# Football 7-a-side at the 2015 Parapan American Games

Football 7-a-side competitions at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto were held from 8 to 15 August at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields, which are located on the back campus of the University of Toronto. Football 7-a-side make its return to the program, after last being staged in 2007. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As Brazil won the competition the second place Argentina qualified for the Paralympics.

## Participating teams and officials
### Qualifying

A total of five teams competed in the football seven a side competition. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified a team. A team may consist of a maximum of 14 athletes.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side American Cup | 19 – 26 September 2014 | Toronto, Canada | 4 | Brazil Argentina United States Venezuela |
| Total | | | 5 | |

### Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
| Argentina | Brazil | Canada |
| Claudio Figuera Rodrigo Luquez Mariano Cortes Ezequiel Jaime Matias Bassi Maximiliano Fernandez Pablo Molina Lopez Mariano Morana Duncan Coronel Rodrigo Lugrin Matias Fernandez Romano Gustavo Nahuelquin Lautaro Marzolini Alberto Albarce | Marcos dos Santos Ferreira Jonatas Santos Machado Fernandes Alves Vieira Jose Monteiro Guimaraes Marcos Cabral da Costa Ubirajara da Silva Magalhaes Ronaldo de Souza Almeida Evandro de Oliveira Gomes Maycon Ferreira de Almeida Wanderson Silva de Oliveira Jan Brito da Costa Gilvano Diniz da Silva Gabriell D'Anglo Santos Wesley Martins de Souza | Damien Wojtiw Liam Stanley Matt Gilbert John Phillips Sam Charron Lucas Bruno Dustin Hodgson Vito Proietti Trevor Stiles Kyle Payne Matt Brown Nick Heffernan Cory Johnson Joseph Resendes |
| United States | Venezuela |
| Keith Johnson Gavin Sibayan Bryce Boarman Tyler Bennett Jordan Weise Adam Ballou Seth Jahn Kevin Hensley Mason Abbiate Daniel Hoffman David Garza Michael Moore Jackson McCabe Marthell Vazquez | Marlon Bello Gabriel Medina Diaz Peter Alvarado Gonzalez Marcos Cardenas Nieto Daniel Sanchez Richard Mogollon Melendez Pedro Suarez Rico Asdrubal Olivero Mora Angel Molina Camacho Jessy Yari Villegas Saul Torres Villegas Carlos Carasquel Torres Jose Quintana Frank Pineda Teran |

## Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Toronto.
| Toronto | Toronto | Toronto |
| Stadium: Parapan-Am field | | Toronto |
| Capacity: 2,000 | | Toronto |

## Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 5 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The best two teams play for gold in the finals, the third and fourth place for the third place in the tournament, the fifth in the table is the fifth of the tournament.
* 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
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

In the first group stage have seen the teams in a one group of five teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Team play for position 1 |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Team play for position 1 |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Team play for the position 3 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Team play for the position 3 |
| 5 | United States | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Team play for the position 5 |

## Finals

Position 3-4
Final

## Statistics
### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Venezuela |
| 4. | Canada |
| 5. | United States |