The 2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships was the European championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with cerebral palsy and related neurological conditions competed in the Championships. The Championships took place in Scotland from 17 to 28 August 2010.
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 Teams Means of qualificationBerthsQualified Host nation 1 Scotland European Region 8 Denmark England Finland Ireland Netherlands Russia Spain Ukraine Oceania Region 1 Australia Total 10
The draw During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups: Group A Group B Pot 1 Russia Ukraine Pot 2 Netherlands Ireland Pot 3 Scotland England Pot 4 Spain Australia Pot 5 Denmark Finland
Squads The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
Group A Russia Netherlands Scotland Spain Denmark3 Aslanbek Sapiev 4 Pavel Borisov 5 Georgy Nadzharyan 6 Aleksey Tumakov 7 Alexey Chesmin 8 Ivan Potekhin 9 Andrei Zinovev 10 Andrey Kuvaev 11 Stanislav Kolykhalov 12 Alexander Lekov 13 Lasha Murvanadze 15 Viacheslav Larionov1 Rudy van Breemen 4 Jeffrey Bruinier 5 Lars Conijn 6 Hendrikus van Kempen 7 Johannes Straatman 8 Pawel Statema 9 Johannes Swinkels 10 Stephan Lokhoff 11 Iljas Visker 14 Daniël Dikken 15 Joey Mense 16 Bart Adelaars1 Craig Connell 2 Graeme Paterson 3 Laurie McGinley 4 Blair Glynn 5 Scott Troup 6 Jamie Tervit 7 Mark Robertson 8 Jim McKay 9 Anton Clark 10 Jonathan Paterson 11 Ross Russell 13 Conor Hay1 Jorge Peleteiro 2 Sergio Álvarez 3 Jordi López 4 Ramón Del Pino 5 Carlos Antón 6 Roberto Ortiz 7 Sergio Clemente 8 Carlos Rodríguez 9 Raúl Pacheco 10 Ivan Vazquez 11 Pedro Rocha 12 Omar Álvarez1 Jonas Sørensen 2 Mikkel Munkholm 3 Per Mørch 4 Peter Hansen 5 Claus Pape 6 Mads Tofte 7 Jacob Voetmann 9 Nikolaj Jartved 10 Michael Lundstrøm 14 Emil Nørlund 15 Kim Beck
Group B Ukraine Ireland England Australia Finland1 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 10 Oleksandr Devlysh 11 Volodymyr Antonyuk 12 Oleksiy Hetun1 Brian Mc Gillivary 2 Aidan Brennan 3 Paul Dollard 4 Luke Evans 5 Finbar O'Riordan 6 Derek Malone 7 Gary Messett 8 Joseph Markey 9 Jason Moran 10 Mark Jones 11 Daragh Snell 12 Darren Kavanagh2 Sam Whatley 3 Josh Beacham 4 Matthew Dimbylow 5 Karl Townshend 6 Richard Fox 7 Michael Barker 8 Martin Sinclair 9 Graham Leclerc 10 Emyle Rudder 11 Robert Hughes 12 George Fletcher1 Sam Larkings 2 Ben Roche 3 Jack Williams 4 Ned McCabe 5 Jarrod Law 6 Chris Pyne 7 David Barber 8 Brett Fairhall 9 Ben Atkins 10 Thomas Goodman 11 Jamie Laybutt 12 Jamie Paulsen1 Jaakko Seppälä 2 Henri Forrs 3 Jussi Wiljami Laurila 4 Janne Inkilä 5 Bulcsu Szekely 7 Jussi Tuominen 8 Mikael Jukarainen 9 Janne Helander 10 Johannes Siikonen 14 Pyry Nopsanen
Venues The venues to be used for the European Championships were located in Glasgow. Glasgow Stadium: unknown Capacity: unknown
Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 10 teams divided among two groups of five, 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 four. The next two teams played for the position five to eight. The last teams played for the position nine to ten. 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 knockout stage there were two rounds (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 ten teams divided into two groups of five teams.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Semi-finals Position 5-8
Position 1-4
Finals Position 9-10
Position 7-8
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
Final
Statistics Ranking RankTeam Ukraine Russia Ireland4. Netherlands5. Scotland6. England7. Spain8. Australia9. Denmark10. Finland
References
External links
2010 European Championships Glasgow Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA) International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)