2009 CPISRA Football 7-a-side International Championships

The 2009 CPISRA Football 7-a-side International Championships was an international championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in the Netherlands from 23 October to 1 November 2009.

Football 7-a-side 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 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships.

Participating teams and officials

Qualifying The following teams are qualified for the tournament: Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified Host nation 2 Netherlands Netherlands O19 2007 ParaPan American Games 13 August – 19 August 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3 Brazil Canada United States 2006 FESPIC Games 25 November – 1 December 2006 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 Iran Japan 2006 European Championships 21 – 28 July 2006 Dublin, Ireland 4 Ireland Russia Scotland Ukraine Oceania Region 1 Australia Total 12

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 Ukraine Russia Iran Brazil Pot 2 Ireland Scotland Netherlands Australia Pot 3 Netherlands O19 United States Canada Japan

Squads The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

Group A Ukraine Ireland Netherlands O191 Kostyantyn Symashko 2 Vitaliy Trushev 3 Serhiy Vakulenko 4 Taras Dutko 5 Anatolii Shevchyk 6 Ivan Shkvarlo 7 Andriy Tsukanov 8 Denys Ponomaryov 9 Mykola Mikhovych 11 Volodymyr Antonyuk 10 Oleksandr Devlysh 12 Ihor Kosenko1 Brian Mc Gillivary 2 Aidan Brennan 3 Paul Dollard 4 Luke Evans 5 Finbar O’Riordan 6 Mark Jones 6 Gary Messett 8 Dara Snell 9 Kieran Devlin 10 Darren Kavanagh 11 Joseph Markey 12 Chris KirwanCoach: Sergiy OvcharenkoCoach: Paul Cassin

Group B Russia Scotland United States1 Oleg Smirnov 2 Andrey Lozhechnikov 4 Pavel Borisov 5 Georgy Nadzharyan 6 Aleksey Tumakov 7 Alexey Chesmin 8 Ivan Pothekin 9 Mamuka Dzimistarishvili 11 Stanislav Kloykhalov 12 Alexander Lekov 13 Lasha Murvanadze 15 Viacheslav Larionov1 Craig Connell 2 Kieran Martin 3 Chris Nelson 4 Scott Troup 5 Jamie Tervit 6 Graeme Paterson 8 Connor Hay 9 Jonathan Paterson 10 Laurie McGinley 11 Riley McKenna 13 Keith Gardner1 Keith Johnson 2 Nick Creasey 3 Jason Slemons 4 Chad Jones 5 Bryce Boarman 6 Chris Ahrens 7 Adam Ballou 8 Tom Latsch 9 Josh McKinney 10 Marthell Vazquez 13 Tyler Penn 15 Moises MoralesCoach: Avtandil BaramidzeCoach: Stuart SharpCoach: Jay Hoffman

Group C Iran Netherlands Canada1 Mehran Nikoee Majd 2 Bahman Ansari 4 Gholamreza Najafi 5 Hadi Safari 6 Behnam Sohrabi Bagherabadi 7 Rasoul Atashafruz 8 Ehsan Gholamhossein-pour Bousheri 10 Abdolreza Karimizadeh 11 Morteza Heidari 13 Moslem Akbari 22 Ardeshir Mahini1 Rudi van Breemen 4 Jeffrey Bruinier 5 Joey Mense 6 Patrick van Kempen 7 Dennis Straatman 8 Pawel Statema 9 John Swinkels 10 Stephan Lokhoff 11 Martijn van de Ven 14 Daan Dikken 16 Bart Adelaars 18 Gerard Arends1 Cameron Kleimer 2 Todd Philips 3 John Philips 4 Christopher Duehrsen 5 Scott van den Boogaard 6 Sefik Smajlovic 7 Dustin Hodgson 8 James Jordon 9 Eric Flemming 10 Vito Proietti 11 Matthew Brown 12 Zack MurdockCoach: Amin Allah ManiCoach: Marcel GeestmanCoach: Drew Ferguson

