# Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

## Qualifying

There are 8 men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of fifteen squad members: eight outfield players, two goalkeepers with the other members being one guide, one coach with an assistant coach, along with a doctor and physiotherapist.Iran the finalists of Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics withdraw due to Financial problems of players and Political reasons.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| 2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship | 5–16 June 2018 | Madrid | 1 | Brazil (BRA) |
| 2019 Americas Regional Championships | 2–10 June 2019 | São Paulo | 1 | Argentina (ARG) |
| 2019 European Championships | 15–24 September 2019 | Rome | 2 | France (FRA) Spain (ESP) |
| 2019 Asia Regional Championships | 30 September – 6 October 2019 | Pattaya | 2 | Iran (IRI) China (CHN) Thailand (THA) |
| 2019 Africa Regional Championships | 22 November – 1 December 2019 | Enugu | 1 | Morocco (MAR) |
| Host country allocation | 7 September 2013 | Buenos Aires | 1 | Japan (JPN) |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Schedule

| G | Group stage | C | Classification matches | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Wed 25 Aug | Thu 26 Aug | Fri 27 Aug | Sat 28 Aug | Sun 29 Aug | Mon 30 Aug | Tue 31 Aug | Wed 1 Sep | Thu 2 Sep | Thu 2 Sep | Fri 3 Sep | Sat 4 Sep | Sat 4 Sep | Sun 5 Sep |
| Men's tournament | | | | | G | G | G | | C (5th/6th) (7th/8th) | ½ | | B | F | |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | Brazil (BRA) Cássio [pt] Damião [pt] Gledson da Paixão Barros Jardiel Jefinho [pt] Luan [pt] Matheus Bumussa Nonato [pt] Ricardinho [pt] Tiago [pt] | Argentina (ARG) Federico Accardi [es] Ángel Deldo Maximiliano Espinillo [es] Nahuel Heredia Darío Lencina Germán Muleck [es] Froilán Padilla [es] Marcelo Panizza Braian Pereyra Nicolás Véliz [es] | Morocco (MAR) Abdellali Ait Al-Hakem Elhabib Ait Bajja Samir Bara Imad Berka Kamal Boughlam Said El-Mselek Houssam Ghilli Ayoub Hadimi Abderrazak Hattab Zouhair Snisla |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Semi finals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | 7th–8th place match |

### Group B

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

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 2 September | 2 September |
| China | 0 |
| China | 0 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Argentina | 2 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Argentina | 2 | Argentina | 0 |
| 2 September | 2 September | | Argentina | 0 |
| 2 September | 2 September | Brazil | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | Brazil | 1 |
| Morocco | 0 | | |
| Morocco | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 4 September | 4 September |
| | | China | 0 |
| | | Morocco | 4 |

### Gold medal match
## Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Morocco |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | Thailand |
| 8 | France |