| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Dates | 29 July – 6 August 2016 | 
| Teams | 13 | 
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 36 | 
| Goals scored | 165 (4.58 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | |
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 the 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 qualification | Berths | Qualified | 
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | |
| African Region | 0 | none | 
| Americas Region | 2 | |
| Asian Region | 3 | |
| European Region | 6 | |
| Oceania Region | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 
The draw
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings.[1] Here, the following groups:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pot 1 | ||||
| Pot 2 | ||||
| Pot 3 | ||||
| no Pot | ||||
| The teams of  | ||||
Squads
Group A
| 
 1 Barry Halloran  | 
 1 Samuel Larkings GK)  | 
 1 Antonio Jesus Dominguez Galvan (GK)  | 
Group B
| 
 1 Rui Rocha (GK)  | 
 1 Alexandre Bello Marlon  | 
 1 Jungdeuk Park (GK)  | 
Group C
| 
 1 Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi (GK)  | 
 1 Paul Cassidy (GK)  | 
 1 Rene Heinen (GK)  | 
Group D
| 
 1 Damien Wojtiw (GK)  | 
 1 Hideyuki Yanagi  | 
 1 Jaakko Sepalla (GK)  | 
 1 Mads Tofte (GK)  | 
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 play | 
|---|
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.[2] In any every match a maximum of 10 goals scored were counted. This is indicated with an asterisk (*).[3]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 13 | 
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 13 | 
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
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| 3–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vilarinho  Ramos P. Santos  | 
Report | 
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 13 | 
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
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| 7–1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jamali  Bakhshi Hassani Baghi  | 
Report | Jangjou  | 
| 0–6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lewsley  Leavy Cheeseman  | 
| 2–7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leavy  Lewsley  | 
Report | Jamali  Hassani Baghi Masoumzadeh  | 
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 9 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 | Team play for the position 9 - 13 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 | 
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
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| 0–10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ackinclos  Brown Stanley Charron Heffernan Bruno  | 
| 4–1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Toda  Ura Mykkanen Inoue  | 
Report | Helander  | 
| 1–2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wolf  | 
Report | Ura  Taniguchi  | 
| 10–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Charron  Stanley Brown Kamoun  | 
Report | 
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Position 1-8
| 4–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stewart  Paterson  | 
Report | 
| 6–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tiz Bor  Jamali Amjadian  | 
Report | 
| 3–2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leal Ferreira  P. Santos H. Pinheiro  | 
Report | Taniguchi  Toda  | 
Semi-finals
Position 5-8
| 3–2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leavy  Lewsley  | 
Report | Charron  | 
Position 1-4
| 6–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Paton  Stewart Paterson Martin  | 
Report | 
Finals
Group stage 9-13
position 9-13
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 | position 9 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 8 | position 10 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | position 11 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | position 12 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 1 | position 13 | 
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
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The match from the group stage Finland against Denmark (1–2) was included in the table.
| 6–3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fritsch  Meyer Geisler  | 
Report | Larsen  Hansen Møller  | 
| 4–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arino Casoliba  Munoz  | 
Report | 
| 2–5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Siikonen  Kuronen  | 
Report | Fritsch  Meyer Freudinger  | 
| 2–2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Choi  | 
Report | Helander  Laurila  | 
Finals 1-8
Position 7-8
| 5–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stanley  Charron Brown  | 
Report | 
Position 5-6
| 2–0 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Birt  J. Walker  | 
Report | 
Position 3-4
| 2–1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Yari Villegas  | 
Report | Vilarinho  | 
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
| Rank | Qualified 2017 WC  | Team | 
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Q | |
| 2. | ||
| 3. | Q | |
| 4. | Q | |
| 5. | Q | |
| 6. | Q | |
| 7. | Q | |
| 8. | Q | |
| 9. | Q | |
| 10. | ||
| 11. | ||
| 12. | ||
| 13. | 
See also
References
- ↑ Ranking. 2016-04-03. Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
 - ↑ Schedule Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine, IFCPF Football 7-a-side World Championships website
 - ↑ "Overview results and standings". Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
 
External links
- Official website
 - [ Official website from XX XX XXXX]
 - Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
 - International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)
 
