Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

This article is about the 2008 Summer Paralympics event for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments. For the event at those Games for blind and partially sighted athletes, see Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. For the able-bodied event at the 2008 Olympic Games, see Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.

Football 7-a-side at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Green Hockey Field
Dates	8–16 September 2008
Competitors	8 teams
Medalists
Ukraine  Ukraine Russia  Russia Iran  Iran
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Classification

The sport of 7-a-side football is for people with cerebral palsy; athletes classified as CP5 through CP8 may take part. The classification system grades player by the extent of their disability, with lower numbers corresponding to more severe impairment. At least one CP5 or CP6 player, and no more than three CP8 players, may be on the field at a given time.

Participating teams

Eight teams qualified for the football 7-a-side tournament in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Russia Pavel Borisov Alexey Chesmin Mamuka Dzimistarishvili Stanislav Kolykhalov Andrey Kuvaev Alexander Lekov Andrey Lozhechnikov Lasha Murvandze Georgy Nadzharyan Ivan Potekhin Oleg Smirnov Aleksey Tumakov	Brazil Fabiano Bruzzi Adriano Costa Irineu Ferreira Marcos Ferreira José Guimarães Leandro Marinho Gilberto Moraes Wanderson Oliveira Antôonio Rocha Luciano Rocha Jean Rodrigues Marcos Silva	Netherlands Bart Adelaars Jeffrey Bruiner Stephan Lokhoff Joey Mense Pawel Statema Johannes Straatman Johannes Swinkels Rudy van Breemen Martijn van de Ven Hendrikus van Kempen Thieu van Don Johannes Voogd	China Dong Xinliang Fan Zhichao He Jinghua Lang Yunlong Li Chuan Liu Bo Wu Gang Xu Guojun Yang Wenshun Yang Ye Zhu Xu Zhuge Bin
Ukraine Volodymyr Antonyuk Oleksandr Devlysh Taras Dutko Ihor Kosenko Mykola Mikhovych Denys Ponomaryov Anatolii Shevchyk Ivan Shkvarlo Kostyantyn Symashko Vitaliy Trushev Andriy Tsukanov Serhiy Vakulenko	Iran Moslem Akbari Bahman Ansari Rasoul Atashafrouz Ehsan Gholam Hosseinpour Morteza Heidari Habibollah Heidari Mehr Abdolreza Karimzadeh Ardeshir Mahini Esmaeil Malekzadeh Nash Gholamreza Najafitovahkhoshgeh Hadi Safari	Ireland Aidan Brennan Kieran Patrick Devlin Paul Dollard Luke Evans Mark Gerard Jones Darren Kavanagh Derek Michael Malone Joseph James Markey Brian McGillivary Gary Messett Alan O'Hara Finbarr O'Riordan	Great Britain Michael Barker Matthew Dimbylow Matthew Ellis Richard Fox Roy Gordon Kieran Martin Graeme Paterson Jonathan Paterson Jordan Raynes Mark Robertson Leon Taylor Michael Wilson

Competition format

The eight teams were divided into two even groups for a single round robin group stage. The top two teams of each group qualified for the semifinal, while the lower two teams from each group competed for 5th through 8th places. Games consisted of two 30-minute halves. A victory ceremony was held just after the finish of the gold medal match, at 18:00 on September 16.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia (RUS)	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9
Brazil (BRA)	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Netherlands (NED)	3	1	0	2	9	14	−5	3
China (CHN)	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2008-09-08

9:00

Russia	6 – 0	China

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-08

11:15

Brazil	1 – 0	Netherlands

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-10

13:30

Russia	12 – 1	Netherlands

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-10

15:45

Brazil	8 – 0	China

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-12

9:00

Russia	3 – 0	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-12

11:15

Netherlands	8 – 1	China

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine (UKR)	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9
Iran (IRI)	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
Ireland (IRL)	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1
Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	2	2	12	−10	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2008-09-08

13:30

Iran	4 – 2	Ireland

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-08

15:45

Ukraine	8 – 1	Great Britain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 5,141

Referee: Kou Yadong (China)

2008-09-10

9:00

Iran	3 – 0	Great Britain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 5,500

2008-09-10

11:15

Ukraine	7 – 0	Ireland

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 6,763

2008-09-12

13:30

Iran	0 – 4	Ukraine

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-12

15:45

Great Britain	1 – 1	Ireland

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

2008-09-14

9:00

Netherlands	4 – 2	Great Britain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-14

11:30

China	1 – 4	Ireland

Olympic Green Hockey Field

7th–8th place match

2008-09-16

9:00

Great Britain	10 – 2	China
Dimbylow 1' Barker 18', 41', 54', 61' Robertson 20' Gordon 28' G. Paterson 31+' Ellis 39' J. Paterson 48'	(Report)	Fan 40', 60'

Olympic Green Hockey Field A

Attendance: 4235

Referee: Fang Aijun (China)

5th–6th place match

2008-09-16

11:30

Netherlands	4 – 2	Ireland
Voogd 5' van de Ven 24' Lokhoff 31+', 38'	(Report)	O'Riordan 7' Messett 11'  16'

Olympic Green Hockey Field A

Attendance: 7142

Referee: Kou Yadong (China)

Medal round

Semifinal

2008-09-14

14:00

Brazil	0 – 6	Ukraine

Olympic Green Hockey Field

2008-09-14

16:30

Russia	5 – 0	Iran

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Bronze medal match

2008-09-16

14:00

Brazil	0 – 4	Iran
	(Report)	Karimzadeh 5', 17', 21'  44' Malekzadeh  47' Mahini  54' Akbari  61' 64'

Olympic Green Hockey Field A

Attendance: 11266

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Barbisan (Argentina)

Gold medal match

2008-09-16

16:30

Ukraine	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Russia
Antonyuk 69', 71'	(Report)	Borisov  19' Potekhin  24' Kuvaev  31' Murvanadze 74'

Olympic Green Hockey Field A

Attendance: 11267

Referee: Guido Gonzalez (Ecuador)

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Ukraine (UKR) Volodymyr Antonyuk (captain) Kostyantyn Symashko Vitaliy Trushev Serhiy Vakulenko Taras Dutko Anatolii Shevchyk Oleksandr Devlysh Ivan Shkvarlo Andriy Tsukanov Denys Ponomaryov Mykola Mikhovych Ihor Kosenko Coach: Sergiy Ovcharenko	Russia (RUS) Ivan Potekhin (captain) Alexander Lekov Lasha Murvanadze Pavel Borisov Aleksey Tumakov Alexey Chesmin Andrey Kuvaev Oleg Smirnov Andrey Lozhechnikov Georgy Nadzharyan Mamuka Dzimistarishvili Stanislav Kolykhalov Coach: Avtandil Baramidze	Iran (IRI) Ardeshir Mahini (captain) Esmaeil Malekzadeh Bahman Ansari Morteza Heidari Ehsan Gholam-Hosseinpour Moslem Akbari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Habibollah Heidari-Mehr Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Rasoul Atash-Afrouz Coach: Alireza Raadi