This article is about the 2016 Summer Paralympics event for blind and partially sighted athletes. For the event at those Games for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments, see Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics . For the able-bodied event at the Olympic Games, see Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Football 5-a-side Venue Olympic Tennis Centre Dates 9–17 September 2016 Competitors 96 (8 teams) from 8 nations Medalists ←2012 2020 →
Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Olympic Tennis Centre , from 9 to 17 September. Football 5-a-side was played by athletes with visual impairment , with a ball with a noise making device inside.
For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were hosts, reigning three times Paralympic champions, and the favorites since they won both in Athens 2004 , Beijing 2008 and London 2012 ; they were also the defending world and PanAmerican champions.
Classification
The International Paralympic Committee recognizes three classifications for the purposes of this event, all involving various degrees of limited sight, ranging from total lack of sight to the ability to make out shapes at short distances – B1, B2 and B3. However, the event is made fair and open to all abilities within the broader classification by the use of eyemasks by all players.
Medallists
Qualification
Eight teams will contest the competition, which is for male athletes only.
An NPC can enter a single squad, consisting of eight players, plus 2 sighted goalkeepers – goalkeepers are not included in the athlete quota of 64; both goalkeepers however, in line with Paralympic practice on able bodied guides and competitors' in other events, are eligible for medals.
Squads
Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's team squads
Tournament
Group A
Source: Paralympic.org 9 September 20169:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,569Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina )
9 September 201616:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,811Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil )
11 September 20169:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,374Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina )
11 September 201616:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,596Referee: François Carcouët (France )
13 September 20169:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,355Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina )
13 September 201616:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 1,933Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil )
Group B
Source: Paralympic.org
9 September 201611:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,569Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil )
9 September 201620:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,065Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil )
11 September 201611:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,374Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil )
11 September 201620:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,099Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil )
13 September 201611:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,355Referee: François Carcouët (France )
13 September 201620:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,080Referee: Rafael Glock (Brazil )
Knockout stage
Classification round
7th–8th place match
15 September 201609:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 971Referee: Christian Jung (Germany )
5th–6th place match
15 September 201611:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 971Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)
Medal round
Semi-finals
15 September 201616:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,026Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina )
15 September 201620:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,907Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil )
Bronze medal match
17 September 201614:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,900Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil )
Gold medal match
17 September 201617:00 Olympic Tennis Centre , Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,118Referee: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina )
Final rankings
Source: Paralympic.org
See also
References
"Paralympic Football 5-a-side" . Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics . Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016."Football 5-a-Side: 12 Facts for London 2012" .IBSA announces update qualification process for 'football 5' , Paralympics.org
Football 5-a-Side Qualification Criteria – FT , International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011.
"IBSA World Blind Football Championships" . Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015."Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
IBSA European Championship
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