Group D Brazil Australia Japan1 Delcio Costa 2 Jean Rodrigues 3 Leandro Marinho 4 Antonio Rocha 5 Jose Guimaraes 6 Claudemar Lima 7 Jean Silva 8 Wanderson Silva de Oliveira 10 Renato Lima 11 Mateus Calvo 12 Moisés Tamiozzo das Silva 13 Pedro Santos Jr.1 Sam Larkings 2 Jarrod Law 3 Patrick Grant 4 Aidan Bennison 5 Brett Cross 6 Daniel Berry 7 Ned McCabe 8 Brett Fairhall 9 Ben Atkins 10 Thomas Goodman 11 Jamie Laybutt 12 Jamie Paulsen2 Tatsuya Ihara 3 Yasuhiro Yamaguchi 4 Koji Watarai 5 Nobuyuki Suzuki 6 Yuji Yamada 7 Rikiya Sakai 8 Taisei Taniguchi 9 Jun Okada 10 Tsukasa Kawano 11 Keisuke Kawabe 12 Takayuki IwasaCoach: Paulo CruzCoach: Paul BrownCoach: Yukio Jin

Venues The venues to be used for the International Championships were located in Arnhem. Arnhem National Sports Centre Papendal(Vitesse Arnhem) Capacity: unknown

Format

The first round, the first group stage, was a competition between the 12 teams divided among four groups of three, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the second group stage for the position one to eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to 32. 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 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 In the second round, the second group stage, the two groups, each with four teams, fighting for the positions one to eight, the first placed of the two groups played in the finals around the victory of the tournament, the second place around the third place, the third place around the fifth place and the last plays around the seventh place. The five last placed, one from group 1, group 3 and group 4 and two from group 2 plays everyone against everyone. The first placed is the ninth of the tournament, the second-place finishes the tenth, the third-place finishes the eleventh, the fourth place the twelfth and the fifth place the thirteenth. For any match in the finals, 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.

First Group stage The first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second Group stage Group W

Group X

Group Y Position 9-11

Finals Position 7-8

Position 5-6

Position 3-4

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers 13 goals

Abdolreza Karimizadeh

8 goals

Renato Lima Wanderson Silva de Oliveira Ivan Pothekin

7 goals

Bahman Ansari

5 goals

Anatolii Shevchyk Sefik Smajlovic John Swinkels

4 goals

Alexey Chesmin Taras Dutko Luke Evans Stanislav Kloykhalov Antonio Rocha

3 goals

Adam Ballou Ehsan Gholamhossein-pour Bousheri Claudemar Lima Finbar O’Riordan Dennis Straatman Andriy Tsukanov

2 goals

Moslem Akbari Volodymyr Antonyuk Pavel Borisov Mamuka Dzimistarishvili Jose Guimaraes Dustin Hodgson Mark Jones Viacheslav Larionov Stephan Lokhoff Gary Messett Georgy Nadzharyan Graeme Paterson Jonathan Paterson Denys Ponomaryov Vito Proietti Marthell Vazquez

1 goal

Daniel Berry Mateus Calvo Paul Dollard Keith Gardner Thomas Goodman Morteza Heidari James Jordon Darren Kavanagh Sam Larkings Jamie Laybutt Jarrod Law Leandro Marinho Laurie McGinley Zack Murdock Gholamreza Najafi Jamie Paulsen Jean Rodrigues Hadi Safari Pedro Santos Jr. Jean Silva Ivan Shkvarlo Jamie Tervit Aleksey Tumakov Patrick van Kempen Martijn van de Ven Scott van den Boogaard

own goals

Alexey Chesmin Gholamreza Najafi Graeme Paterson Jonathan Paterson Jean Rodriques Scott Troup

Ranking RankTeam Ukraine Russia Iran4. Brazil5. Ireland6. Netherlands7. Scotland8. Australia9. Canada10. United States11. Japan-- Netherlands O19

See also

References

External links 2009 CPISRA International Championships CPISRA football 7-a-side international championships 2009 match reports (PDF) Schedule 2009 CPISRA Football 7-a-side International Championships (PDF) Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA) International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)