The 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side American Cup was an American 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 Canada from 19 to 26 September 2015.
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 2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships.
Participating teams and officials Teams Means of qualificationBerthsQualified Host nation 1 Canada Americas Region 5 Argentina Brazil United States Mexico Venezuela Total 6
The draw During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups: Group A Group B Pot 1 Argentina Brazil Pot 2 Canada United States Pot 3 Venezuela Mexico
Squads The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
Group A Argentina Canada Venezuela
Group B Brazil United States Mexico
Venues The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Toronto. TorontoStadium: Parapan-Am fieldCapacity: 2,000
Format
The group stage was a competition between the 6 teams divided among two groups of three, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. 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 The first-placed teams played in the final for the first place, the second place for the third place of the tournament and the last two fought for the fifth place.
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 group stage, have seen the 6 teams divided into two groups of three teams.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Semi-finals
Finals Position 5-6
Position 3-4
Final
Statistics Ranking RankTeam Brazil Argentina United States4. Canada5. Venezuela6. Mexico
See also
References
External links Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA) International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)