# 2017 IFCPF CP Football World Championships

The 2017 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 competed with a physical disability. The Championship took place in the Argentina from 4 to 24 September 2017.
Football CP Football was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications 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
### Qualifying

The following teams were qualified for the tournament:
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Argentina |
| 2015 World Championships | 16 – 28 June 2015 | Burton-upon-Trent, England | 7 | Brazil England Ireland Netherlands Russia Ukraine United States |
| 2016 World Championships Qualification Tournament | 29 July – 6 August 2016 | Vejen, Denmark | 8 | Australia Canada Iran Japan Northern Ireland Portugal Spain Venezuela |
| Total | | | 16 | |
    $^1$ Scotland would be qualified as a second-placed team by the qualifying tournament for the World Cup. But they had to withdraw their participation. Thus, the nine-place team of the qualifying team, Spain, took part and took part in the world championship.

### 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 | Brazil (2) | Argentina (4) | Netherlands (3) | Ukraine (1) |
| Pot 2 | Ireland (5) | Russia (7) | England (8) | United States (6) |
| Pot 3 | Canada (10) | Portugal (11) | Venezuela (12) | Northern Ireland (13) |
| Pot 4 | Spain (22) | Iran (15) | Japan (14) | Australia (16) |

### Squads

Group A
| Brazil | Ireland | Canada | Spain |
| 01 Marcos Dos Santos Ferreira (GK) 02 Eduardo Felipe da Silva Martins 03 Ewerton Rafael Machado de Matos 04 Lucas Henrique da Silva 05 Wesley Martins 06 Leonardo Giovani Moraes 07 Diego Delgado 08 Evandro Oliveira Gomes De Oliveira 09 Ubirajara Magalhães 10 Wanderson Silva de Oliveira 11 Jan da Costa 12 13 Bruno da Silva Ayva 14 Adriano Costa Martins Coach: Paulo Alberto Da Veiga | 01 James Gerard Naughton (GK) 02 Thomas Maher 03 Conor Tuite 04 Oisin Gerard Merritt 05 Aaron Tier 06 Dylan Patrick O'Brien 07 Gary Messett (c) 08 Mark Patrick Barry 09 Ryan Nolan 10 Dillon Sheridan 11 Oluwatomiwa Henk Badun 12 Peter Cotter 13 Samson Paul Carroll 14 Carl McKee Coach: Paul Breen | 01 Damien Wojtiw (GK) 02 Liam Stanley 03 Dan Benoit 04 Nicholas Heffernan 05 Samuel Charron (c) 06 James Victor Ackinclose 07 Dustin Hodgson 08 Duncan McDonald 09 Gaerrisen Freeland 10 Zachary Gingras 11 Raji Kamoun 12 Joshua da Silva 13 Cameron Ohanley 14 Cuauhtemoc Flores Coach: Drew Ferguson | 01 Antonio Jesus Dominguez Galvan (GK) 02 Isaias Pacheco Fernandez 03 04 Daniel Manjon Gomez (c) 05 Alan Flores Pinto 06 Pol Aguilar Diaz 07 Santiago Macia Rovira 08 Daniel Palau Ballester 09 Jose Manuel Bueno Ruiz 10 Jose Manuel Gomez Suarez 11 Mario Fernandez Pardo 12 Victor Rodriguez Dominguez 13 Francisco Jose Martin Guiterrez (GK) 14 Jaume Almenar Avino Coach: Jorge Peleteiro Rubio |
Group B
| Argentina | Russia | Portugal | Iran |
