5-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 7 and September 17. One event was contested, a men's team competition.
Classification The tournament was classified as a B1 event, meaning that it was for blind athletes. Athletes wore eyeshades to ensure that vision-impaired and totally blind athletes were level in ability. Goalkeepers could be sighted as long as they had not been registered with FIFA since 2003. Each team was also allowed to have a guide behind their opponents' goal to direct players. The ball made a rattling sound when kicked, so fans were required to keep quiet during play.
Teams Chen Shanyong Li Xiaoqiang Wang Yafeng Wang Zhoubin Wei Zheng Xia Zheng Yang Xinqiang Yu Yutan Zhang Qiang Zheng WenfaGonzalo Abbas Hachaché Diego Cerega Eduardo Diaz Ivan Figueroa Jose Luis Jimenez Dario Lencina Gustavo Maidana Antonio Mendoza Lucas Rodríguez Silvio VeloAjmal Maqsood Ahmed Andrew Briant David Clarke Lee Greatbatch Jon Gribbin Simon Hill Daniel James William Norman Jonathon Pugh Keryn SealHur Suk Ji Jun Min Jo Woo Hyung Kim Jae Sik Kim Jung Hoon Kim Kyung Ho Lee Jin Won Oh Yong Kyun Park Meong Su Yoon Jong SukAdolfo Acosta Rodriguez Vicente Aguilar Carmona Alfredo Cuadrado Pedro Garcia Villa Carmelo Garrido Alarcon Jose Manuel Gomez Alvaro Gonzalez Alcaraz Jose Lopez Antonio Martin Gaitan Marcelo Rosado CarrascoRicardo Steinmetz Alves Marcos Felipe Jeferson Gonçalves Mizael Oliveira Damião Robson Fábio Vasconcelos João Batista Silva Severino da Silva
Competition format The six teams started play a single round-robin tournament. Then the top two teams competed for the gold medal, the third and fourth place teams competed for the bronze medal, and the remaining two teams played a match to determine fifth and sixth place.
Group stage
Knockout stage
5th-6th classification
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Medallists Men's team Fábio Ribeiro Vasconcelos (captain) Sandro Soares Damião Ramos Severino Silva Ricardo Alves Marcos Felipe Mizael Oliveira João Batista Silva Jefferson Gonçalves Andreonni Farias Rego Coach: Antônio Pádua Alves da Costa Li Xiaoqiang (captain) Xia Zheng Wang Zhoubin Chen Shanyong Wang Yafeng Wei Zheng Zhang Qiang Yu Yutan Yang Xinqiang Zheng Wenfa Coach: Dong Junjie Silvio Velo (captain) Gonzalo Abbas Hachache Eduardo Diaz Diego Cerega Lucas Rodríguez Dario Lencina Antonio Mendoza Gustavo Maidana Ivan Figueroa Jose Luis Jimenez Coach: Gonzalo Vilarino
References
External links Official Site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics IPC IBSA:International Blind Sports Federation