Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Hockey Centre
Dates31 August – 8 September 2012
Competitors96 (8 teams)
Medalists
Brazil  Brazil
France  France
Spain  Spain

Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in London at the Riverbank Arena, from 31 August to 8 September. Football 5-a-side is played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.[2]

For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were the favourites since they had won both in Athens 2004 and in Beijing 2008; they were also the defending world champions.[3]

Qualifying

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths[4] Qualified
Host nation   1  Great Britain (GBR)
2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship 14–22 August 2010  United Kingdom 1  Brazil (BRA)
2010 Asian Para-Games 13–18 December 2010 Guangzhou,  China 1  China (CHN)
2011 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships 17 June – 1 July 2011 Aksaray,  Turkey 2  France (FRA)
 Spain (ESP)
2011 Parapan American Games 15–20 November 2011 Guadalajara,  Mexico 1  Argentina (ARG)
Wildcard   2  Turkey (TUR)
 Iran (IRI)
Total 8

Squads

Each of the eight participating nations submitted a squad of ten men – eight blind or visually impaired players and two sighted goalkeepers. For the first time, the sighted players were awarded medals as part of their team.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Brazil (BRA) 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Qualified for the medal round
2  France (FRA) 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3  China (CHN) 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 4 Qualified for the classification round
4  Turkey (TUR) 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source:
Brazil 0–0 France
Report
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

China 4–0 Turkey
Wenfa Zheng 2', 50'
Xiaoqiang Li 13' (pen.)
Yafeng Wang 46'
Report
Attendance: 1,938
Referee: Paul Leversuch (Germany)

Turkey 0–4 Brazil
Report Conceição 4', 38'
Alves 14'
Da Silva 24' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,438
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

France 0–0 China
Report
Attendance: 1,554
Referee: Paul Leversuch (Great Britain)

Brazil 1–0 China
Conceição 22' Report
Attendance: 931
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

France 1–0 Turkey
Labarre 4' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain (ESP) 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Qualified for the medal round
2  Argentina (ARG) 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3  Iran (IRI) 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3 Qualified for the classification round
4  Great Britain (GBR) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source:
Iran 0–2 Argentina
Report Velo 27', 48'
Attendance: 1,985
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Great Britain 1–1 Spain
Clarke 22' Report Martín Gaitán 20' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,630
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Spain 2–0 Iran
Martín Gaitán 13', 22' Report
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Argentina 0–0 Great Britain
Report
Attendance: 2,179
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Spain 0–0 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 1,836
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Great Britain 0–1 Iran
Report Ardekani 21' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,273
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

China 1–1 (a.e.t.) Great Britain
Li 40' (pen.) Report English 47'
Penalties
Li
Wang
2–1 Clarke
English
Seal
Attendance: 1,893
Referee: Juan Carlos Paule (Spain)

Iran 1–0 Turkey
Rajab Pour 19' Report
Attendance: 1,510
Referee: Niels Haupt (Germany)

7th–8th place match

Turkey 0–2 Great Britain
Report Seal 5'
Clarke 48'
Attendance: 969
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

5th–6th place match

Iran 0–0 (a.e.t.) China
Report
Penalties
Shalhavizadeh
Ardekani
Haftdaran
0–1 Zhoubin
Yafeng
Dongdong
Attendance: 1,603
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Medal round

Semi-finals

Brazil 0–0 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Report
Penalties
Severino
dos Reis
1–0 Sacayan
Velo
Padilla
Attendance: 2,016
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Spain 0–2 France
Report Villeroux 23', 49'
Attendance: 1,796
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Bronze medal match

Spain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Report
Penalties
Martín Gaitán
Rosado Carrasco
Giera Tejuelo
1–0 Rodriguez
Velo
Deldo
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Gold medal match

France 0–2 Brazil
Report Severino 22' (pen.)
Baron 42' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,990
Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Brazil (BRA)
Fábio Vasconcelos
Daniel Dantas da Silva
Emerson de Carvalho
Gledson da Paixão
Cássio Lopes dos Reis
Marcos Felipe
Jeferson da Conceição Gonçalves
Severino Gabriel da Silva
Ricardo Steinmetz Alves (captain)
Raimundo Nonato Alves Mendes
 France (FRA)
Frédéric Jannas
Hakim Arezki
Abderrahim Maya
Yvan Kepmegni
David Labarre
Jonathan Grangier
Gaël Rivière
Martin Baron
Arnaud Ayax
Frédéric Villeroux (captain)
 Spain (ESP)
Álvaro Gonzalez Alcaraz
José Luis Giera Tejuelo
Francisco Muñoz Pérez
Adolfo Acosta Rodriguez (captain)
José López Ramírez
Alfredo Cuadrado Freire
Antonio Martín Gaitán
Youssef El Haddaoui Rabii
Marcelo Rosado Carrasco
Raul Díaz Ortín

See also

References

  1. ^ "International Paralympic Committee". 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Football 5-a-side" Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessed 21 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Football 5-a-Side: 12 Facts for London 2012".
  4. ^ Football 5-a-Side Qualification Criteria – FT, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011.