Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Football 5-a-side pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueAomi Urban Sports Park
Dates29 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco
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Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.[1]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2][3]

Qualifying

There are 8 men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of fifteen squad members: eight outfield players, two goalkeepers with the other members being one guide, one coach with an assistant coach, along with a doctor and physiotherapist.[4]Iran the finalists of Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics withdraw due to Financial problems of players and Political reasons.

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship 5–16 June 2018 Spain Madrid 1  Brazil (BRA)
2019 Americas Regional Championships[5] 2–10 June 2019 Brazil São Paulo 1  Argentina (ARG)
2019 European Championships[6] 15–24 September 2019 Italy Rome 2  France (FRA)
 Spain (ESP)
2019 Asia Regional Championships[7] 30 September – 6 October 2019 Thailand Pattaya 2  Iran (IRI)
 China (CHN)
 Thailand (THA)
2019 Africa Regional Championships[8] 22 November – 1 December 2019 Nigeria Enugu 1  Morocco (MAR)
Host country allocation 7 September 2013 Argentina Buenos Aires 1  Japan (JPN)
Total 8

Schedule

G Group stage C Classification matches ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
Date
Event
 Wed
25 Aug		 Thu
26 Aug		 Fri
27 Aug		 Sat
28 Aug		 Sun
29 Aug		 Mon
30 Aug		 Tue
31 Aug		 Wed
1 Sep		 Thu
2 Sep		 Fri
3 Sep		 Sat
4 Sep		 Sun
5 Sep
Men's tournament G G G C
(5th/6th)
(7th/8th)		 ½ B F

Squads

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's team squads

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Brazil (BRA)
Cássio [pt]
Damião [pt]
Gledson da Paixão Barros
Jardiel
Jefinho [pt]
Luan [pt]
Matheus Bumussa
Nonato [pt]
Ricardinho [pt]
Tiago [pt] 		 Argentina (ARG)
Federico Accardi [es]
Ángel Deldo
Maximiliano Espinillo [es]
Nahuel Heredia
Darío Lencina
Germán Muleck [es]
Froilán Padilla [es]
Marcelo Panizza
Braian Pereyra
Nicolás Véliz [es] 		 Morocco (MAR)
Abdellali Ait Al-Hakem
Elhabib Ait Bajja
Samir Bara
Imad Berka
Kamal Boughlam
Said El-Mselek
Houssam Ghilli
Ayoub Hadimi
Abderrazak Hattab
Zouhair Snisla

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi finals
2  China 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 5th–6th place match
4  France 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Japan 4–0 France
 Report
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Brazil 3–0 China
 Report
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
China 1–0 France
Zhu Ruiming 37' Report
Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)
Brazil 4–0 Japan
 Report
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)
Japan 0–2 China
Report Zhu Ruiming 12', 18'
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
France 0–4 Brazil
Report
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Semi finals
2  Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 5th–6th place match
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Argentina 2–1 Morocco
Espinillo 3', 15' Report Snisla 9'
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)
Spain 1–0 Thailand
Martin 40' Report
Referee: Urabe Yasushi (Japan)
Thailand 0–2 Morocco
Report Snisla 6', 20'
Referee: Kazuo Takagi (Japan)
Spain 0–2 Argentina
Report Espinillo 8', 40'
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Argentina 3–0 Thailand
 Report
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Morocco 1–1 Spain
Snisla 18' Report Martin 30'
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
2 September
 
 
 China0
 
4 September
 
 Argentina2
 
 Argentina0
 
2 September
 
 Brazil1
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Morocco0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
4 September
 
 
 China0
 
 
 Morocco4

7th–8th classification matches

France 2–3 Thailand
Youme 29', 31' Report
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

5th–6th classification matches

Japan 1–0 Spain
Kuroda 20' Report
Referee: Rafael Gonzalez (Mexico)

Semi-finals

China 0–2 Argentina
Report Espinillo 18', 22'
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Brazil 1–0 Morocco
Berka 28' (o.g.) Report
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Bronze medal match

China 0–4 Morocco
Report Snisla 4', 8', 18', 30'
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Gold medal match

Argentina 0–1 Brazil
Report Mendes 33'
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Final rankings

Rank Team
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Morocco
4  China
5  Japan
6  Spain
7  Thailand
8  France

See also

References

  1. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ "IBSA Blind Football Rulebook 2017–2021" (PDF). www.ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Brazil recapture Copa America". International Paralympic Committee. 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (22 September 2019). "Spain and France book Tokyo 2020 place at Blind Football European Championships". insidethegames.biz.
  7. ^ Pavitt, Michael (5 October 2019). "Iran earn Tokyo 2020 qualification by reaching Blind Football Asian Championships final". insidethegames.biz.
  8. ^ "Morocco retains African title and qualified for Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.