Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

2024 Football 5-a-side Paralympic tournament
Tournament details
Host countryParis, France
Dates1 – 7 September 2024
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)Eiffel Tower Stadium
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored22 (1.22 per match)
Attendance176,610 (9,812 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Nonato
France Villeroux
(3 goals)
2020
2028

Football 5-a-side, more commonly known as Blind football or Blind soccer, at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris, France.[1][2]

Qualifying

There are eight men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of eight outfield players and two goalkeepers.

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country allocation 1  France
2022 IBSA Blind Football European Championships[3] 8–18 June 2022 Italy Pescara 1

 Turkey

2022 IBSA Blind Football African Championships 14–26 September 2022 Morocco Bouznika 1

 Morocco

2022 IBSA Blind Football Asian-Oceanian Championships[4] 11–18 November 2022 India Kochi 1  China
2023 IBSA World Games[5] 18–27 August 2023 United Kingdom Birmingham 3  Argentina
 Colombia
 Japan
2023 Parapan American Games 17–26 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  Brazil
Total 8

At the IBSA World Games, as China (runner-up) and Brazil (third place) qualified for the Paralympics through their regional qualifiers, their places were allocated to Colombia (fourth place) and Japan (fifth place).[1]

Schedule

Eiffel Tower stadium during competition.
G Group stage C Classification matches ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
Date
Event
Thu
29 Aug
Fri
30 Aug
Sat
31 Aug
Sun
1 Sep
Mon
2 Sep
Tue
3 Sep
Wed
4 Sep
Thu
5 Sep
Fri
6 Sep
Sat
7 Sep
Men's tournament G G G C ½ B F

Squads

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  France
Alessandro Bartolomucci
Mickael Miguez
Gael Riviere
Hakim Arezki
Martin Baron
Khalifa Youmé
Frédéric Villeroux
Ahmed Tidiane Diakite
Fabrice Morgado
Benoit Chevreau de Montlehu
 Argentina
Darío Lencina
Ángel Deldo
Nahuel Heredia
Froilan Padilla
Jesus Merlos
Matias Olivera
Maximiliano Espinillo
Osvaldo Fernández
Mario Rios
Germán Muleck
 Brazil
Luan Gonçalves
Maicon Júnior
Cássio Lopes
Jonatan Borges da Silva
Jeferson da Conceição
Nonato
Tiago da Silva
Ricardo Alves
Jardiel Soares
Matheus Bumussa

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7 Semi-finals
2  France (H) 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  China 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4 Fifth place match
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0 Seventh place match
Source: Paris 2024
(H) Hosts
Brazil 3–0 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 9,160
Referee: Jose Alfredo Martinez Ibarra (Mexico)

France 1–0 China
Report
Attendance: 9,160
Referee: Germinal Dante Lubrano (Argentina)

Turkey 0–2 China
Report
Attendance: 8,814
Referee: Rodolphe-Marc-Pierrick Bonnin (France)

France 0–3 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 10,580
Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

China 0–0 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 10,580
Referee: Germinal Dante Lubrano (Argentina)

Turkey 0–2 France
Report
Attendance: 10,580
Referee: Jose Alfredo Martinez Ibarra (Mexico)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Semi-finals
2  Argentina 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3  Morocco 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Fifth place match
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0 Seventh place match
Source: Paris 2024
Japan 0–1 Colombia
Report
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

Morocco 0–0 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Argentina 0–0 Colombia
Report
Attendance: 8,790
Referee: Jose Alfredo Martinez Ibarra (Mexico)

Japan 0–1 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 8,790
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Colombia 1–0 Morocco
Pérez 25' Report
Attendance: 8,890
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Argentina 1–0 Japan
Report
Attendance: 8,890
Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
5 September
 
 
 Colombia0
 
7 September
 
 France1
 
 France (p)1 (3)
 
5 September
 
 Argentina1 (2)
 
 Brazil0 (3)
 
 
 Argentina (p)0 (4)
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
7 September
 
 
 Colombia0
 
 
 Brazil1

Seventh place match

Turkey 2–0 Japan
Report
Attendance: 8,979
Referee: Ellen Dayane Grosskopf (Brazil)

Fifth place match

China 1–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 8,979
Referee: Rodolphe-Marc-Pierrick Bonnin (France)

Semi-finals

Colombia 0–1 France
Report
Attendance: 11,630
Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Report
Penalties
3–4
Attendance: 11,630
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Bronze medal match

Colombia 0–1 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 11,679
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Gold medal match

France 1–1 Argentina
Report
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 11,679
Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 1.22 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: Paralympics

Final rankings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil
4  Colombia
5  China
6  Morocco
7  Turkey
8  Japan

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES QUALIFICATION REGULATIONS" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Overview about football". IBSA. 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 IBSA Blind Football European Championships". IBSA. 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 IBSA Blind Football Asian Championships". IBSA. 12 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 IBSA Blind Football World Championships". IBSA. 12 June 2022.