Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

This article is about the 2016 Summer Paralympics event for blind and partially sighted athletes. For the event at those Games for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments, see Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. For the able-bodied event at the Olympic Games, see Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Football 5-a-side at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Olympic Tennis Centre
Dates	9–17 September 2016
Competitors	96 (8 teams)

The Paralympic symbol.

Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held in Rio at the Olympic Tennis Centre, from 9 to 17 September. Football 5-a-side is played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.

For these games, the men will compete in an 8-team tournament. Brazil are hosts, reigning three times Paralympic champions, and the favorites since they won both in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012; they are also the defending world and PanAmerican champions.

Classification

The International Paralympic Committee recognizes three classifications for the purposes of this event, all involving various degrees of limited sight, ranging from total lack of sight to the ability to make out shapes at short distances - B1, B2 and B3. However, the event is made fair and open to all abilities within the broader classification by the use of eyemasks by all players.

Qualification

Eight teams will contest the competition, which is for male athletes only.

An NPC can enter a single squad, consisting of eight players, plus 2 sighted goalkeepers - goalkeepers are not included in the athlete quota of 64; both goalkeepers however, in line with Paralympic practice on able bodied guides and competitors' in other events, are eligible for medals.

Football 5-a-side at 2016 Summer Paralympics - Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen,Denmark	1	Brazil (BRA)
2014 IBSA World Blind Football Championship	13–25 November 2014	Tokyo, Japan	1	Argentina (ARG)
2014 Asian Championiship	30 August-8 September 2015	Tokyo, Japan	3	Iran (IRI)  China (CHN)
2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships	22–29 August 2015	Hereford, United Kingdom	2	Turkey (TUR)  Russia (RUS)
2015 Parapan American Games	8-15 August 2015	Toronto, Canada	1	Mexico (MEX)
2015 IBSA Football 5-a-side African Championships	16–25 October 2015	Douala, Cameroon	1	Morocco (MAR)
Total			8

Tournament

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil (BRA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iran (IRI)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco (MAR)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey (TUR)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina (ARG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
China (CHN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico (MEX)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia (RUS)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

External links

• "Football 5-a-side", The official site of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games