# 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships

The 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Brazil from 5 November to 18 November 2007.
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

## Participating teams and officials
### Qualifying

The following teams are qualified for the tournament:
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Brazil |
| African Region | African Region | African Region | 1 | South Africa |
| 2007 ParaPan American Games | 13 August – 19 August 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3 | Argentina Canada United States |
| 2006 FESPIC Games | 25 November – 1 December 2006 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3 | China Iran Japan |
| 2006 European Championships | 21 – 28 July 2006 | Dublin, Ireland | 7 | Netherlands England & Wales Ireland Spain Russia Scotland Ukraine |
| Oceania Region | Oceania Region | Oceania Region | 1 | Australia |
| Total | | | 16 | |

### The draw

During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:
| | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Pot 1 | Iran | Brazil | Ukraine | Russia |
| Pot 2 | Netherlands | Australia | Ireland | Argentina |
| Pot 3 | Spain | England & Wales | Canada | China |
| Pot 4 | United States | South Africa | Japan | Scotland |

## Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro.
| Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro | Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro | Deodoro |
| Deodoro Sports Complex | | Deodoro |
| Capacity: unknown | | Deodoro |

## Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to 16. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.
* 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
In the knockout stage there were three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.
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

The first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. In any every match a maximum of 10 goals scored were counted. This is indicated with an asterisk (*).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | England & Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

## Knockout stage
### Quarter-finals

Position 9-16
Position 1-8

### Semi-finals

Position 13-16
Position 9-12
Position 5-8
Position 1-4

## Finals

Position 15-16
Position 13-14
Position 11-12
Position 9-10
Position 7-8
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
Final

## Statistics
### Goalscorers
#### 8 goals

* Luciano Rocha

#### 7 goals

* Taras Dutko

#### 6 goals

* David Cantoni
* Abdolreza Karimizadeh
* Wayne Ward
5 Goals
* Jose Carlos Guimaraes

#### 4 goals

* Finbarr O'riordan
* Denys Ponomaryov
* Ivan Shkvarlo
* Sefik Smajlovic
* Marthell Vazquez

#### 3 goals

* David Barber
* Pavel Borisov
* Fabiano Bruzzi
* Mamuka Dzimistarishvili
* Luke Evans
* Sebastian Garcia
* Andrey Kuvaev
* Stephan Lokhoff
* Wanderson Oliveira
* Flavio Pereira
* Christopher Pyne
* Christo Titus

#### 2 goals

* Moslem Akibari
* Michael Barker
* Matthew Brown
* Paul Dollard
* Olexiy Hetun
* Volodymyr Kabanov
* Houshang Khosravani
* Stanislav Kolykhalov
* Thozamile Lurane
* Leandro Marinho
* Gary Messett
* Atashafrouz Rasoul
* Jean Rodrigues
* Marcos Salazar
* Shaun Schetka
* Alexey Tchesmine
* Vitaliy Trushev
* Fang Wan
* Xu Zhu

#### 1 goal

* Taylor Andrew
* Bahman Ansari
* Derek Arneaud
* Pedro Gonçalves
* Dustin Hodgson
* Renato Lima
* Andrey Lovetchnikov
* Josh Mckinney
* Mariano Morana
* Claudio Morinigo
* Malito Nxumalo
* Alan O'hara
* Graeme Paterson
* Jonathan Paterson
* Todd Phillips
* Ivan Potekhin
* Fox Richard
* Johannes Swinkels
* Andriy Tsukanov
* Sergiy Vakulenko
* Hendrikus Van Kempen
* Guojun Xu, Guojun
* Lang Yunlong
* Ryuta Yoshino

### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | Iran |
| | Ukraine |
| 4. | Brazil |
| 5. | Netherlands |
| 6. | Scotland |
| 7. | England & Wales |
| 8. | Ireland |
| 9. | Argentina |
| 10. | United States |
| 11. | Australia |
| 12. | Canada |
| 13. | Japan |
| 14. | South Africa |
| 15. | China |
| 15. | Spain |