# Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.

## Classification

The sport of 7-a-side football is for people with cerebral palsy; athletes classified as CP5 through CP8 may take part. The classification system grades player by the extent of their disability, with lower numbers corresponding to more severe impairment. At least one CP5 or CP6 player, and no more than three CP8 players, may be on the field at a given time.

## Participating teams

Eight teams qualified for the football 7-a-side tournament in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
| Russia Pavel Borisov Alexey Chesmin Mamuka Dzimistarishvili Stanislav Kolykhalov Andrey Kuvaev Alexander Lekov Andrey Lozhechnikov Lasha Murvandze Georgy Nadzharyan Ivan Potekhin Oleg Smirnov Aleksey Tumakov | Brazil Fabiano Bruzzi Adriano Costa Irineu Ferreira Marcos Ferreira José Guimarães Leandro Marinho Gilberto Moraes Wanderson Oliveira Antôonio Rocha Luciano Rocha Jean Rodrigues Marcos Silva | Netherlands Bart Adelaars Jeffrey Bruiner Stephan Lokhoff Joey Mense Pawel Statema Johannes Straatman Johannes Swinkels Rudy van Breemen Martijn van de Ven Hendrikus van Kempen Thieu van Don Johannes Voogd | China Dong Xinliang Fan Zhichao He Jinghua Lang Yunlong Li Chuan Liu Bo Wu Gang Xu Guojun Yang Wenshun Yang Ye Zhu Xu Zhuge Bin |
| Ukraine Volodymyr Antonyuk Oleksandr Devlysh Taras Dutko Ihor Kosenko Mykola Mikhovych Denys Ponomaryov Anatolii Shevchyk Ivan Shkvarlo Kostyantyn Symashko Vitaliy Trushev Andriy Tsukanov Serhiy Vakulenko | Iran Moslem Akbari Bahman Ansari Rasoul Atashafrouz Ehsan Gholam Hosseinpour Morteza Heidari Habibollah Heidari Mehr Abdolreza Karimzadeh Ardeshir Mahini Esmaeil Malekzadeh Nash Gholamreza Najafitovahkhoshgeh Hadi Safari | Ireland Aidan Brennan Kieran Patrick Devlin Paul Dollard Luke Evans Mark Gerard Jones Darren Kavanagh Derek Michael Malone Joseph James Markey Brian McGillivary Gary Messett Alan O'Hara Finbarr O'Riordan | Great Britain Michael Barker Matthew Dimbylow Matthew Ellis Richard Fox Roy Gordon Kieran Martin Graeme Paterson Jonathan Paterson Jordan Raynes Mark Robertson Leon Taylor Michael Wilson |

## Competition format

The eight teams were divided into two even groups for a single round robin group stage. The top two teams of each group qualified for the semifinal, while the lower two teams from each group competed for 5th through 8th places. Games consisted of two 30-minute halves. A victory ceremony was held just after the finish of the gold medal match, at 18:00 on September 16.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 9 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 |
| China (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 |
| Iran (IRI) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | Ukraine (UKR) Volodymyr Antonyuk (captain) Kostyantyn Symashko Vitaliy Trushev Serhiy Vakulenko Taras Dutko Anatolii Shevchyk Oleksandr Devlysh Ivan Shkvarlo Andriy Tsukanov Denys Ponomaryov Mykola Mikhovych Ihor Kosenko Coach: Sergiy Ovcharenko | Russia (RUS) Ivan Potekhin (captain) Alexander Lekov Lasha Murvanadze Pavel Borisov Aleksey Tumakov Alexey Chesmin Andrey Kuvaev Oleg Smirnov Andrey Lozhechnikov Georgy Nadzharyan Mamuka Dzimistarishvili Stanislav Kolykhalov Coach: Avtandil Baramidze | Iran (IRI) Ardeshir Mahini (captain) Esmaeil Malekzadeh Bahman Ansari Morteza Heidari Ehsan Gholam-Hosseinpour Moslem Akbari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Habibollah Heidari-Mehr Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Rasoul Atash-Afrouz Coach: Alireza Raadi |