# Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held in Rio at the 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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | Brazil (BRA) Luan de Lacerda Cássio Lopes dos Reis Damião Roboson de Souza Tiago da Silva Jeferson da Conceição Raimundo Nonato Alves Marcos Alves Felipe Ricardo Alves Mauricio Tchopi Dumbo Vinícius Tranchezzi | Iran (IRI) Meysam Shojaeiyan Amir Pourrazavi Mohammadreza Mehninasab Hossein Rajabpour Mohammad Heidari Sadegh Rahimighasr Behzad Zadaliasghari Ahmadreza Shahhosseini Rasool Baseri Akbar Shoushtari | Argentina (ARG) Darío Lencina Ángel Deldo Federico Accardi [es] Froilán Padilla [es] Silvio Velo [es] Lucas Rodríguez [es] David Peralta [es] Nicolás Véliz [es] Germán Muleck [es] Maximiliano Espinillo [es] |

## 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.
Football 5-a-side at 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification :
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 | Brazil (BRA) |
| 2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship | 13–25 November 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | Argentina (ARG) |
| 2015 Asian Championship | 30 August-8 September 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | Iran (IRI) China (CHN) |
| 2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships | 22–29 August 2015 | Hereford, United Kingdom | 2 | Turkey (TUR) Spain (ESP) |
| 2015 Parapan American Games | 8–15 August 2015 | Toronto, Canada | 1 | Mexico (MEX) |
| 2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side African Championships | 16–25 October 2015 | Douala, Cameroon | 1 | Morocco (MAR) |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Tournament
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Semi finals |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | 7th–8th place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Semi finals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 7th–8th place match |

## Knockout stage
### Medal round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match |
| 15 September 16:00 | 15 September 16:00 |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 | 17 September 17:00 | 17 September 17:00 |
| China | 1 | 17 September 17:00 | 17 September 17:00 |
| China | 1 | Brazil | 1 |
| 15 September 20:00 | 15 September 20:00 | | Brazil | 1 |
| 15 September 20:00 | 15 September 20:00 | Iran | 0 |
| Argentina | 0(1) | Iran | 0 |
| Iran | 0(2) | | |
| Iran | 0(2) | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 17 September 14:00 | 17 September 14:00 |
| | | China | 0(0) |
| | | Argentina | 0(1) |

#### Gold medal match
## Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Iran |
| | Argentina |
| 4. | China |
| 5. | Turkey |
| 6. | Spain |
| 7. | Mexico |
| 8. | Morocco |
Source: Paralympic.org