Summer Paralympics 1996/7-a-side football

7-a-side football at the 10th Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Atlanta
Teams	8th
date	August 16-25, 1996
decisions	1
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Medal table 7-a-side football
space	country
	Netherlands
	Russia
	Spain

At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta , 7-a-side football medals were awarded in a competition .

qualification

Qualified teams

A total of eight men's teams had qualified for the Paralympics:

continent	number	Attendees
host	1	Spain
from Europe	4th	Ireland Netherlands Portugal Russia
from North America	1	United States
from South America	2	Argentina Brazil

Squad

The squad for each team was as follows:

Argentina
	Herrera, Roberto
	Torres, Gaston
	Jaime, Gustavo
	Sosa, Mario
	Cettour, Diego
	Rodrigez, Arreguito
	Maciel, Marcelo
	Anriquez, Mario
	Canals, Diego
	Lopez, Miguel
	Delella, Nicolas

Brazil
	Costa, Adriano
	da Rosa, Joao
	Dantas Filho, Oziel
	Santos, M.
	Azevedo, Sebastiao
	Lima, Arildo
	Goncalves, Jefferson
	Pereira Filho, Jorge
	Barbosa, Ricardo
	Ferreira, Marcos
	Costa Neto, S.

Ireland
	Colgan, Colin
	Green, Anthony
	Keating, Carlos
	Murrihy, James
	Carey, Stephen
	O'Riordan, Finbarr
	McNally, David
	Alexander, Peter
	McGrane, Joseph
	Leisk, Paul
	Cassin, Paul

Netherlands
	de Jong, Arno
	van Breemen, Rudi
	de Vries, Jaap
	Heersink, Paul
	Dengerink, Carlo
	Karssen, Olaf
	Guntlisbergen, Peter
	Hennink, Dirk
	Enser, Percy
	Thunders, Olaf
	Glimmerveen, Rene

Portugal
	Araujo, Arlindo
	Protasio, Fernando
	Ribeiro, Aurelio
	Carlos, Alves
	Olveira, Rui
	Germano, Nuno
	Bruno, heroes
	Duraes, Alvaro
	Carvalho, Jose
	Dias, Francisco
	Barata, Fernando

Russia
	Morozov, Victor
	Nikachine, Sergui
	Chemanine, Alexei
	Fatiakhdinov, Marat
	Guerassimov, G.
	Sizov, Pavel
	Khryashev, Sergey
	Korenkov, Nikolai
	Lozhechnikov, Andrey
	Silatchev, Alexei

Spain
	Galilea, Julian
	Pardo, Borja
	Vazquez, Juan
	Visitacion, Jesus Maria
	Hurtado, Jose
	Lopez, Santiago
	Jimenez, David
	Rufo, Manuel
	Arzallus, Aitzol
	Taibo, Juan
	Peleteiro, Jorge

United States
	Abarbabel-Wolff, Elias
	Lavin, Matthew
	McCullough, Jon
	Robinson, Brian
	McKinney, Joshua
	Aguilar, Adolfo
	Nicholson, Daniel
	Peters, Michael
	Kistner, Timothy
	Theobald, John
	Baker, Craig

Game mode

The teams started with a group stage with two groups in which everyone played against everyone. Then the winners and the runners-up in each group progressed and played against each other in a knockout system .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	007: 200	+5	06th
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Argentina	3	1	0	2	008: 700	+1	03
4th	Portugal	3	0	0	3	002: 900	−7	00
Was standing: Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats Explanations: games for 1st to 4th place , games for 5th to 8th place (not played out)

rank	nation	Netherlands	Spain	Argentina	Portugal
1	Netherlands		2: 1	3: 2	2: 1
2	Spain	1: 2		3: 1	2-0
3	Argentina	2: 3	1: 3		5: 1
4th	Portugal	1: 2	0: 2	1: 5

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Russia	3	3	0	0	009-000	+9	09
2.	United States	3	2	0	1	007: 600	+1	06th
3.	Ireland	3	1	0	2	001: 500	−4	03
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	001: 700	−6	00
Was standing: Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats Explanations: games for 1st to 4th place , games for 5th to 8th place (not played out)

rank	nation	Russia	United States	Ireland	Brazil
1	Russia		5-0	2-0	2-0
2	United States	0: 5		3-0	4: 1
3	Ireland	0: 2	0: 3		1-0
3	Brazil	0: 2	1: 4	0: 1

Final round

Semifinals

Netherlands	-	United States	4: 1
Russia	-	Spain	2: 1

Game for 3rd place

United States	-	Spain	1: 2

final

Netherlands	-	Russia	3: 1

Medalist

There was only one competition for men.

Gold Netherlands	Arno de Jong, Rudi van Breemen, Jaap de Vries, Paul Heersink, Carlo Dengerink, Olaf Karssen, Peter Guntlisbergen, Dirk Hennink, Percy Enser, Olaf Donners, Rene Glimmerveen
Silver Russia	Victor Morozov, Sergui Nikachine, Alexei Chemanine, Marat Fatiakhdinov, G. Guerassimov, Pavel Sizov, Sergey Khryashev, Nikolai Korenkov, Andrey Lozhechnikov, Alexei Silatchev
Bronze Spain	Julian Galilea, Borja Pardo, Juan Vazquez, Jesus Maria Visitacion, Jose Hurtado, Santiago Lopez, David Jimenez, Manuel Rufo, Aitzol Arzallus, Juan Taibo, Jorge Peleteiro

Final placement

space	country
01	Netherlands
02	Russia
03	Spain
04th	United States
05	Argentina
0	Ireland
0	Brazil
0	Portugal

literature

• International Paralympic Committee: 1996 Atlanta - Results - Football 7-a-side . Retrieved October 7, 2008.

Web links

• Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games Football 7-a-side Men , Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games Football 7-a-side Men (engl.)
• "Result & Records" , Paralympics Result and Historical Records
• "Football 7-a-side" , The official site of the Paralympic Games and football 7-a-side
• "International Paralympics Committee" , The official site of the International Paralympics Committee (Eng.)
• Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA) , Homepage of CPISRA
• "Paralympic Games" , The official site of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Eng.)