Football Tournaments of the Paralympic Games

Olympic style games for athletes with a disability were organized for the first time in Rome in 1960.
The first football tournaments were included in the VII Paralympic Games in 1984. This Paralympic Games were played in two venues New York (USA) and Stoke Mandeville (GBR).

Three different kinds of football games have been included up to now:

  • Five a side: Sport for blind and visually-impaired athletes. This is ruled by "International Blind Sport Federation" (IBSA) and it is played with modified futsal FIFA rules. Teams use one guide, who is positioned off the field, to assist players. The balls have a noise-making device which allows players to locate it by sound. Matches consist of two 25-minute halves, with a ten-minute break at half-time.
  • Seven a side: This sport is an adaption of football association FIFA rules for athletes with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including stroke and traumatic brain injury. The sport is ruled by "Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association" (CP-ISRA). The field is lower than the football association one. No offside rule is included. There is permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consist of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break.
  • Wheelchair: This sports was included once in 1984 with seven a side men. This sport was ruled by "International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation".

    • Medal Winners

    Sport: Five a Side (Blind Futsal).

Year Gold           Silver         Bronze 
---- ----           ------         ------ 
2004 Brazil         Argentina      Spain
2008 Brazil         China PR       Argentina

Sport: Seven a Side.

Year Gold           Silver         Bronze
---- ----           ------         ------
1984 Belgium        Ireland        Great Britain
1988 Netherlands    Belgium        Ireland
1992 Netherlands    Portugal       Ireland
1996 Netherlands    Russia         Spain
2000 Russia         Ukraine        Brazil
2004 Ukraine        Brazil         Russia
2008 Ukraine        Russia         Iran

Sport: Wheelchair Footbal.

Year Gold           Silver         Bronze
---- ----           ------         ------
1984 USA            Canada         Great Britain

    Medals Classification

                          Gold    Silver  Bronze  Total
                      ----    ------  ------  -----
 1.Netherlands          3                       3 
 2.Brazil               2       1       1       4
 3.Ukraine              2       1               3 
 4.Russia               1       2       1       4
 5.Belgium              1       1               2 
 6.USA                  1                       1
 7.Ireland                      1       2       3
 8.Argentina                    1       1       2
 9.Canada                       1               1
   China PR                     1               1
   Portugal                     1               1
11.Great Britain                        2       2
   Spain                                2       2
12.Iran                                 1       1

Total                  10      10      10      30

    Five a Side (Blind Futsal)

    XII Paralympic Games - Athens 2004

    Preliminary Rounds

Round 1 [Sep 18]:
Argentina      2- 1 Greece
Brazil         4- 0 Korea Republic
Spain          2- 0 France

Round 2 [Sep 20]:
Argentina      2- 1 Spain
Brazil         4- 0 France
Greece         3- 1 Korea Republic

Round 3 [Sep 22]:
Argentina      3- 0 Korea Republic
Brazil         3- 0 Spain
Greece         2- 2 France

Round 4 [Sep 24]:
Brazil         2- 0 Argentina
France         2- 1 Korea Republic
Spain          0- 0 Greece

Round 5 [Sep 26]:
Argentina      3- 0 France
Brazil         1- 0 Greece
Spain          3- 0 Korea Republic

Table 
1. Brazil          5  5  0  0 14- 0  15 [Gold Medal Match]
2. Argentina       5  4  0  1 10- 4  12 [Gold Medal Match]
3. Spain           5  2  1  2  6- 5   7 [Bronze Medal Match]
4. Greece          5  1  2  2  6- 6   5 [Bronze Medal Match]
5. France          5  1  1  3  4-12   4 [Classification 5 / 6]
6. Korea Republic  5  0  0  5  2-15   0 [Classification 5 / 6]

Final Round

Classification 5/6 [Sep 28]: 
France         3- 1 Korea Republic

Bronze Medal Match [Sep 28]: 
Spain          2- 0 Greece

Gold Medal Match [Sep 28]: 
Brazil         0- 0 Argentina         [aet, pen 3-2] 

Table
1. Brazil          6  5  1  0 14- 0  16 [Gold Medal]
2. Argentina       6  4  1  1 10- 4  13 [Silver Medal]
3. Spain           6  3  1  2  8- 5  10 [Bronze Medal]
4. Greece          6  1  2  3  6- 8   5
5. France          6  2  1  3  7-13   7
6. Korea Republic  6  0  0  6  3-18   0

    XIII Paralympic Games - Beijing 2008

    
Qualification:

ISBA Football 5-a-side Championship: Argentina 
Host Nation:                         China PR 
Asian Qualifying Tournament:         Korea Republic 
Parapan-American Games:              Brazil 
European Qualifying Tournament:      Great Britain 
                                     Spain 

All matches played at Olympic Green Hockey in Beijing.

