# Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side, more commonly known as Blind football or Blind soccer, at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris, France.

## Qualifying

There are eight men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of eight outfield players and two goalkeepers.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host country allocation | — | — | 1 | France |
| 2022 IBSA Blind Football European Championships | 8–18 June 2022 | Pescara | 1 | Turkey |
| 2022 IBSA Blind Football African Championships | 14–26 September 2022 | Bouznika | 1 | Morocco |
| 2022 IBSA Blind Football Asian-Oceanian Championships | 11–18 November 2022 | Kochi | 1 | China |
| 2023 IBSA World Games | 18–27 August 2023 | Birmingham | 3 | Argentina Colombia Japan |
| 2023 Parapan American Games | 17–26 November 2023 | Santiago | 1 | Brazil |
| Total | | | 8 | |
At the IBSA World Games, as China (runner-up) and Brazil (third place) qualified for the Paralympics through their regional qualifiers, their places were allocated to Colombia (fourth place) and Japan (fifth place).

## Schedule

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

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | France Alessandro Bartolomucci Mickael Miguez Gael Riviere Hakim Arezki Martin Baron Khalifa Youmé Frédéric Villeroux Ahmed Tidiane Diakite Fabrice Morgado Benoit Chevreau de Montlehu | Argentina Darío Lencina Ángel Deldo Nahuel Heredia Froilan Padilla Jesus Merlos Matias Olivera Maximiliano Espinillo Osvaldo Fernández Mario Rios Germán Muleck | Brazil Luan Gonçalves Maicon Júnior Cássio Lopes Jonatan Borges da Silva Jeferson da Conceição Nonato Tiago da Silva Ricardo Alves Jardiel Soares Matheus Bumussa |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | France (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | Seventh place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Seventh place match |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 5 September | 5 September |
| Colombia | 0 |
| Colombia | 0 | 7 September | 7 September |
| France | 1 | 7 September | 7 September |
| France | 1 | France (p) | 1 (3) |
| 5 September | 5 September | | France (p) | 1 (3) |
| 5 September | 5 September | Argentina | 1 (2) |
| Brazil | 0 (3) | Argentina | 1 (2) |
| Argentina (p) | 0 (4) | | |
| Argentina (p) | 0 (4) | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 7 September | 7 September |
| | | Colombia | 0 |
| | | Brazil | 1 |

### Gold medal match
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 1.22 goals per match.
3 goals
* Nonato (BRA)
* Frédéric Villeroux (FRA)
2 goals
* Juan Pérez (COL)
1 goal
* Maximiliano Espinillo (ARG)
* Osvaldo Fernández (ARG)
* Ricardo Alves (BRA)
* Luan Gonçalves (BRA)
* Jeferson da Conceição (BRA)
* Jardiel Soares (BRA)
* Liu Meng (CHN)
* Tang Zhihua (CHN)
* Zhu Ruiming (CHN)
* Martin Baron (FRA)
* Khalifa Youmé (FRA)
* Emre Aslan (TUR)
* Hasan Şatay (TUR)
1 own goal
* Robertoizumi Sasaki (JPN) (against Morocco)
Source: Paralympics

## Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | Colombia |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | Morocco |
| 7 | Turkey |
| 8 | Japan |