# 2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships

The 2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in the England from 16 to 28 June 2015.
Football CP Football 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 Rio de Janeiro 2016 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 | England |
| 2013 Intercontinental Cup | 27 July – 10 August 2013 | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | 8 | Argentina Brazil Ireland Netherlands Russia Scotland Ukraine United States |
| 2010 American Cup The next teams that were not yet qualified | 19 – 26 September 2014 | Toronto, Kanada | 2 | Canada Venezuela |
| 2014 Asian Para Games | 19 – 23 October 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | 2 | Iran Japan |
| 2014 European Championships The next teams that were not yet qualified | 23 July – 2 August 2014 | Maia, Portugal | 2 | Northern Ireland Portugal |
| Oceania Region | Oceania Region | Oceania Region | 1 | Australia |
| Total | | | 16 | |
    1 = The Iranian CP football team drew their participation back shortly before the World Cup

### 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 | Ukraine (2.) | Russia (1.) | Brazil (3.) | Netherlands (4.) |
| Pot 2 | Iran (5.) | Ireland (7.*) | Scotland (7.*) | Argentina (6.) |
| Pot 3 | England (10.) | Australia (12.) | United States (9.) | Canada (11.) |
| Pot 4 | Japan (13.*) | Portugal (13.*) | Venezuela (17.) | Northern Ireland (13.*) |
| * The team is placed with another team in the world rankings ex equo. |||||
    1 = The Iranian CP football team drew their participation back shortly before the World Cup

### Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to: Group A
| Ukraine | England | Japan |
| 01 Kostyantyn Symashko (GK) 02 Vitaliy Trushev (DF) 03 Yevhen Zinoviev (DF) 04 Taras Dutko (DF) 05 Oleh Len (FW) 06 Edhar Kahramanian (DF) 07 Vitalii Romanchuk (FW) 08 Denys Ponomarov (FW) 09 Dmytro Molodtsov (DF) 10 Stanislav Podolskyi (MF) 11 Volodymyr Antonyuk (MF) 12 Bohdan Kulynych (GK) 13 Artem Krasylnykov (MF) 14 Artem Sheremet (MF) | 01 Giles Moore (GK) 02 Harry Barker (DF) 03 Karl Townshend (DF) 04 Matt Crossen (DF) 05 Jack Rutter (c) (MF) 06 Martin Sinclair (DF) 07 Michael Barker (FW) 08 James Blackwell (DF) 09 George Fletcher (MF) 10 Ibrahima Diallo (MF) 11 Ollie Nugent (MF) 12 Jake Brown (MF) 13 Ryan Kay (GK) 14 Emyle Rudder (MF) | 01 Naoyoshi Henry Kagayama (GK) 02 Keisuke Kawabe (DF) 04 Hiroto Takahashi (MF) 05 Taisei Taniguchi (MF) 06 Yuji Yamada (MF) 07 Yuki Soma (MF) 08 Kazuhiro Kubo (MF) 09 Tetsuya Toda (DF) 10 Ryuta Yoshino (MF) 11 Tatsuhiro Ura (DF) 12 Shou Kuroda (MF) 14 Shotaro Osawa (FW) 16 Tenma Inoue (MF) 18 Hideyuki Yanagi (GK) |
| Coach: Serhii Ovcharenko | Coach: Keith Webb | Coach: Junichi Sano |
Group B
| Russia | Ireland | Australia | Portugal |
| 03 Aslanbek Sapiev (DF) 06 Aleksey Tumakov (MF) 07 Alexey Chesmin (DF) 08 Ivan Potekhin (DF) 09 Eduard Ramonov (MF) 10 Dimitrii Pestretsov (FW) 12 Guram Chkareuli (GK) 13 Lasha Murvanadze (DF) 14 Georgiy Albegov (DF) 15 Viacheslav Larionov (MF) 16 Vladislav Raretckii (GK) 17 Zaurbek Pagaev (MF) 18 Aleksandr Kuligin (MF) 23 Alexei Borkin (FW) | 01 Brian McGillivary (GK) 02 Joe Markey (DF) 03 Darragh Snell (MF) 04 Luke Evans (DF) 05 Eric O'Flaherty (MF) 06 Paraic Leacy (MF) 07 Gary Messett (MF) 08 Carl McKee (MF) 09 Aaron Tier (MF) 10 Dillon Sheridan (MF) 11 Peter Cotter (FW) 12 Ryan Nolan (FW) 13 Jason Moran (FW) 14 Simon Lestrange (GK) | 01 Christopher Barty (GK) 02 Benjamin Roche (FW) 03 Jack Williams (MF) 06 Christopher Pyne (DF) 07 David Barber (DF) 08 Thomas Goodman (MF) 09 Ben Atkins (MF) 10 Connor Marsh (DF) 11 James Turner (MF) 12 Zachary Jones (DF/GK) 13 Jarrod Larkins-Law (FW) 14 Angus MacGregor (MF) 16 Cameron Gudgeon (MF) 19 Ned McCabe (GK) | 01 Rui Miguel Ferreira Rocha (GK) 02 Ricardo Santos França (DF) 03 Hugo Manuel da Silva Pinheiro (MF) 04 Vasco João Gomes dos Santos (DF) 05 Rúben Miguel Sousa Oliveira (DF) 06 Cláudio Filipe Ferreira Nóvoa (MF) 07 Vítor Emanuel Ribeiro Vilarinho (MF) 08 Pedro Filipe Fernandes dos Santos (MF) 09 Tiago Carneiro (FW) 10 Tiago Ribeiro Baptista Ramos (FW) 11 André Ricardo Silva Ferreira (MF) 12 Sérgio Manuel Silva Barros (DF) 13 Lucas de Souza Semblano Pinheiro (MF) 14 Telmo Luís dos Santos Baptista (GK) |
| Coach: Avtandil Baramidze | Coach: Gerard Glynn | Coach: Kai Lammert | Coach: Vasco Miguel Santos Ferre |
Group C
| Brazil | Scotland | United States | Venezuela |
| 01 Marcos Dos Santos Ferreira (GK) 02 Jonatas Santos Machado (MF) 03 Fernandes Celso Alves Vieira (DF) 04 Jose Carols Monteiro Guimarães (FW) 05 Felipe Rafael da Silva Gomes (MF) 06 Ubirajara da Silva Magalhães (MF) 07 Ronaldo de Souza Almeida (DF) 08 Evandro de Oliveira Gomes de Souza (FW) 09 Igor Romero Rocha (FW) 10 Wanderson Silva de Oliveira (FW) 11 Jan Francisco Brito da Costa (MF) 12 Wesley Martins de Souza (GK) 12 Diego Delgado da Silva (DF) 14 Gilvano Diniz da Silva (GK) | 01 Craig Connel (GK) 02 Blair Glynn (DF/MF) 03 Martin Hickman (DF/MF) 04 Lewis McIntyre (DF/MF) 05 Ross MacMillan (DF/MF) 06 Ian Paton (DF/MF) 07 Mark Robertson (MF/FW) 08 Jamie Mitchell (DF/MF) 09 Kyle Hannin (MF/FW) 10 Jonathan Paterson (MF/FW) 11 Thomas Brown (DF/MF) 12 Martin Scott (GK) 13 Barry Halloran (FW) 14 Darren Aitken (MF/FW) | 01 Keith Edward Johnson (GK) 02 Gavin James Sibayan (DF/MF) 03 Bryce Zachary Boarman (DF) 04 Tyler Allen Bennett (MF) 05 Jordan Andrew Weise (DF/MF) 06 Adam Kyle Ballou (DF) 07 Jarrett Paul Razon (MF) 09 Seth David Jahn (FW/GK) 10 Kevin Tyler Hensley (MF) 11 Mason Dane Abbiate (MF) 14 David Navarro Garza (DF) 19 Michael Robert Moore (FW) 23 Marthell Alonso Vazquez (FW/GK) 25 Rene Renteria (MF) | 01 Frank Renee Pineda Teran (GK) 02 Gabriel Alfredo Medina Diaz (DF) 03 Peter Antoni Alvarado Gonzalez (DF) 04 Marco Tulio Cardenas Nieto (DF) 05 Daniel Enrique Sanchez (DF) 06 Richard Alexander Mogollon Melendez (MF) 07 Richard Alexander Alarcon Pacheco (MF) 08 Asdrubal Eusabio de Jesus Olicares Mora (MF) 09 Angel Evelio Molina Camacho (MF) 10 Jessi Junior Yari Villegas (FW) 11 Saul Eliecer Torres Villegas (DF) 12 Marlon Alexander Bello (GK) 17 Jose Luis Felipe Quintana (FW) |
| Coach: Dolvair Castelli | Coach: Andrew Smith | Coach: Stuart Sharp | Coach: Jose Luis Betancor Perez |
Group D
| Netherlands | Argentina | Canada | Northern Ireland |
| 01 Stefan Boersma (GK) 02 George van Altena (GK) 03 Jeroen Schuitert (MF) 04 Jeroen Saedt (FW) 05 Teddy Witjes (DF) 06 Peter Kooij (MF) 07 Minne de Vos (MF) 08 Lars Conijn (DF) 09 Rik Rodenburg (FW) 10 Stephan Lokhoff (MF) 11 Iljas Visker (FW) 12 Guido Floors (MF) 14 Daan Dikken (MF) 15 Joey Mense (DF) | 01 Claudio Omar Figuera (GK) 02 Pablo Matias Molina (DF) 03 Mariano Cortes (MF) 04 Rodrigo Adolfo Luquez (DF) 05 Matias Agustin Bassi (MF) 06 Maximiliano Sebastian Fernandez (DF) 07 Rodrigo Eloy Lugrin (MF) 08 Ezequiel Anibal Jaime (DF) 09 Duncan Coronel (FW) 10 Mariano Andres Morana (MF) 11 Matias Emiliano Fernandez (FW) 12 Gustavo Nahuelquin (GK) 13 Matías Salvat (FW) 13Juan Alberto Alabarce (FW) | 01 Yuri Woodfall (GK) 02 Liam Stanley (MF) 03 Matt Gilbert (DF) 04 John Phillips (DF) 05 Sam Charron (MF) 06 Lucas Bruno (DF) 07 Dustin Hodgson (MF) 08 Vito Proietti (FW) 09 Trevor Stiles (MF) 10 Kyle Payne (DF) 11 Matthew Brown (DF) 12 Nick Heffernan (MF) 13 Samuel Denton (GK) 14 Damien Wojtiw (GK) | 01 Gareth Miller (GK) 02 Darren Lemon (GK) / (DF) 03 Christian Canning (DF) 04 Cormac Birt (MF) 05 Jordan Cush (DF/MF) 06 Shea Tigh (DF) 07 Stephen Halpin (MF) 08 David Levy (MF) 09 Ryan Walker (FW) 10 Jordan Walker (MF) 11 Conor Lewsley (FW) 12 Alex Cossins (GK) 13 Charlie Fogarty (MF) 14 Harry Cheeseman (FW) |
| Coach: Marcel Geestman | Coach: Osvaldo Jorge Hernandez | Coach: Drew Ferguson | Coach: Malachy Donaghy |