Round 1 [Sep 7]:
Argentina      2- 0 Spain
China PR       3- 0 Great Britain
Brazil         3- 0 Korea Republic

Round 2 [Sep 9]:
Korea Republic 1- 2 Great Britain
Brazil         1- 0 Spain
Argentina      0- 1 China PR

Round 3 [Sep 11]:
Argentina      0- 0 Brazil
Korea Republic 0- 1 China PR
Great Britain  1- 3 Spain

Round 4 [Sep 13]:
China PR       1- 0 Spain
Great Britain  0- 5 Brazil
Argentina      2- 0 Korea Republic

Round 5 [Sep 15]:
Argentina      3- 1 Great Britain
Spain          2- 2 Korea Republic
China PR       1- 1 Brazil

1. China PR        5  4  1  0  7- 1  13 [Gold Medal Match]
2. Brazil          5  3  2  0 10- 1  11 [Gold Medal Match]
3. Argentina       5  3  1  1  7- 2  10 [Bronze Medal Match]
4. Spain           5  1  1  3  5- 7   4 [Bronze Medal Match]
5. Great Britain   5  1  0  4  4-15   3 [Classification 5 / 6]
6. Korea Republic  5  0  1  4  3-10   1 [Classification 5 / 6]

5th-6th Classfication [Sep 17]:
Great Britain  1- 1 Korea Republic    [pen 1-0]
 
Bronze Medal Match [Sep 17]:
Argentina      1- 1 Spain             [pen 1-0]

Final [Sep 17]:
China PR       1- 2 Brazil

1. Brazil          6  4  2  0 12- 2  14 [Gold Medal]
2. China PR        6  4  1  1  8- 3  13 [Silver Medal]
3. Argentina       6  3  2  1  8- 3  11 [Bronze Medal]
4. Spain           6  1  2  3  6- 8   5 
5. Great Britain   6  1  1  4  5-16   4 
6. Korea Republic  6  0  2  4  4-11   2

    Seven a Side

    VII Paralympic Games - New York 1984

    Preliminary Rounds  

Group A

                   BEL  GBR   USA
1. Belgium          x   3-1  10-0
2. Great Britain         x    8-0
3. USA                         x

1. Belgium         2  2  0  0 13- 1   4
2. Great Britain   2  1  0  1  9- 3   2
3. USA             2  0  0  2  0-18   0

Group B

                   IRL  POR  CAN	
1. Ireland          x   3-0  7-0
2. Portugal              x   0-0
3. Canada                     x

1. Ireland         2  2  0  0 10- 0   4
2. Portugal        2  0  1  1  0- 3   1
3. Canada          2  0  1  1  0- 7   1

Final Round

Bronze Medal Match:
Great Britain  3- 1 Portugal

Gold-Silver Medals Match:
Belgium        1- 0 Ireland

Table
1. Belgium         3  3  0  0 14- 2   6 [Gold medal]
2. Ireland         3  2  0  1 10- 1   4 [Silver medal]
3. Great Britain   3  2  0  1 12- 4   4 [Bronze medal]
4. Portugal        3  0  1  2  1- 6   1
5. Canada          2  0  1  1  0- 7   1
6. USA             2  0  0  2  0-18   0

    VIII Paralympic Games - Seoul 1988

    Final Round 

                   NED  BEL  IRL  KOR  AUS
1. Netherlands      x   4-0  3-0  6-1 18-1
2. Belgium               x   1-0  4-0  6-1
3. Ireland                    x   5-0  5-1
4. Korea Republic                  x   4-0
5. Australia                            x

1. Netherlands     4  4  0  0 31- 2   8 [Gold medal]
2. Belgium         4  3  0  1 11- 5   6 [Silver medal]
3. Ireland         4  2  0  2 10- 5   4 [Bronze medal]
4. Korea Republic  4  1  0  3  5-15   2
5. Australia       4  0  0  4  3-33   0

    IX Paralympic Games - Barcelona 1992

    Preliminary Rounds 

Group A 

                   NED  GBR  BRA  USA
1. Netherlands      x   7-1  5-0  5-0
2. Great Britain         x   3-0  8-0
3. Brazil                     x   1-0
4. USA                             x

1. Netherlands     3  3  0  0 17- 1   6
2. Great Britain   3  2  0  1 12- 7   4
3. Brazil          3  1  0  2  1- 8   2
4. USA             3  0  0  3  0-14   0

Group B

                   POR  IRL  BEL  ESP
1. Portugal         x   0-0  0-0  3-1
2. Ireland               x   1-1  2-1
3. Belgium                    x   1-1
4. Spain                           x

1. Portugal        3  1  2  0  3- 1   4
2. Ireland         3  1  2  0  3- 2   4
3. Belgium         3  0  3  0  2- 2   3
4. Spain           3  0  1  2  3- 6   1

