Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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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]
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| Venue | Olympic Hockey Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 – 9 September 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 96 (8 teams) | ||||||||||||
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For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament.
Qualifying
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths[3] | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | ||
| 2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships | 15–28 August 2010 | Glasgow,  United Kingdom | 1 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
| 2010 Asian Para Games | 12–19 December 2010 | Guangzhou,  China | 1 |  Iran (IRI) |
| 2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side Americas Championships | 17–27 October 2010 | Buenos Aires,  Argentina | 1 |  Brazil (BRA) |
| 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships | 17 June – 1 July 2011 | Drenthe,  Netherlands[4] | 4 |  Russia (RUS) |
| Netherlands (NED) | ||||
| Argentina (ARG) | ||||
 United States (USA) | ||||
| Total | 8 | |||
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Qualified for the classification round |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1–4 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
Straatman  52' |
Report | Mehri 4' Akbari 27'Karimizadeh 30'Ansari 60+6' |
| Russia | 8–0 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Larionov 23' Ramonov 30', 50', 54'Van Altena 34' (o.g.)Murvanadze 36', 39'Potekhin 60+3' |
Report |
| Argentina | 1–4 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Morana 6' |
Report | Lokhoff 11', 54' Visker 19', 45' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine (UKR) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 7 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 7 | |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | Qualified for the classification round |
| 4 | United States (USA) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 9–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Shkvarlo 1', 7', 41' Trushev 10'Shevchyk 16', 30', 39', 48'Dutko 32' |
Report |
| Great Britain | 0–3 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Almeida 10' Silva 13'Dos Santos 24' |
| United States | 0–8 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Almeida 5', 19' Guimarães 20', 39'da Silva 33', 55'Tostes 49', 57' |
| United States | 0–4 | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Richmond 20' Fletcher 44'Diallo 53'Paterson 60+2' |
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 |
| Great Britain | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Diallo 14' Dimbylow 27'Patrick-Heselton 78' |
Report | Lugrin 29' Vivot 40', 69', 73' |
7th–8th place match
| United States | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Renteria 20' |
Report | Barker 29' Diallo 70'Fletcher 74' |
5th–6th place match
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Visker 9', 12', 18' |
Report |
Medal round
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |