# 2018 IFCPF CP Football Americas Championship

The 2018 IFCPF CP Football Americas Championship was an American 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 Ecuador from 27 October to 3 November 2018.
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 2019 IFCPF CP Football World Championships.

## Participating teams and officials
### Teams

| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Ecuador |
| Americas Region | 7 | Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia United States Venezuela |
| Total | 8 | |

### The draw

During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:
| | Group A | Group B |
| Pot 1 | Brazil | Argentina |
| Pot 2 | Canada | United States |
| Pot 3 | Chile | Venezuela |
| Pot 4 | Colombia | Ecuador |

### Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
Group A
| Brazil | Canada | Chile | Colombia |
Group B
| Argentina | United States | Venezuela | Ecuador |

## Venues

The venues to be used for the Americas Championships were located in Sangolquí.
| Sangolquí | Sangolquí | Sangolquí |
| Stadium: Estadio Rumiñahui (Club: C.S.D. Independiente del Valle) | | Sangolquí |
| Capacity: 8,000 | | Sangolquí |

## Format

The 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.
* 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
The first-placed teams played in the final for the first place, the next two teams played for the position five to eight.
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 group stage, have seen the 8 teams divided into two groups of four teams.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 4 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 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
### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | United States |
| 4. | Colombia |
| 5. | Venezuela |
| 6. | Canada |
| 7. | Chile |
| 8. | Ecuador |