| 01 Matias Salvat (GK) 02 Hernando German Romussi 03 Maximiliano Fernandez 04 Claudio Figuera (c) 05 Carlos Carrizo 06 Mariano Cortes 07 Rodrigo Lugrin 08 Kevin Damian Bonomi 09 Matiaz Fernadez 10 Mariano Morana 11 Duncan Coronel 12 Gonzal Bacik (GK) 13 Juan Andrés Acevedo 14 Matías Ezequiel Vera Coach: Osvaldo Hernandez | 01 Vladislav Raretskii (GK) 02 Danila Belov 03 Aleksei Borkin 04 Zaurbek Pagaev 05 Viacheslav Larionov 06 Aleksey Tumakov 07 Marat Eloev 08 Ivan Potekhin 09 Dmitry Minenko 10 Dmitrii Pestretsov 11 Aleksandr Kuligin 12 Guram Chkareuli (GK) 13 Lasha Murvanadze (c) 14 Georgiy Albegov Coach: Avtandil Baramidze | 01 Rui Rocha (GK) 02 Ivo Emanuel De Souza Correia 03 Hugo Pinheiro 04 Vasco Santos 05 Ruben Miguel Sousa Oliveira 06 Luís Miguel Leal Ferreira 07 Vitor Vilarinho (c) 08 Pedro Santos 09 Rui Diogo Ribeiro Gonçalves 10 Tiago Ramos 11 Jesus Leao Barbosa 13 Lucas Pinheiro 12 Cláudio Filipe Ferreira Nóvoa 14 Telmo Baptista (GK) Coach: Vasco Santos Ferreira | 01 Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi (GK) 02 Amir Amjadian 03 Amirreza Ezzatdoust Sehsari 04 Hassan Safari 05 06 Abbas Torabi 07 Abdolreza Karimizadeh (c) 08 Hossein Tiz Bor 09 Mehdi Jamali 10 Jasem Bakhshi 11 Ehsan Masoumzadeh 12 Habibollah Heidari Mehr (GK) 13 Lotfollah Jangjou 14 Mohsen Mokhtari Coach: Amin Allah Mani |
Group C
| Netherlands | England | Venezuela | Japan |
| 01 George van Altena 02 Gerard Frederik Bambacht 03 Myron Gebbink 04 Jeroen Schuitert (c) 05 Teddy Witjes 06 Malik Madiba de la Cruz Victoria 07 Daan Dikken 08 Guido Floors 09 Jeroen Saedt 10 Harm Panneman 11 Rik Rodenburg 12 Ramon Pater (GK) 13 Jeroen Duin 14 Job Draaijers Coach: Max Raeven | 01 Giles Moore (GK) 02 Liam Roger Irons 03 Harry Baker 04 James Blackwell 05 Emyle Rudder 06 Matthew Anthony Crossen 07 Michael Barker 08 Jack Rutter 09 David Porcher 10 George Fletcher 11 Oliver Nugent 12 Dale Smith 13 Ryan Kay 14 Lewis Martin Tribe Coach: Andrew Smith | 01 02 Stewart Xavier Ortiz Sira 03 04 Peter Alvarado Gonzales 05 Daniel Sánchez 06 Richard Mogollon Melendez 07 Gabriel Antonio Bravo Olivi 08 Asbrubal Olivares Mora (c) 09 Angel Molina Camacho 10 Jessy Yari Villegas 11 Saul Torres Villegas 17 Jose Quintana 18 Anderson Alberto Morantes Ramirez 99 Frank Pineda Terán (GK) Coach: José Luis Betancor | 01 Hideyuki Yanaghi 02 Hisato Ozaki 03 Shou Kuroda 04 05 Shotaro Osawa 06 Tetsuya Toda 07 Tomohisa Ono 08 Hiroki Kameno 09 Taisei Taniguchi 10 Ryosuke Miura 11 Tatsuhiro Ura 12 Naoyoshi Kagayama (GK) 13 Kazuma Hanaki 14 Coach: Junichi Sano |
Group D
| Ukraine | United States | Northern Ireland | Australia |
| 01 Kostyantyn Symashko (GK) 02 Vitaliy Trushev 03 Yevhen Zinoviev 04 Taras Dutko 05 Oleh Len 06 Edhar Kahramanian 07 Vitaliy Romanchuk 08 Artem Sheremet 09 Dmytro Molodtsov 10 Stanislav Podolskyi 11 Volodymyr Antoniuk (c) 12 Bohdan Kulynych (GK) 13 Artem Krasylnykov 14 Ivan Shkvarlo Coach: Serghii Ovcharenko | 01 Sean Robert Boyle (GK) 02 Cameron DeLillo 03 Gregory William Brigman 04 Tyler Bennett 05 Bryce Boarman 06 Benjamin Lindau 07 Adam Ballou 08 Andrew Marten Bremer 09 Seth Jahn 10 Kevin Hensley (c) 11 Nicholas Mayhugh 12 Marc Estrella (GK) 13 Mason Abbiate 14 David Garza Coach: Stuart Sharp | 01 Paul Seamus Cassidy (GK) 02 Charlie Fogarty 03 Christian Canning (GK) 04 Jordan Walker 05 Cormac Birt 06 Timothy William McClean 07 David Leavy (c) 08 Sean Coyle 09 Ryan Walker 10 11 Jordan Cush 12 13 14 Ryan Jonathan Neill Coach: Alan Crooks | 01 Chris Barty (GK) 02 Ben Roche (c) 03 Jack Williams 04 Nicholas Prescott 05 06 Taj Lynch 07 David Barber 08 Matthew Hearne 09 Ben Atkins 10 Benjamin Sutton 11 James Turner 12 Christian Tsangas (GK) 13 Cosimo Cirillo 14 Zachary Jones Coach: Kai Lammert |

## Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in San Luis.
| San Luis | San Luis | San Luis | San Luis | San Luis |
| Provincial Juan Gilberto Funes Stadium | Stadium Estancia Grande | Campus de Universidad De La Punta | Stadium La Pedrera | San Luis |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 1,500 | Capacity: | Capacity: | San Luis |

## 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 sixteen. the two lower ranked teams played for the positions 17 to 32. The 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 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 4 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 1 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 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
#### 10 goals

* Dillon Sheridan

#### 8 goals

* Dmitrii Pestretsov
* Hossein Tiz Bor

#### 6 goals

* Samuel Charron
* David Porcher

#### 5 goals

* Volodymyr Antoniuk
* Adam Ballou
* Kevin Damian Bonomi
* Cameron DeLillo
* George Fletcher
* Mariano Morana

#### 4 goals

* James Victor Ackinclose
* Aleksei Borkin
* Mehdi Jamali
* Viacheslav Larionov
* Ubirajara Magalhães
* Gary Messett
* Vitaliy Romanchuk

#### 3 goals

* Ryan Walker
* Wanderson Silva de Oliveira
* Juan Andrés Acevedo
* Michael Barker
* Adriano Costa Martins
* Eduardo Felipe da Silva Martins
* Taras Dutko
* Zachary Jones
* Artem Krasylnykov
* Oliver Nugent
* Rik Rodenburg
* Aaron Tier

#### 2 goals

* Ben Atkins
* Evandro Oliveira Gomes De Oliveira
* Mariano Cortes
* Matthew Anthony Crossen
* Marat Eloev
* Kevin Hensley
* Seth Jahn
* Aleksandr Kuligin
* Wesley Martins
* Ehsan Masoumzadeh
* Leonardo Giovani Moraes
* Asbrubal Olivares Mora
* Stanislav Podolskyi
* Jose Quintana
* Jack Rutter
* Jeroen Schuitert
* Artem Sheremet
* Ivan Shkvarlo
* Dale Smith
* Liam Stanley
* Lewis Martin Tribe
* Tatsuhiro Ura
* Yari Villegas

#### 1 goal

* Jasem Bakhshi
* David Barber
* James Blackwell
* Andrew Marten Bremer
* Carlos Carrizo
* Duncan Coronel
* Jan da Costa
* Malik Madiba de la Cruz Victoria
* Amirreza Ezzatdoust Sehsari
* Matiaz Fernadez
* Maximiliano Fernandez
* Claudio Figuera
* David Garza
* Jose Manuel Gomez Suarez
* Edhar Kahramanian
* Luís Miguel Leal Ferreira
* David Leavy
* Oleh Len
* Rodrigo Lugrin
* Adriano Costa Martins
* Nicholas Mayhugh
* Duncan McDonald
* Dmitry Minenko
* Dmytro Molodtsov
* Zaurbek Pagaev
* Mario Fernandez Pardo
* Lucas Pinheiro
* Nicholas Prescott
* Rui Diogo Ribeiro Gonçalves
* Ben Roche
* Santiago Macia Rovira
* Jeroen Saedt
* Amirreza Ezzatdoust Sehsari
* Aleksey Tumakov
* Jordan Walker

#### own goals

* 2 x Ben Atkins
* 2 x Tomohisa Ono

### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Ukraine |
| | Iran |
| | Russia |
| 4. | England |
| 5. | United States |
| 6. | Ireland |
| 7. | Brazil |
| 8. | Netherlands |
| 9. | Argentina |
| 10. | Australia |
| 11. | Northern Ireland |
| 12. | Portugal |
| 13. | Canada |
| 14. | Venezuela |
| 15. | Spain |
| 16. | Japan |