Final Round 

Semifinals:
Netherlands    3- 0 Ireland
Portugal       0- 0 Great Britain     [aet, pen 2-1]

Bronze medal match:
Ireland        2- 1 Great Britain

Gold-Silver medals match:
Netherlands    3- 2 Portugal

1. Netherlands     5  5  0  0 23- 3  10 [Gold medal]
2. Portugal        5  1  3  1  5- 4   5 [Silver medal]
3. Ireland         5  2  2  1  5- 6   6 [Bronze medal]
4. Great Britain   5  2  1  2 13- 9   5
5. Belgium         3  0  3  0  2- 2   3
6. Brazil          3  1  0  2  1- 8   2
7. Spain           3  0  1  2  3- 6   1
8. USA             3  0  0  3  0-14   0

    X Paralympic Games - Atlanta 1996

    Preliminary Rounds


Group A

                    NED  ESP  ARG  POR
1. Netherlands       x   2-1  3-2  2-1
2. Spain                  x   3-1  2-0
3. Argentina                   x   5-1
4. Portugal                         x

1. Netherlands     3  3  0  0  7- 4   6
2. Spain           3  2  0  1  6- 3   4
3. Argentina       3  1  0  2  8- 7   2
4. Portugal        3  0  0  3  2- 9   0

Group B

                   RUS  USA  IRL  BRA
1. Russia           x   5-0  2-0  2-0
2. USA                   x   3-0  4-1
3. Ireland                    x   1-0
4. Brazil                          x

1. Russia          3  3  0  0  9- 0   6
2. USA             3  2  0  1  7- 6   4
3. Ireland         3  1  0  2  1- 5   2
4. Brazil          3  0  0  3  1- 7   0

Final Round

Semifinals:
Netherlands    4- 1 USA
Russia         2- 0 Spain

Bronze medal match:
USA            1- 2 Spain	

Gold-Silver medals match:
Netherlands    3- 1 Russia

1. Netherlands     5  5  0  0 14- 6  10 [Gold medal]
2. Russia          5  4  0  1 12- 3   8 [Silver medal]
3. Spain           5  3  0  2  8- 6   6 [Bronze medal]
4. USA             5  2  0  3  9-12   4
5. Argentina       3  1  0  2  8- 7   2
6. Ireland         3  1  0  2  1- 5   2
7. Brazil          3  0  0  3  1- 7   0
8. Portugal        3  0  0  3  2- 9   0

    XI Paralympic Games - Sydney 2000

    Preliminary Rounds

Group A

                   UKR  POR  ARG  NED
1. Ukraine          x   3-0  6-2  3-0
2. Portugal              x   2-0  0-0
3. Argentina                  x   3-2
4. Netherlands                     x

1. Ukraine         3  3  0  0 12- 2   9
2. Portugal        3  1  1  1  2- 3   4
3. Argentina       3  1  0  2  5-10   3
4. Netherlands     3  0  1  2  2- 6   1

Group B

                  RUS   BRA  ESP  AUS
1. Russia          x    2-2  3-0  3-0
2. Brazil                x   1-1  4-0
3. Spain                      x   1-0
4. Australia                       x

1. Russia          3  2  1  0  8- 2   7
2. Brazil          3  1  2  0  7- 3   5
3. Spain           3  1  1  1  2- 4   4
4. Australia       3  0  0  3  0- 8   0

Final Round

Classification 7/8:
Netherlands    1- 2 Australia

Classification 5/6:
Argentina      5- 2 Spain

Semifinals:
Ukraine        2- 1 Brazil            [aet]
Portugal       1- 3 Russia

Bronze medal match:
Brazil         2- 1 Portugal

Gold-Silver medals match:
Ukraine        2- 3 Russia

Table
1. Russia          5  4  1  0 14- 5  13
2. Ukraine         5  4  0  1 16- 6  12
3. Brazil          5  2  2  1 10- 6   8
4. Portugal        5  1  1  3  4- 8   4
5. Argentina       4  2  0  2 10-12   6
6. Spain           4  1  1  2  4- 9   4
7. Australia       4  1  0  3  2- 9   3
8. Netherlands     4  0  1  3  3- 8   1

    XII Paralympics Games - Athens 2004

    Preliminary Rounds

Group A

Round 1 [Sep 19]:
Argentina      2- 2 Iran
Ukraine        6- 0 Ireland

Round 2 [Sep 21]:
Argentina      5- 2 Ireland
Ukraine        6- 2 Iran

Round 3 [Sep 23]:
Argentina      2- 2 Ukraine
Iran           7- 2 Ireland

Table
1. Ukraine         3  2  1  0 14- 4   7
2. Argentina       3  1  2  0  9- 6   5
3. Iran            3  1  1  1 11-10   4
4. Ireland         3  0  0  3  4-18   0