## Venue

The venue to be used for the World Championships were located in Burton-upon-Trent.
| Burton-upon-Trent | Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent |
| St George's Park National Football Centre | | Burton upon Trent |
| Capacity: unknown | | Burton upon Trent |

## 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 played 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.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 3 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | 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
#### 12 goals

* Volodymyr Antonyuk

#### 8 goals

* Jack Rutter

#### 7 goals

* Eduard Ramonov
* Trevor Stiles

#### 6 goals

* Jose Carols Monteiro Guimarães
* Dillon Sheridan
* Wanderson Silva de Oliveira

#### 5 goals

* Aleksandr Kuligin

#### 4 goals

* James Blackwell
* Jake Brown
* Artem Krasylnykov
* Dimitrii Pestretsov
* Vitalii Romanchuk
* Fernandes Celso Alves Vieira

#### 3 goals

* Alexei Borkin
* Jan Francisco Brito da Costa
* Barry Halloran
* Martin Hickman
* Peter Kooij
* Ivan Potekhin
* Jessi Junior Yari Villegas
* Iljas Visker

#### 2 goals

* Georgiy Albegov
* Harry Barker
* Matias Agustin Bassi
* Sam Charron
* Alexey Chesmin
* Matt Crossen
* Felipe Rafael da Silva Gomes
* Hugo Manuel da Silva Pinheiro
* Luke Evans
* Matias Emiliano Fernandez
* David Navarro Garza
* Evandro de Oliveira Gomes de Souza
* Kyle Hannin
* Kevin Tyler Hensley
* Seth David Jahn
* Viacheslav Larionov
* Jonatas Santos Machado
* Gary Messett
* Jamie Mitchell
* Ollie Nugent
* Jonathan Paterson
* Ian Paton
* Tiago Ribeiro Baptista Ramos
* Jeroen Saedt
* Aslanbek Sapiev
* Minne de Vos
* Jordan Walker

#### 1 goal

* Darren Aitken
* Adam Kyle Ballou
* David Barber
* Bryce Zachary Boarman
* Lars Conijn
* Cormac Birt
* Ubirajara da Silva Magalhães
* Dustin Hodgson
* Edhar Kahramanian
* David Levy
* Rodrigo Eloy Lugrin
* Richard Alexander Mogollon Melendez
* Mariano Andres Morana
* Lasha Murvanadze
* Eric O'Flaherty
* Shotaro Osawa
* Zaurbek Pagaev
* Christopher Pyne
* Mark Robertson
* Emyle Rudder
* Jeroen Schuitert
* Artem Sheremet
* Darragh Snell
* Taisei Taniguchi
* Tiago Carneiro
* Tetsuya Toda
* Aleksey Tumakov
* James Turner
* George van Altena
* Vítor Emanuel Ribeiro Vilarinho
* Ryan Walker
* Yevhen Zinoviev

#### own goals

* Barry Halloran

### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | Ukraine |
| | Brazil |
| 4. | Netherlands |
| 5. | England |
| 6. | Ireland |
| 7. | United States |
| 8. | Argentina |
| 9. | Scotland |
| 10. | Canada |
| 11. | Portugal |
| 12. | Australia |
| 13. | Venezuela |
| 14. | Northern Ireland |
| 15. | Japan |