2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships
The 2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships was the world championship 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 the England from 16 to 28 June 2015.
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| Dates | 16 – 28 June 2015 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
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| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 43 |
| Goals scored | 209 (4.86 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
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 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games.[1]
Participating teams and officials
Qualifying
The following teams are qualified for the tournament:
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 1 | | ||
| 2013 Intercontinental Cup | 27 July – 10 August 2013 |  | 8 |     |
| 2010 American Cup The next teams that were not yet qualified | 19 – 26 September 2014 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2 |  |
| 2014 Asian Para Games | 19 – 23 October 2014 |  | 2 |   |
| 2014 European Championships The next teams that were not yet qualified | 23 July – 2 August 2014 |  | 2 |  |
| Oceania Region | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} | ||
| Total | 16 | |||
- 1 = The Iranian CP football team drew their participation back shortly before the World Cup[2]
The draw
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings[3][4] . Here, the following groups:
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- 1 = The Iranian CP football team drew their participation back shortly before the World Cup
Squads
The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:[4] Group A
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1 Kostyantyn Symashko (GK) |
1 Giles Moore (GK) |
1 Naoyoshi Henry Kagayama (GK) |
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Coach: Serhii Ovcharenko |
Coach: Keith Webb |
Coach: Junichi Sano |
Group B
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3 Aslanbek Sapiev (DF) |
1 Brian McGillivary (GK) |
1 Christopher Barty (GK) |
1 Rui Miguel Ferreira Rocha (GK) |
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Coach: Avtandil Baramidze |
Coach: Gerard Glynn |
Coach: Kai Lammert |
Coach: Vasco Miguel Santos Ferre |
Group C
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1 Marcos Dos Santos Ferreira (GK) |
1 Craig Connel (GK) |
1 Keith Edward Johnson (GK) |
1 Frank Renee Pineda Teran (GK) |
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Coach: Dolvair Castelli |
Coach: Andrew Smith |
Coach: Stuart Sharp |
Coach: Jose Luis Betancor Perez |
Group D
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1 Stefan Boersma (GK) |
1 Claudio Omar Figuera (GK) |
1 Yuri Woodfall (GK) |
1 Gareth Miller (GK) |
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Coach: Marcel Geestman |
Coach: Osvaldo Jorge Hernandez |
Coach: Drew Ferguson |
Coach: Malachy Donaghy |
Venue
The venue to be used for the World Championships were located in Burton-upon-Trent.[4]
| Burton-upon-Trent | ||
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| St George's Park National Football Centre | ||
| Capacity: unknown | ||
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Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four 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 eight, the two lower ranked teams played for the positions nine to 16. 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 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.[4]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 3 | |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| England | 14–0 | |
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Rutter  Barker Blackwell Brown Rudder Nugent |
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| Ukraine | 16–0 | |
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| Antonyuk Sheremet Krasylnykov Romanchuk Kahramanian |
Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Russia | 8–1 | |
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| Ramonov Pestretsov Larionov Kuligin Borkin |
Report | Messett |
| Russia | 9–0 | |
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| Kuligin Ramonov Sapiev Albegov Chesmin Borkin Potekhin Pagaev |
Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Brazil | 6–0 | |
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| Brito da Costa Vieira Silva de Oliveira Guimarães Machado |
Report |
| Brazil | 6–0 | |
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| Gomes de Souza Rocha da Silva Gomes Machado Guimarães |
Report |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 16 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Canada | 3–1 | |
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| Hodgson Stiles Charron |
Report | Birt |
| Netherlands | 4–1 | |
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| Vos Visker Conijn |
Report | Bassi |
| Netherlands | 4–0 | |
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| Saedt Vos Kooij |
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| Argentina | 3–3 | |
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Lugrin Morana |
Report | Levy R. Walker J. Walker |
| Canada | 1–4 | |
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| Charron |
Report | Visker Kooij Saedt Conijn |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Position 9-16
| Scotland | 2–1 | |
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| Mitchell Robertson |
Report | J. Walker |
| Japan | 2–6 | |
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| Taniguchi Toda |
Report | Ramos Carneiro da Silva Pinheiro Vilarinho |
Position 1-8
| Netherlands | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Schuitert Kooij |
Report | Van Altena |
Semi-finals
Position 13-16
Position 9-12
Position 5-8
| United States | 0–10 | |
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| Report | Brown Rutter Blackwell Crossen Nugent Barker |
Position 1-4
| Netherlands | 0–6 | |
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| Report | Ramonov Pestretsov Larionov Potekhin Borkin |
Finals
Position 15-16
Position 13-14
| Northern Ireland | 0–1 | |
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| Report | Villegas |
Position 11-12
Position 9-10
| Scotland | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Hannin Hickman Paton Paterson Halloran |
Report | Stiles |
Position 7-8
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
| Brazil | 6–0 | |
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| Silva de Oliveira Vieira Gomes de Souza |
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Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 12 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- own goals
Ranking
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See also
References
- Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - Qualification Guide, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 2014
- Announcement from the IFCPF. IFCPF. June 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- CPFWC draw procedure (PDF). IFCPF. May 2015.
- "2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships". web.archive.org. 2016-10-13. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-05.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)