bart Adelaars
17 Abel Walraven
18 Gerard Arends
19 Quincy de Beukelaer
22 Stefan Boersma
01 Sam Larkins 02 Ben Roche 03 Jack Williams 04 Scott Kennedy 06 Christopher Pyne 07 David Barber 08 Brett Fairhall 09 Ben Atkins
10 Thomas Goodman
11 Beau Menzies
12 Jamie Paulsen
13 Jared Eiby
01 Omar Alvarez Serrano 02 Jonatan Corporales Rodríguez 03 Raúl Carrillo Arjona 04 Ramón Del Pino Bernardó 05 Carlos Antón Valor 06 Roberto Ortiz Lora 07 Sergio Clemente Muñoz 08 Carlos Rodríguez Grande 09 Emilio Manuel Ribeiro Sequeira
10 Raúl Pacheco Pérez
11 Abel Urbina Sánchez
12 Leandro Pérez Ferreira
01 Craig Connell 02 Blair Glynn 03 Laurie McGinley 04 Scott Troup 05 Graeme Paterson 06 Jamie Tervit 07 Mark Robertson 08 James Richmond 09 Anton Clarke
10 Jonathan Paterson
11 Thomas Brown
01 Cameron Kleimer 02 Geoff Wakefield 03 John Phillips 04 Christopher Duehrsen 05 Christopher Fawcett 06 James Akinclose 07 Dustin Hodgson 08 Brendon McAdam 09 Ross MacDonald
10 Vito Proietti
11 Matthew Brown
12 Jeremy Baird
01 Jaakko Seppälä 02 Joona Kuitunen 03 Wiljami Laurila 07 Jussi Tuominen 08 Mikael Jukarainen 09 Janne Helander
10 Johannes Siikonen
14 Pyry Nopsanen
15 Samuel Taipale
16 Joni Berg
01 Gustavo Nahuelquin 02 Mariano Morana 03 Carlos Ferreira 04 Ezequiel Jaime 05 Brian Vivot 06 Maximiliano Fernandez 07 Ariel Medina 08 Gaston Eduardo Rodriguez 09 Angel Gabriel Rodriquez
10 Rodrigo Lugrin
11 Matias Fernandez
13 Marcos Salazar
01 Jordan Raynes 02 Matthew Dimbylow 03 Martin Sinclair 04 Alistair Heselton 05 Emyle Rudder 06 Joshua Beacham 07 George Fletcher 08 Matthew Ellis 09 Michael Barker
10 Graham Leclerc
11 Karl Townshend
12 Billy Thompson
01 Hyeseong Son 02 Hyungsoo Kim 03 Junho Jang 04 Jongtae Kim 05 Haecheol Park 06 Jaesik Moon 07 Seungmok Park 08 Phillip Jung 09 Seungnam Kang
10 Kyeongkuk Gu
11 Sangpil Cho
12 Hyoungjun Lee
01 Brian McGillivary 02 Finbar O'Riordan 03 Paul Dollard 04 Luke Evans 05 Joseph Markey 06 Mark Jones 07 Gary Messett 08 Eric O'Flaherty 09 Jason Moran
10 Daragh Snell
11 Aaron Tiers
12 Simon Le Strange
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to 16. 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
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
Drawing of lots
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.
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.[2][5] In every match a maximum of 10 goals scored were counted. This is indicated with an asterisk (*)
