International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football

From 1978 to 2014, cerebral palsy football was governed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sport and Recreation Association (CPISRA). On 1 January 2015, CP football became an independent sport and the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) was created to govern the game.^[1][2] After the 2016 Paralympic Games, women CP football was started.^[3] The first-ever IFCPF Women's World Cup was played in 2022.^[4]

1. 1978 – 1st International CP Football competition for men
2. 1982 – First World Championship
3. 1984 – Inclusion within the Paralympic Games
4. 1985 – First Regional Championship in Glasgow
5. 2015 Inaugural IFCPF CP Football World Championships U19 at the CPISRA World Games
6. 2022 – First-ever IFCPF Women World Cup

The president of IFCPF is Jan-Hein Evers of Netherlands. The organisation's secretary general is Sam Turner of England.^[5]

The IFCPF is organized zonally, with members belonging to one of five continental zones. These zones are Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.^[6] These members are often either national cerebral palsy football associations, national cerebral palsy sports federations, national Paralympic committees, or national football associations. The type of member in the IFCPF varies by country.^[6]

Rankings - CP Football^[7][8]

CP football teams consist of seven ambulant athletes on the field of play, with cerebral palsy or a traumatic brain injury. In total, 14 players can be listed on the team sheet. In order to ensure fairness between two teams, each team must have two FT5 or FT6 (FT1) players on the field at all times and no more than one FT8 (FT3) player on the field at any time.^[9][10][11]

There are two sets of classifications that are used in CP Football: pre-2018 classifications and post-2018 classifications. Pre-2018, the classifications ranged from FT5 (CP5) to FT8 (CP8) where FT8 players show minimal impairment and FT5 players show more significant impairment. The Pre-2018 classifications are still used domestically.^[9]

Post-2018, the classification system was revamped and the eligible classification for international matches ranging from FT1–FT3. Players classed as FT1 are considered to have more significant impairment (FT5 and FT6 equivalent) and FT3 players have minimal impairment (FT8 equivalent). Both classification systems are based off an individual's type of movement and where the impairment is located.^[9][10]

In 2016, it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Asian Football Confederation. Part of this involved the AFC supporting an AFC Youth CP Football Tournament in 2017.^[12] In 2014, 2015 and 2016, IFCPF was getting financial support from UEFA.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

The IFCPF is a WADA signatory.^[19] In 2016, after getting an endorsement by the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA), the IFCPF Anti-Doping Code was formally amended to allow for out of competition testing. This was done through a WADA approved Whereabouts Programme managed through ADAMS. Drawing from players in a Registered Testing Pool, 10 players from 9 countries were initially included ahead of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. These countries included Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Iran, Argentina, Ireland, Ukraine, England, and Brazil.^[12]