Group B

Round 1 [Sep 19]:
Brazil         4- 0 USA
Russia         7- 1 Netherlands

Round 2 [Sep 21]:
Brazil         6- 1 Netherlands
Russia         3- 0 USA

Round 3 [Sep 23]:
Brazil         2- 1 Russia
Netherlands    6- 1 USA

Table
1. Brazil          3  3  0  0 12- 2   9
2. Russia          3  2  0  1 11- 3   6
3. Netherlands     3  1  0  2  8-14   3
4. USA             3  0  0  3  1-13   0

Final Round

Classification 7/8 [Sep 27]:
Ireland        4- 0 USA

Classification 5/6 [Sep 27]:
Iran           3- 0 Netherlands

Semifinals [Sep 25]:
Ukraine        4- 1 Russia
Brazil         4- 1 Argentina

Bronze Medal [Sep 27]:
Russia         5- 0 Argentina

Gold-Silver medals [Sep 27]:
Ukraine        4- 1 Brazil

Table
1 Ukraine          5  4  1  0 22- 6  13 [Gold Medal]
2 Brazil           5  4  0  1 17- 7  12 [Silver Medal]
3 Russia           5  3  0  2 17- 7   9 [Bronze Medal]
4 Argentina        5  1  2  2 10-15   5
5 Iran             4  2  1  1 14-10   7
6 Netherlands      4  1  0  3  8-17   3
7 Ireland          4  1  0  3  8-18   3
8 USA              4  0  0  4  1-17   0

    XIII Paralympics Games - Beijing 2008

    
All matches played at Olympic Green Hockey in Beijing.

Group A

Round 1 [Sep 8]:
Russia         6- 0 China PR
Brazil         1- 0 Netherlands

Round 2 [Sep 10]:
Russia        12- 1 Netherlands
Brazil         8- 0 China PR
 
Round 3 [Sep 12]:
Russia         3- 0 Brazil
Netherlands    8- 1 China PR

1 Russia           3  3  0  0 21- 1   9 [Semi finals]
2 Brazil           3  2  0  1  9- 3   6 [Semi finals]
3 Netherlands      3  1  0  2  9-14   3 [Classification 5 / 8]
4 China PR         3  0  0  3  1-22   0 [Classification 5 / 8]

Group B

Round 1 [Sep 8]:
Iran           4- 2 Ireland
Ukraine        8- 1 Great Britain

Round 2 [Sep 10]:
Iran           3- 0 Great Britain
Ukraine        7- 0 Ireland

Round 3 [Sep 12]:
Iran           0- 4 Ukraine
Great Britain  1- 1 Ireland

1 Ukraine          3  3  0  0 19- 1   9 [Semi finals] 
2 Iran             3  2  0  1  7- 6   6 [Semi finals]
3 Ireland          3  0  1  2  3-12   1 [Classification 5 / 8]
4 Great Britain    3  0  1  2  2-12   1 [Classification 5 / 8]

5th-8th Classification [Sep 14]:
Netherlands    4- 2 Great Britain
China PR       1- 4 Ireland

5th-6th Classification [Sep 16]:
Netherlands    4- 2 Ireland

7th-8th Classification [Sep 16]:
Great Britain 10- 2 China PR

Semi Finals [Sep 14]:
Brazil         0- 6 Ukraine
Russia         5- 0 Iran

Bronze Medal Match [Sep 16]:
Brazil         0- 4 Iran

Gold Medal Match [Sep 16]:
Ukraine        2- 1 Russia            [aet]

1 Ukraine          5  5  0  0 27- 2  15 [Gold medal] 
2 Russia           5  4  0  1 27- 3  12 [Silver medal]
3 Iran             5  3  0  2 11-11   9 [Bronze medal]
4 Brazil           5  2  0  3  9-13   6 
5 Netherlands      5  3  0  2 17-18   9 
6 Ireland          5  1  1  3  9-17   4 
7 Great Britain    5  1  1  3 14-18   4 
8 China PR         5  0  0  5  4-36   0

    Wheelchair Seven a Side

    VII Paralympics Games - Stoke Mandeville 1984

    Final Round

                  USA  CAN  GBR
1. USA             x   4:1  6:4
2. Canada               x   6:1	
3. Great Britain             x

Table
1. USA             2  2  0  0 10: 5   4 [Gold medal]
2. Canada          2  1  0  1  7: 5   2 [Silver medal]
3. Great Britain   2  0  0  2  5:12   0 [Bronze medal]

    About this document

    Sources: [CIHF-], www.paralympic.org, www.reference.com, www.ibsa.es, www.cpisra.org, www.wsw.org.uk, en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn

    Prepared and maintained by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

    Author: Osvaldo José Gorgazzi
    Last updated: 9 Oct 2008

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