Football 7-a-side competitions at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto were held from 8 to 15 August at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields, which are located on the back campus of the University of Toronto. Football 7-a-side make its return to the program, after last being staged in 2007. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As Brazil won the competition the second place Argentina qualified for the Paralympics.
Participating teams and officials Qualifying A total of five teams competed in the football seven a side competition. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified a team. A team may consist of a maximum of 14 athletes.
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified Host nation 1 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side American Cup 19 – 26 September 2014 Toronto, Canada 4 Total 5
Squads The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
Claudio FigueraRodrigo LuquezMariano CortesEzequiel JaimeMatias BassiMaximiliano FernandezPablo Molina LopezMariano MoranaDuncan CoronelRodrigo LugrinMatias Fernandez RomanoGustavo NahuelquinLautaro MarzoliniAlberto AlbarceMarcos dos Santos FerreiraJonatas Santos MachadoFernandes Alves VieiraJose Monteiro GuimaraesMarcos Cabral da CostaUbirajara da Silva MagalhaesRonaldo de Souza AlmeidaEvandro de Oliveira GomesMaycon Ferreira de AlmeidaWanderson Silva de OliveiraJan Brito da CostaGilvano Diniz da SilvaGabriell D'Anglo SantosWesley Martins de SouzaDamien WojtiwLiam StanleyMatt GilbertJohn PhillipsSam CharronLucas BrunoDustin HodgsonVito ProiettiTrevor StilesKyle PayneMatt BrownNick HeffernanCory JohnsonJoseph Resendes
Keith JohnsonGavin SibayanBryce BoarmanTyler BennettJordan WeiseAdam BallouSeth JahnKevin HensleyMason AbbiateDaniel HoffmanDavid GarzaMichael MooreJackson McCabeMarthell VazquezMarlon BelloGabriel Medina DiazPeter Alvarado GonzalezMarcos Cardenas NietoDaniel SanchezRichard Mogollon MelendezPedro Suarez RicoAsdrubal Olivero MoraAngel Molina CamachoJessy Yari VillegasSaul Torres VillegasCarlos Carasquel TorresJose QuintanaFrank Pineda Teran
Venues The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Toronto.
TorontoStadium: Parapan-Am fieldCapacity: 2,000
Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 5 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The best two teams play for gold in the finals, the third and fourth place for the third place in the tournament, the fifth in the table is the fifth of the tournament. Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe 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
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 In the first group stage have seen the teams in a one group of five teams.
Finals Position 3-4
Final
Statistics Ranking RankTeam 4. 5.
See also
Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Football 7-a-side at 2015 Parapan American Games Toronto from 6 September 2015 Football 7-a-side at 2015 Parapan American Games Toronto (ifcpf.com) Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA) International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)