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Code	Federation [IFCPFnotes 1]	National teams	Joined [IFCPFnotes 2]	Doping [IFCPFnotes 3]	Ranking [IFCPFnotes 4]	Paralympics Games	Championships		National league [IFCPFnotes 5]	Continent	Ref
							World	Regional
ARG	Argentina (FADEPAC)	Men's		OOC [IFCPFnotes 6]	6	1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016	1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	1995, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	America	[20][6][21][22][23][24][7]
AUS	Australia	Men's			14		2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	2006*, 2010*	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Oceania	[20][6][22][7]
AUT	Austria	Men's			44=		1986		None	Europe	[6]
BEL	Belgium	Men's			37=	1984, 1988, 1992	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2001	1995, 1999	None	Europe	[6][25][26]
BRA	Brazil	Men's		OOC	3	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	1995, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	America	[20][6][21][22][27][26][7]
CAM	Cambodia	Men's			27			2015, 2017	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Asia (Southeast)	[20][6][28]
CAN	Canada	Men's			11	1984	2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	2007, 2010, 2014, 2015	2015, 2016, 2017	America	[20][6][29][1][7]
CHI	Chile	Men's			17			1995, 1999, 2002	2016, 2017	America	[20][6]
CHN	China (CDPF)	Men's			44=	2008	2007	2006, 2010	None	Asia	[6][26]
COL	Colombia (FECDE PC)	Men's			19			2007	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	America	[20][6]
DEN	Denmark	Men's			22		1982	2010, 2014	None	Europe	[6][7]
ENG	England	Men's	1978	OOC	7		2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	2010, 2014	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Europe	[20][6][29][22][7]
ESP	Spain (FEDPC)	Men's			18	1992, 1996, 2000	1994, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017	1995, 2002, 2006, 2010	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Europe	[20][6][7]
FIN	Finland	Men's			29		2011	1999, 2006, 2010, 2014	None	Europe	[6][7]
FRA	France	Men's			30		1994	1991	None	Europe	[6]
GBR	Great Britain  England and  Wales (CP Sport)	Men's			0	1984, 1992, 2008, 2012, 2016	1986, 1990, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007	1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006	None	Europe	[6]
GER	Germany	Men's			10			2014	None	Europe	[6][7]
GHA	Ghana (CPSRA Ghana)	Men's			37=				None [IFCPFnotes 7]	Africa	[6]
HND	Honduras	Men's	2017		44=					America	[7]
IND	India	Men's	Jan. 2015		23				2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Asia	[20][6][21]
INA	Indonesia	Men's	Jan. 2015		25			2017	2014, 2015	Asia (Southeast)
IRL	Ireland	Men's	1978	OOC	5	1984, 2016	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	1991, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	None	Europe	[6][29][22][25][7]
IRI	Iran	Men's		OOC	12	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017	2006, 2010, 2014	2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Asia	[20][6][21][22][27][26][7]
ITA	Italy (FISPES)	Men's			0				None	Europe	[6]
JOR	Jordan	Men's	Jan. 2015		37=				None	Asia	[6][21]
JPN	Japan	Men's		OOC	16		2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	2006, 2010, 2014	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Asia	[20][6][29][22][30][7][24]
KEN	Kenya	Men's	2017		0					Africa	[7]
KOR	South Korea (KFCPF)	Men's			18	1988	2003, 2011	2006, 2010, 2014	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Asia	[20][6][21][24][26][7]
LUX	Luxembourg	Men's	2017		0					Europe	[7]
MAC	Macau	Men's			0				None	Asia	[6]
MAS	Malaysia (NPC Malaysia)	Men's			0			2006*, 2014, 2015, 2017	None	Asia (Southeast)	[6][31]
MEX	Mexico (FEMEDEPC)	Men's			44=			2010, 2014	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	America	[20][6][7]
MYA	Myanmar (NPC Myanmar)	Men's			0			2014, 2015, 2017	None	Asia (Southeast)	[6][31]
NED	Netherlands (KNVB)	Men's		OOC	4	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	None	Europe	[6][29][22][7]
NGA	Nigeria	Men's	Jan. 2015		44=				2016, 2017	Africa	[20][6][21]
NIR	Northern Ireland	Men's			13		2013, 2015, 2017	2014	None	Europe	[6][29][7]
NOR	Norway				0				None	Europe	[6]
NZL	New Zealand	Men's			44=					Oceania	[6]
PER	Peru	Men's	2017		37=					America	[7]
POR	Portugal (FPDD)	Men's			44=	1984, 1992, 1996, 2000	1986, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2017	1999, 2002, 2014	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Europe	[20][6][29][7]
RSA	South Africa (SASPD)	Men's			0		2005, 2007		2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Africa	[20][6]
RUS	Russia (RCPFF)	Men's		OOC	2	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	1995, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Europe	[20][29][22][7]
SCO	Scotland (SDS)	Men's	1978		9		2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015	2006, 2010, 2014	None	Europe	[6][29][7]
SIN	Singapore	Men's			44=			2014, 2014*, 2015, 2017	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Asia (Southeast)	[20][6][21][31][32][7]
SLV	El Salvador	Men's	2017		44=					America	[7]
THA	Thailand	Men's			0			2014, 2015, 2017	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Asia (Southeast)	[20][6][28]
TUN	Tunisia	Men's			44=				2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Africa	[20][6]
TUR	Turkey				0				None	Europe	[6]
UAE	United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.NPC)	Men's			0				None	Asia	[6]
UKR	Ukraine (NPC Ukraine)	Men's		OOC	1	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Europe	[20][6][29][22][7]
USA	United States	Men's			8	1984, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016	1990, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	1995, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015	None	America	[6][21][26][30][7]
VEN	Venezuela (FEVEDE-PC)	Men's			15		2013, 2015, 2017	2007, 2010, 2014, 2015	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	America	[20][6][21][7]
VNM	Vietnam	Men's	2017		0					Asia	[7]
WAL	Wales (FAW Trust)	Men's	Jan. 2015		0				None	Europe	[6][21][7]

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