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
Qualifying
The following teams are qualified for the tournament:
George Van Altena (GK)
Stephan Lokhoff
Gerad Arends
Joey Mense
Lars Conijn
Minne de Vos
Peter Kooij
Rik Rondenburg
Pawel Statema
John Swinkels (FW)
Daan Dikken
Iljas Visker
Myron Gebbink
Stefan Boersma (GK)
Ross Russell
Craig Connell
Blair Glynn
Jamie Trevit
Jonathan Paterson
Mark Robertson
Martin Hickman
Scott Martin
James Richmond
Thomas Brown
Anton Clark
Jaime Mitchell
Jonathan O'Hara
Scott Troup
Yuri Woodfall (GK)
Derek Whitson
John Phillips
Liam Stanley
Samuel Charron
Dustin Hodgson
Matthew Brown
Stiles Trevor
Chris Duehrsen
Jamie Ackinclose
Geoff Wakefield
Kyle Payne
Matthew Gilbert
Sean Freeman
Jorge Peleteiro
Carlos Rodriguez
Ramón del Pino
Aitor Ariño
Carlos Anton
Daniel Manjón
Sergio Clemente
Noe Adell
Raúl Pacheco
Leandro Pérez
Daniel Palau
Emilio Ribeiro
Enrique Tejerina
Sergio Álvarez
Joseph Markey
Luke Evans
Daragh Snell
Ryan Nolan
Daragh Byrne
Gary Messet
Simon Le'Strange
Tom Badun
Dillon Sheridan
Aaron Tier
Brian McGillivary
Eric O'Flaherty
Pedraig Lacey
Peter Cotter
George Fletcher
Matthew Dimbylow Martin Sinclair
Nicholas Fish
Emyle Rudder
Michael Barker
Harry Baker
Alexander Mullin
Jack Rutter
Ryan Kay
Oliver Nugent
Ryan Taylor
Karl Townshend
Thomas Smith
Brayan Andrés Moreno
Ángel Evelio Molina
Wilman Jesús Ortega
Frank René Pineda
Saul Eliecer Torres
Daniel Enrique Sánchez
José Leonardo Gimon
Luis Alfredo Gutierrez
Marcos Tulio Cárdenas
Wuarion Jesús Mendoza
Angel Finalo
Ismar Johan Casares
Jose Carapaica
Marlon Alexander Bello
Yonfer Orladno Zamora
Rui Rocha
Vitor Vilarinho
André Ricardo Silva Ferreira
Ruben Oliveira
Tiago Carneiro
Pedro Santos
Tiago Ramos
Aurelio Ribeiro
Nuno Bogas
Pedro Nuno Machado Silva
Fernando da Silva
Francisco Dias
Sérgio Barros
Tiago Correira
Chris Barty (GK)
David Barber (DF)
Jack Williams (DF)
Thomas Goodman (DF)
Ben Atkins (MF)
Chris Pyne (MF)
Connor Marsh (MF)
James Turner (MF)
Michael Debenham (MF)
Ryan Kinner (MF)
Scott Kennedy (MF)
Beau Menzies (FW)
Jarrod Larkins-Law (FW)
Ned McCabe (FW)
Marcos Ferreira (GK)
Wanderson Silva de Oliveira Jose Carlos Guimaraes
Cleiton Oliveira
Ronaldo de Souza Almeida
Jan Francisco Costa
Fernandes Vieira
Yurig Ribeiro
Luciano Silva
Antonio Silva
Evandro Souza
Joao Batista Araújo
Marcos Yuri Costa
Moises Silva (GK)
Sergio Nahuel Gutierrez (GK)
Rodrigo Eloy Lugrín
Ezequiel Anival Jaime
Claudio Omar Figuera
Mariano Andrés Morana
Rodrigo Adolfo Luquez
Fabricio Gabriel Alvarez
Matias Fernandez
Maximiliano Fernandez
Fabio Miguel Coria
Brian David Vivot
Ezequiel Hefling
Gustavo Diego Nanuelquin
Horacio Netchovitch
Juan Albert Alabarce
Jordan Kearns
Christian Canning
Ryan Walker
Cormac Birt
Darren Lemon
David Leavy
Stephen Halpin
Adam Carson
Andrew Young
Dean Fegan
Jonathan Prenter
Marc Smith
Thomas McCormick
William Hamilton
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.