# Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held in Rio de Janeiro at the Deodoro Olympic Park, from 8 September to 16 September. Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with cerebral palsy, a condition characterized by impairment of muscular coordination, stroke, or traumatic brain injury (TBI). 112 footballers are expected to compete for one set of medals.
For these games, the men compete in an 8-team tournament.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | Ukraine Kostyantyn Symashko Vitaliy Trushev Yevhen Zinoviev Taras Dutko Oleh Len Edhar Kahramanian Vitalii Romanchuk Ivan Dotsenko Dmytro Molodtsov Stanislav Podolksyi Volodymyr Antonyuk Bohdan Kulynych Artem Krasylnykov Ivan Shkvarlo | Iran Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi Hashem Rastegarimobin Lotfollah Jangjou Hassan Safari Sadegh Hassani Baghi Farzad Mehri Behnam Sohrabi Hossein Tiz Bor Mehdi Jamali Jasem Bakhshi Rasoul Atashafrouz Mohammad Kharat Moslem Akbari Babak Safarikourabbasloo | Brazil Marcos dos Santos Ferreira [pt] Jônatas Santos Machado [pt] Fernandes Alves Vieira [pt] José Carlos Monteiro Guimarães [pt] Diego Delgado da Silva [pt] Fabrizio Nascimento [pt] Igor Romero [pt] Hudson Hyure [pt] Wesley Martins de Souza [pt] Wanderson Silva de Oliveira [pt] Leandro Gonçalves [pt] Gilvano Diniz [pt] Maycon Ferreira [pt] Felipe Rafael da Silva [pt] |

## Qualifying

Eight teams will contest the competition, which is for male athletes only. An NPC can enter a single squad, consisting of fourteen players, two more per team than in 2012.
Qualification is by a series of tournaments, and was one of the first events for which entries were completed.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 | Brazil (BRA) |
| 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships | 23 July 2014 – 2 August 2014 | Maia, Portugal | 1 | Ukraine (UKR) |
| 2014 Asian Para Games | 19–23 October 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | 1 | Iran (IRI) |
| Football 7-a-side at the 2015 Parapan American Games | September 2015 | Toronto, Canada | 1 | Argentina (ARG) |
| 2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships | 16–28 June 2015 | Burton, Great Britain | 4 | Great Britain (GBR) |
| 2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships | 16–28 June 2015 | Burton, Great Britain | 4 | Ireland (IRL) |
| 2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships | 16–28 June 2015 | Burton, Great Britain | 4 | United States (USA) |
| 2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships | 16–28 June 2015 | Burton, Great Britain | 4 | Netherlands (NED) |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Tournament
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Semi finals |
| 2 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | 7th–8th place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | 7th–8th place match |

## Knockout stage
### Medal round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 14 September 10:00 | 14 September 10:00 |
| Netherlands | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 16 September 17:00 | 16 September 17:00 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 16 September 17:00 | 16 September 17:00 |
| Ukraine | 4 | Ukraine | 2 |
| 14 September 19:00 | 14 September 19:00 | | Ukraine | 2 |
| 14 September 19:00 | 14 September 19:00 | Iran | 1 |
| Iran | 5 | Iran | 1 |
| Brazil | 0 | | |
| Brazil | 0 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 16 September 14:00 | 16 September 14:00 |
| | | Netherlands | 1 |
| | | Brazil | 3 |

#### Gold-medal match
## Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Ukraine |
| | Iran |
| | Brazil |
| 4. | Netherlands |
| 5. | Great Britain |
| 6. | Argentina |
| 7. | United States |
| 8. | Ireland |
Source: Paralympic.org