The 2016 IFCPF World Championships Qualification Tournament was a tournament for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in England from 29 July – 6 August 2016 .

Football CP Football 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 2017 IFCPF CP Football World Championships

Participating teams and officials Qualifying The following teams are qualified for the tournament: Means of qualificationBerthsQualified Host nation 1 Denmark African Region 0 none Americas Region 2 Canada Venezuela Asian Region 3 Iran Japan Korea European Region 6 Finland Germany Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Spain Oceania Region 1 Australia Total 13

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 Scotland (9) Portugal (11) Iran (12) Canada (10) Pot 2 Australia (14) Venezuela (15) Northern Ireland (13) Japan (16) Pot 3 Spain (18) Korea (18) Germany (17) Finland (21) no Pot Denmark (18) The teams of Austria (21), Mexico (21) and Singapore (21) did not take part in the tournament.

Squads

Group A Scotland Australia Spain1 Barry Halloran 2 Blair Glynn 3 Martin Hickman 4 Lewis McIntyre 5 Sean Stewart 6 Ian Paton 7 Mark Robertson 8 Jamie Mitchell 9 Kyle Hannin 10 Jonathan Paterson 11 Cameron Pollock 13 Chris Tucker 14 Blair McGregor 15 Kieran Martin1 Samuel Larkings GK) 2 Benjamin Roche (DF)/(MF) 3 Jack Williams (DF) 4 Nicolas Prescott (FW)/(MF) 5 Ryan Kinner (MF) 6 Chris Pyne (DF) 7 David Barber (DF) 9 Ben Atkins (MF) 10 Conor Marsh (DF) 12 Matthew Hearne (DF)/(MF) 13 Cosimo Cirillo (FW) 14 Zachary Jones (DF) 16 Alessandro La Verghetta (FW)/(MF) 21 Christian Tsangas (GK)1 Antonio Jesus Dominguez Galvan (GK) 2 Ruben Madrid Gomez (DF)/(MF) 3 Santiago Macia Rovira (MF) 4 Daniel Manjon Gomez (DF)/(MF) 5 Noe Adell Pla (DF)/(MF) 6 Pol Aguilar Diaz (DF)/(MF) 7 Sergio Nicolas Clemente Munoz (MF) 8 Aitor Arino Casoliba (FW)/(MF) 9 Jose Manuel Gomez Suarez (MF) 10 Eduardo De Laorden Barcelona (MF) 11 Daniel Zancajo Alejandre (FW)/(MF) 12 Jaume Almenar Avino (MF) 13 Francisco jose Martin Gutierrez (GK) 14 Felipe Maravall Calvo (DF)/(MF)

Group B Portugal Venezuela Korea1 Rui Rocha (GK) 2 Ricardo Franca (DF)/(MF) 3 Hugo Pinheiro (MF) 4 Vasco Santos (DF) 5 Ruben Oliveira (DF) 6 Luis Miguel Leal Ferreira (DF) 7 Vitor Vilarinho (DF)/(MF) 8 Pedro Santos (DF)/(MF) 9 Rui Goncalves (DF)/(MF) 10 Tiago Ramos (FW) 11 Jesus Barbosa (FW) 12 Nuno Bogas (DF) 13 Lucas Pinheiro (MF) 14 Telmo Baptista Tab (GK)1 Alexandre Bello Marlon 2 Daniel Enrique Sanchez 3 Jose Luis Felipe Quintana 4 Asdrubal Eusebio De Jesus Oliveros Mora 5 Anderson Alberto Morantes Ramirez 6 Richard Alexandre Mogollon Melendez 7 Peter Antony Alvarado Gonzalez 8 Jessi Junior Yari Villegas 9 Angel Evelio Molina Gamacho 10 Frank Rene Pineda Teran 11 Saul Eliecer Torres Villegas 12 Gabirel Antonio Bravo Olivi 13 Gabriel Alfredo Medina 14 Cristian Sneider Moreno Perez1 Jungdeuk Park (GK) 2 Kinam Kim (DF) 3 Sangyul Kim (DF) 4 Gyujeong Sim (FW)/(MF) 5 Phillip Jung (FW) 6 Beomjun Choi (DF)/(MF) 7 Hunju Lee (DF) 8 Junchul Shin (DF)/(MF) 9 Chiyoon Heo (DF) 10 Junho Jang (DF) 11 Dongu Lee (FW) 12 Suam Park (DF) 13 Haecheol Park (FW) 14 Seunghwan Lee (FW)

Group C Iran Northern Ireland Germany1 Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi (GK) 2 Hamid Fathinezhad Jouryabi (DF)/(MF) 4 Hassan Safari (DF) 5 Sadegh Hassani Baghi (MF) 6 Amir Amjadian (DF)/(MF) 7 Behnam Sohrabi (FW) 8 Hossein Tiz Bor (DF)/(MF) 9 Mehdi Jamali (FW) 10 Jasem Bakhshi (FW) 11 Ehsan Masoumzadeh (MF) 12 Naser Akbarpour Kalankalayeh (DF) 13 Lotfollah Jangjou (DF) 17 Mohammed Kharat (DF) 22 Babak Safarikourabbasloo (GK)1 Paul Cassidy (GK) 2 Christian Canning (DF) 3 Jordan Cush (DF) 4 Cormac Birt (MF) 5 James Holden (DF)/(MF) 6 Charlie Fogarty (MF) 7 David Leavy (MF) 8 Ryan Walker (FW) 9 Conor Lewsley (FW) 10 Jordan Walker (FW)/(MF) 11 Harry Cheeseman (FW) 13 Sean Kemp (DF)/(MF) 14 Josh Harwood (DF)1 Rene Heinen (GK) 2 Luca Podsendek (MF) 3 Robin Meyer (MF) 4 Fabian Oliesch (DF)/(MF) 5 Rene Schramm (DF) 6 Frederic Heinze (DF) 7 Gordon Litinski (DF)/(MF) 8 Marco Geisler (FW) 9 Phillipp Freudinger (DF)/(MF) 10 Jörn Lorenzen (FW)/(MF) 11 Pritpal Singh (DF)/(MF) 12 Lars Nehrenheim (GK) 13 Maik Puschmann (DF) 14 Conny Fritsch (DF)

