2008 Summer Paralympics / 5-a-side football

Five-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Olympic Green hockey facility
Teams	6th
Athletes	60
date	September 7-17, 2008
decisions	1
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At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , a gold medal was awarded in a five-a-side football competition. The decisions were made between September 7th and 17th, 2008. The venue was the Olympic Green hockey facility , on which the Olympic hockey tournaments also took place. For the first time the competition was held at the previous Paralympics in Athens .

Classification

In each game two teams with four field players, one goalkeeper and five substitutes each play. Field players must be blind or have a visual impairment. Everyone wears a blindfold to ensure equal opportunities. The goalkeeper is allowed to see and does not wear a blindfold. Behind the opposing goal each team has a teammate who shouts to help them aim. The ball makes noises when it moves in order to better determine its position. Two halves of 25 minutes each are played. In the event of a tie, a penalty shoot-out follows.

Game mode

Initially, all teams competed against each other in the group stage with only one group. Then the group first and second played against each other in the final. The third and fourth of the group played for bronze. The fifth and sixth place were won among the last two teams in the group.

Qualified teams

A total of six men's teams have qualified for the Paralympics:

nation	qualification
Argentina	ISBA Championship 2006
South Korea	Asian qualifying tournament
Brazil	Parapan-American Games
United Kingdom	European qualifying tournament
Spain	European qualifying tournament
People's Republic of China	host

There was only one competition for men.

Preliminary round

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	People's Republic of China	5	4th	1	0	7: 1	13
2	Brazil	5	3	2	0	10: 1	11
3	Argentina	5	3	1	1	7: 2	10
4th	Spain	5	1	1	3	5: 7	4th
5	United Kingdom	5	1	0	4th	4:15	3
6th	South Korea	5	0	1	4th	3:10	1

date	time	encounter			Result
7th of September	9:30 a.m. CNST	Argentina	-	Spain	2: 0 (1: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Silvio Velo (7th), 2-0 Silvio Velo (34th)
7th of September	11:30 a.m. CNST	People's Republic of China	-	United Kingdom	3: 0 (1: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Wang Yafeng (18th), 2-0 Chen Shanyong (29th), 3-0 Wang Yafeng (38th)
7th of September	1:30 p.m. CNST	Brazil	-	South Korea	3: 0 (2: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Jefferson Goncalves (7th), 2-0 Joao Batista Silva (24th), 3-0 Mizael Oliveira (41st)
the 9th of September	9:00 a.m. CNST	South Korea	-	United Kingdom	1: 2 (0: 1)
Goals: 0: 1 David Clarke (24th), 1: 1 Hur Suk (26th), 1: 2 Jon Gribbin (40th)
the 9th of September	11:00 a.m. CNST	Brazil	-	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0)
Goal: 1-0 Jefferson Goncalves (28th)
the 9th of September	1:00 p.m. CNST	Argentina	-	People's Republic of China	0: 1 (0: 1)
Goal: 0: 1 Lucas Rodriguez (23rd / own goal)
September 11	9:00 a.m. CNST	Argentina	-	Brazil	0: 0 (0: 0)
Goal:
September 11	11:00 a.m. CNST	South Korea	-	People's Republic of China	0: 1 (0: 1)
Goal: 0-1 Li Xiaoqiang (13th / penalty kick)
September 11	1:00 p.m. CNST	United Kingdom	-	Spain	1: 3 (0: 0)
Goals: 1: 0 David Clarke (29th), 1: 1 Alfredo Cuadrado (37th), 1: 2 Marcelo Rosado (43rd), 1: 3 Antonio Jesus Martin (44th / penalty)
13.september	9:00 a.m. CNST	People's Republic of China	-	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0)
Goal: 1-0 Zheng Wenfa (50th)
13.september	11:00 a.m. CNST	United Kingdom	-	Brazil	0: 5 (0: 4)
Goals: 0: 1 Joao Batista Silva (1st), 0: 2 Mizael Oliveira (12th), 0: 3 Ajmal Maqsood Ahmed (16th / own goal), 0: 4 Ricardo Alves (24th), 0: 5 Ricardo Alves (26.)
13.september	1:00 p.m. CNST	Argentina	-	South Korea	2: 0 (1: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Ivan Figueroa (8th), 2-0 Silvio Velo (48th)
September 15th	9:00 a.m. CNST	Argentina	-	United Kingdom	3: 1 (1: 0)
Goals: 1: 0 Silvio Velo (25th), 1: 1 Lee Greatbatch (28th), 2: 1 Ivan Figueroa (33rd), 3: 1 Silvio Velo (50th)
September 15th	11:00 a.m. CNST	Spain	-	South Korea	2: 2 (0: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Antonio Jesus Martin (31st / penalty), 1: 1 Kim Kyung-Ho (35 / penalty), 2: 1 Antonio Jesus Martin (43 / penalty), 2: 2 Lee Jin-Won ( 46.)
September 15th	1:00 p.m. CNST	People's Republic of China	-	Brazil	1: 1 (0: 1)
Goals: 0: 1 Ricardo Alves (13th), 1: 1 Wang Zhoubin (33th)

Final round

date	time	encounter			Result
Play for 5th place
17th of September	9:00 a.m. CNST	United Kingdom	-	South Korea	1: 0 i. E. (0: 1, 1: 1)
Goals: 0: 1 Oh Yong-Kyun (17th), 1: 1 David Clarke (48th), 1: 0 David Clarke (i. E.)
3rd place match
17th of September	11:00 a.m. CNST	Argentina	-	Spain	1: 0 i. E. (0: 1, 1: 1)
Goals: 0: 1 Antonio Jesus Martin (1st), 1: 1 Silvio Velo (42nd), 1: 0 Diego Cerega (i. E.)
final
17th of September	1:30 p.m. CNST	People's Republic of China	-	Brazil	1: 2 (1: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Wang Yafeng (24th), 1: 1 Ricardo Alves (30th), Marcos Felipe (50th / penalty kick)

Medalist

space	country	player
1	Brazil	Fabio Ribeiro Vasconcelos (captain), Sandro Soares , Damiao Ramos , Severino Silva , Ricardo Alves , Marcos Felipe , Mizael Oliveira , Joao Batista Silva , Jefferson Goncalves , Andreonni Farias Rego
2	People's Republic of China	Li Xiaoqiang (captain), Xia Zheng , Wang Zhoubin , Chen Shanyong , Wang Yafeng , Wei Zheng, Zhang Qiang, Yu Yutan , Yang Xinqiang , Zheng Wenfa
3	Argentina	Silvio Velo (captain), Gonzalo Abbas Hachache , Eduardo Diaz , Diego Cerega , Lucas Rodríguez , Dario Lencina , Antonio Mendoza , Gustavo Maidana , Ivan Figueroa , Jose Luis Jimenez

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Schedules & Results - Football 5-a-side ( Memento of March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) . Retrieved October 1, 2008.

Web links

• International Blind Sports Federation (English, Spanish)