2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships

2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	5 – 18 November 2007
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	274 (6.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luciano Rocha (8)

The 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Brazil from 5 November to 18 November 2007.

Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Participating teams and officials

Qualifying

The following teams are qualified for the tournament:

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	Brazil
African Region			1	South Africa
2007 ParaPan American Games	13 August – 19 August 2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3	Argentina Canada United States
2006 FESPIC Games	25 November – 1 December 2006	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3	China Iran Japan
2006 European Championships	21 – 28 July 2006	Dublin, Ireland	7	Netherlands England & Wales Ireland Spain Russia Scotland Ukraine
Oceania Region			1	Australia
Total			16

The draw

During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:^[1]^[2]

	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Pot 1	Iran	Brazil	Ukraine	Russia
Pot 2	Netherlands	Australia	Ireland	Argentina
Pot 3	Spain	England & Wales	Canada	China
Pot 4	United States	South Africa	Japan	Scotland

Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro.

Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro		Deodoro
Deodoro Sports Complex
Capacity: unknown

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to 16. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria: Number of points Goal difference Number of goals scored Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams Drawing of lots

In the knockout stage there were three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.

Classification
Athletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.

Players were classified by level of disability.

C5: Athletes with difficulties when walking and running, but not in standing or when kicking the ball.
C6: Athletes with control and co-ordination problems of their upper limbs, especially when running.
C7: Athletes with hemiplegia.
C8: Athletes with minimal disability; must meet eligibility criteria and have an impairment that has impact on the sport of football.

Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.

Group stage

The first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. In any every match a maximum of 10 goals scored were counted. This is indicated with an asterisk (*).^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualified for
1	Iran	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Team play for the position 1 - 8
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6	Team play for the position 1 - 8
3	United States	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3	Team play for the position 9 - 16
4	Spain	3	0	3	0	7	−7	0	Team play for the position 9 - 16

Source: 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

5 November 2007