Group D Canada Japan Finland Denmark1 Damien Wojtiw (GK) 2 Liam Stanley (MF) 3 Dan Benoit (DF) 4 Raji Kamoun (FW) 5 Samuel Charron (MF) 6 Jamie Ackinclose (MF) 7 Dustin Hodgson (DF) 8 Vito Proietti (FW) 9 Lucas Bruno (FW) 10 Duncan McDonald (MF) 11 Matt Brown (DF) 12 Nic Heffernan (DF) 13 Chris Fawcett (DF)/(MF) 14 Sam Denton (GK)1 Hideyuki Yanagi 2 Kodai Nakaoka 3 Shou Kuroda 4 Hiroto Takahashi 5 Taisei Taniguchi 6 Ryosuke Miura 7 Tomohisa Ohno 8 Shotaro Osawa 9 Tetsuya Toda 10 Temma Inoue 11 Tatsuhiro Ura 12 Kazuma Hanaki 14 Kuniaki Yoshioka1 Jaakko Sepalla (GK) 3 Wiljami Laurila (DF) 4 Simo Mykkanen (DF) 8 Mikael Jukarainen (DF) 9 Janne Helander (FW) 10 Johannes Siikonen (FW) 12 Otto Kaipainen (DF) 13 Tomi Petteri Heikkila (DF) 15 Samuel Taipale (FW) 16 Joni Berg (FW) 17 Juho Ovaska (GK) 20 Ville Kuronen (FW)1 Mads Tofte (GK) 2 Kristoffer Nielsen (DF)/(FW) 3 Bastian Wendel Carlsen (FW)/(MF) 5 Per Mørch (DF) 6 Peter Hansen (DF) 7 Glenn Sambleben (DF) 8 Claus Pape (FW) 9 Victor Sørensen (FW) 10 Noa Bak-Pedersen(DF) 11 Martin Wolf (DF)/(MF) 12 Oliver Larsen (MF) 16 Magnus Hytholm Strand(DF) 22 Rasmus Jørgensen (GK) 83 Emil Møller (MF)

Venues The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Vejen.

Vejen Stadium: Vejen Idrætscenter Capacity: unknown

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 13 teams divided among three groups of three and one group of four, 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 eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to thirteen. 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 three rounds (quarter-finals, 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 sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams.Schedule , IFCPF Football 7-a-side World Championships website In any every match a maximum of 10 goals scored were counted. This is indicated with an asterisk (*).

Group A <noinclude>

Group B <noinclude>

Group C <noinclude>

Group D <noinclude>

Knockout stage Quarter-finals Position 1-8

Semi-finals Position 5-8

Position 1-4

Finals Group stage 9-13 position 9-13 <noinclude> The match from the group stage Finland against Denmark (1–2) was included in the table.

Finals 1-8 Position 7-8

Position 5-6

Position 3-4

Final

Statistics Goalscorers 15 goals Samuel Charron

12 goals Mehdi Jamali

8 goals Liam Stanley

7 goals Conny Fritsch Sean Stewart

6 goals Conor Lewsley

5 goals Aitor Arino Casoliba Matt Brown

4 goals

Jasem Bakhshi David Leavy Ehsan Masoumzadeh Sergio Nicolas Clemente Munoz Hossein Tiz Bor

3 goals

Amir Amjadian Phillipp Freudinger Janne Helander Vitor Vilarinho Jessi Junior Yari Villegas

2 goals

Jamie Ackinclose Lucas Bruno Beomjun Choi Marco Geisler Kyle Hannin Peter Hansen Sadegh Hassani Baghi Ryan Kinner Blair McGregor Robin Meyer Jonathan Paterson Ian Paton Pedro Santos Taisei Taniguchi Tetsuya Toda Tatsuhiro Ura Martin Wolf

1 goal

Noe Adell Pla Ben Atkins Cormac Birt Harry Cheeseman Eduardo De Laorden Barcelona Nic Heffernan Temma Inoue Mikael Jukarainen Raji Kamoun Ville Kuronen Oliver Larsen Wiljami Laurila Luis Miguel Leal Ferreira Kieran Martin Emil Møller Anderson Alberto Morantes Ramirez Haecheol Park Hugo Pinheiro Vito Proietti Jose Luis Felipe Quintana Tiago Ramos Benjamin Roche Seunghwan Lee Johannes Siikonen Jordan Walker

own goals

Noe Adell Pla Phillipp Freudinger Lotfollah Jangjou Sangyul Kim Simo Mykkanen

Ranking RankQualified2017 WCTeam1.Q Iran2. Scotland3.Q Venezuela4.Q Portugal5.Q Northern Ireland6.Q Australia7.Q Canada8.Q Japan9.Q Spain10. Germany11. Denmark12. Korea13. Finland

See also

References

External links Official website [ Official website from XX XX XXXX] Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA) International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)