Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held in Rio at the Olympic Tennis Centre, from 9 to 17 September. Football 5-a-side was played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.

For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were hosts, reigning three times Paralympic champions, and the favorites since they won both in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012; they were also the defending world and PanAmerican champions.

Classification

The International Paralympic Committee recognizes three classifications for the purposes of this event, all involving various degrees of limited sight, ranging from total lack of sight to the ability to make out shapes at short distances – B1, B2 and B3. However, the event is made fair and open to all abilities within the broader classification by the use of eyemasks by all players.

Medallists Men's team Damião Robson Tiago da Silva Jeferson da Conceição Raimundo Nonato Marcos Felipe Ricardo Alves Meysam Shojaeiyan Amir Pourrazavi Mohammadreza Mehninasab Hossein Rajabpour Mohammad Heidari Sadegh Rahimighasr Behzad Zadaliasghari Ahmadreza Shahhosseini Rasool Baseri Akbar Shoushtari Darío Lencina Ángel Deldo Federico Accardi Froilán Padilla Silvio Velo Germán Muleck Maximiliano Espinillo

Qualification

Eight teams will contest the competition, which is for male athletes only.

An NPC can enter a single squad, consisting of eight players, plus 2 sighted goalkeepers – goalkeepers are not included in the athlete quota of 64; both goalkeepers however, in line with Paralympic practice on able bodied guides and competitors' in other events, are eligible for medals.IBSA announces update qualification process for 'football 5', Paralympics.org

+ Football 5-a-side at 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification Means of qualification Date Venue BerthsFootball 5-a-Side Qualification Criteria – FT, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011.Qualified Host nation 2 October 2009 Copenhagen, 1 2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship 13–25 November 2014 Tokyo, 1 2015 Asian Championship 30 August-8 September 2015 Tokyo, 2 2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side European ChampionshipsIBSA European Championship 22–29 August 2015 Hereford, 2 2015 Parapan American Games 8–15 August 2015Toronto, 1 2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side African Championships 16–25 October 2015 Douala, 1 Total 8

Squads

Tournament

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Classification round 7th–8th place match

5th–6th place match

Medal round

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final rankings RankTeam4.5.6.7.8. Source: Paralympic.org

See also Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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