2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships
The 2006 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 a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Ireland from 21 to 28 July 2006.
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| Host country |  |
| Dates | 21 – 28 July 2006 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 108 (5.4 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
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 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships.
Participating teams and officials
Teams
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 1 | |
| European Region | 7 |  .svg.png){kind=small}    |
| Total | 8 |
The draw
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:
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Squads
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Group 1
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1. Kostyantyn Symashko |
1. Peter O'Neill |
1. Jesus Maria Visitacion |
1. Craig Connell |
Group 2
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1. Oleg Smirnov |
1. Rudi Van Breemen |
1. Gavin Wood |
1. Kim Suurivouri |
Venues
The venues to be used for the European Championships were located in Dublin.
| Dublin | ||
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| Belfield Bowl | ||
| Capacity: 3,000 | ||
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Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two groups 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 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.
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The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
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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 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
| 4 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 1–8 | |
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Manson  |
Report | Vazquez Y. Lopez Rocha C. Lopez Clemente Dell Pino |
| 10–0 | |
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| Dollard O'Riordan Messett Markey Kavanagh |
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Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | Team play for the position 5 - 8 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 4–0 | |
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| Borisov Lozhecnikov Potekhin |
Report[2] |
| 8–0 | |
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| Swinkles Lokhoff Tetelepta Van de Ven Bruinier |
Report[2] |
| 4–0 | |
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| Swinkles Van de Ven Lokhoff Dehass |
Report[2] |
Knockout stage
Finals
Position 7-8
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
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| Dollard |
Report[2] | Van Amerongen Van de Ven |
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Ranking
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See also
References
- 2006 CPISRA European Championships, Players List (PDF). CPISRA. 2012-06-16.
- "CP voetbal football 7-a-side Interlands". cpvoetbal.nl (web.archive.org) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-05.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)