# 2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships

The 2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships was the European 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 Ireland from 21 to 28 July 2006.
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 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships.

## Participating teams and officials
### Teams

| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Ireland |
| European Region | 7 | England & Wales Finland Netherlands Russia Scotland Spain Ukraine |
| Total | 8 | |

### The draw

During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:
| | Group 1 | Group 2 |
| Pot 1 | Ukraine | Russia |
| Pot 2 | Ireland | Netherlands |
| Pot 3 | Spain | England & Wales |
| Pot 4 | Scotland | Finland |

### Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
Group 1
| Ukraine | Ireland | Spain | Scotland |
| 01. Kostyantyn Symashko 02. Vitaliy Trushev 03. Sergiy Babiy 04. Taras Dutko 05. Oleksandr Devlysh 06. Ivan Shkvarlo 07. Andriy Tsukanov 08. Denys Ponomaryov 09. Olexiy Hetun 10. Volodymyr Kabanov 11. Volodymyr Antonyuk 15. Ihor Kosenko | 01. Peter O'Neill 02. Paul Dollard 03. Aidan Brennan 04. Luke Evans 05. Joseph Markey 06. Finbar O'Riordan 07. Gary Messett 08. Kieran Devlin 09. Alan O'Hara 10. Darren Kavanagh 11. Neil Walsh 12. Jonathan Corway | 01. Jesus Maria Visitacion 02. Sergio Alvarez 04. Ramon Dell Pino 05. Jamie Rosado 06. Juan Antonio Perez 07. Sergio Clemente 08. Carlos Lopez 09. Yordi Lopez 10. Ivan Vazquez 11. Pedro Rocha 12. Luis Sierra | 01. Craig Connell 02. Gary Brown 03. Joe Divine 04. Cameron Muir 05. Craig Gray 06. Keith Gardiner 07. Martin Keirn 09. John Wardrope 10. Barry Manson 11. Jonathon Patterson 12. Barry Jackson 15. Graeme Patterson |
Group 2
| Russia | Netherlands | England & Wales | Finland |
| 01. Oleg Smirnov 02. Andrei Lozhecnikov 03. Anton Kalachev 04. Rolan Dzhanaev 05. Pavel Sizov 06. Aleksey Tumakov 07. Alexey Chesmin 08. Ivan Potekhin 11. Stanislav Kolykhalov 12. Georgy Nadzharyan 14. Pavel Borisov 15. Andrey Kuvaev | 01. Rudi Van Breemen 02. Jeroen Voogd 03. John Swinkles 04. Jeffrey Bruinier 05. John Dost 06. Patrick Beekmans 07. Richard Van Amerongen 08. Ruben Dehass 09. David Tetelepta 10. Stephan Lokhoff 11. Matijn Van De Ven 16. Bart Adelaars | 01. Gavin Wood 02. David Kelly 03. Stepan Hanhan 04. Andy Taylor 05. Dominic Benn 06. Gary Davies 07. Michael Barker 08. Jordan Smith 09. Richard Fox 10. Michael Heathcote 11. Mark Brookes 12. Jordan Raynes | 01. Kim Suurivouri 02. Henri Forss 03. Jussi Laurila 04. Janne Inkila 07. Teemu Komulainen 09. Janne Helander 10. Johannes Siikonen 11. Antti Turunen 12. Jaakki Seppala 17. Jussi Tuominen 18. Pentti Kokko |

## Venues

The venues to be used for the European Championships were located in Dublin.
| Dublin | Dublin | Dublin |
| Belfield Bowl | | Dublin |
| Capacity: 3,000 | | Dublin |

## Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two 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 four. The next two teams played for the position five to eight. The last teams played for the position nine to ten. 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 two rounds (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 ten teams divided into two groups of five teams.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 3 | England & Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |

## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals

Position 5-8
Position 1-4

## Finals

Position 7-8
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
Final

## Statistics
### Goalscorers
#### 6 goals

* Taras Dutko

#### 5 goals

* Vitaliy Trushev
* Stephan Lokhoff

#### 4 goals

* Michael Barker
* Pavel Borisov
* Volodymyr Kabanov
* Gary Messett
* Finbar O'Riordan
* Ivan Vazquez

#### 3 goals

* Volodymyr Antonyuk
* Alexey Chesmin
* Sergio Clemente
* Paul Dollard
* Andrey Kuvaev
* Ivan Potekhin
* Pavel Sizov
* Andriy Tsukanov
* Matijn Van De Ven
* Yordi Lopez

#### 2 goals

* & Richard Fox
* Oleksandr Devlysh
* Andrei Lozhecnikov
* Joseph Markey
* John Swinkles

#### 1 goal

* Sergio Alvarez
* & Dominic Benn
* Jeffrey Bruinier
* Carlos Lopez
* & Gary Davies
* Ruben Dehass
* Ramon Dell Pino
* Rolan Dzhanaev
* Luke Evans
* Darren Kavanagh
* Jussi Laurila
* Barry Manson
* Pedro Rocha
* Sergiy Babiy
* Ihor Kosenko
* Ivan Shkvarlo
* & Andy Taylor
* David Tetelepta
* Richard Van Amerongen
* Neil Walsh

### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Ukraine |
| | Russia |
| | Netherlands |
| 4. | Ireland |
| 5. | England & Wales |
| 6. | Spain |
| 7. | Scotland |
| 8. | Finland |