Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Aomi Urban Sports Venue in Tokyo.[1]

Football 5-a-side
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Football 5-a-side pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueAomi Urban Sports Venue
Dates29 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2][3]

Qualifying

There are 8 men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of fifteen squad members: eight outfield players, two goalkeepers with the other members being one guide, one coach with an assistant coach, along with a doctor and physiotherapist.[4]

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship5–16 June 2018Spain Madrid1 Brazil (BRA)
2019 Americas Regional Championships[5]2–10 June 2019Brazil São Paulo1 Argentina (ARG)
2019 European Championships[6]15–24 September 2019Italy Rome2 France (FRA)
 Spain (ESP)
2019 Asia Regional Championships[7]30 September – 6 October 2019Thailand Pattaya2 Iran (IRI)
 China (CHN)
 Thailand (THA)
2019 Africa Regional Championships[8]22 November – 1 December 2019Nigeria Enugu1 Morocco (MAR)
Host country allocation7 September 2013Argentina Buenos Aires1 Japan (JPN)
Total8

Schedule
GGroup stage CClassification matches ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Date
Event
Wed
25 Aug		Thu
26 Aug		Fri
27 Aug		Sat
28 Aug		Sun
29 Aug		Mon
30 Aug		Tue
31 Aug		Wed
1 Sep		Thu
2 Sep		Fri
3 Sep		Sat
4 Sep		Sun
5 Sep
Men's tournamentGGGC
(5th/6th)
(7th/8th)		½BF

Squads
Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's team squads

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Brazil (BRA)
Cássio
Damião
Gledson da Paixão Barros
Jardiel
Jefinho
Luan
Matheus Bumussa
Nonato
Ricardinho
Tiago		  Argentina (ARG)
Federico Accardi
Ángel Deldo
Maximiliano Espinillo
Nahuel Heredia
Darío Lencina
Germán Muleck
Froilán Padilla
Marcelo Panizza
Braian Pereyra
Nicolás Véliz		  Morocco (MAR)
Abdellali Ait Al-Hakem
Elhabib Ait Bajja
Samir Bara
Imad Berka
Kamal Boughlam
Said El-Mselek
Houssam Ghilli
Ayoub Hadimi
Abderrazak Hattab
Zouhair Snisla

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi finals
2  China 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 5th–6th place match
4  France 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Japan 4–0 France
  • Kuroda 4', 9'
  • Kawamura 19', 27' (pen.)
 Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Brazil 3–0 China
  • Mendes 15', 36'
  • Reis 25' (pen.)
 Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
China 1–0 France
Zhu Ruiming 37' Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)
Brazil 4–0 Japan
  • Mendes 5'
  • Tiago Paraná 25'
  • Alves 36', 39'
 Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)
Japan 0–2 China
Report Zhu Ruiming 12', 18'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
France 0–4 Brazil
Report
  • Mendes 16', 26' (pen.)
  • Soares 35', 39'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Semi finals
2  Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 5th–6th place match
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Argentina 2–1 Morocco
Espinillo 3', 15' Report Snisla 9'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)
Spain 1–0 Thailand
Martin 40' Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Urabe Yasushi (Japan)
Thailand 0–2 Morocco
Report Snisla 6', 20'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Kazuo Takagi (Japan)
Spain 0–2 Argentina
Report Espinillo 8', 40'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Argentina 3–0 Thailand
  • Espinillo 13'
  • Deldo 20'
  • Veliz 38'
 Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Morocco 1–1 Spain
Snisla 18' Report Martin 30'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)

Knock-out stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
2 September
 
 
 China0
 
4 September
 
 Argentina2
 
 Argentina 2nd place, silver medalist(s)0
 
2 September
 
 Brazil 1st place, gold medalist(s)1
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Morocco0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
4 September
 
 
 China0
 
 
 Morocco 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4

7th–8th classification matches
France 2–3 Thailand
Youme 29', 31' Report
  • Buadee 9'
  • Kupan 17', 27'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

5th–6th classification matches
Japan 1–0 Spain
Kuroda 20' Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Rafael Gonzalez (Mexico)

Semi-finals
China 0–2 Argentina
Report Espinillo 18', 22'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Brazil 1–0 Morocco
Berka 28' (o.g.) Report
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Bronze medal match
China 0–4 Morocco 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Report Snisla 4', 8', 18', 30'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Gold medal match
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Argentina 0–1 Brazil 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Report Mendes 33'
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Final rankings
RankTeam
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Morocco
4  China
5  Japan
6  Spain
7  Thailand
8  France

See also

References
  1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 24 March 2020.
  3. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  4. "IBSA Blind Football Rulebook 2017–2021" (PDF). www.ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 29 August 2018.
  5. "Brazil recapture Copa America". International Paralympic Committee. 10 June 2019.
  6. Rowbottom, Mike (22 September 2019). "Spain and France book Tokyo 2020 place at Blind Football European Championships". insidethegames.biz.
  7. Pavitt, Michael (5 October 2019). "Iran earn Tokyo 2020 qualification by reaching Blind Football Asian Championships final". insidethegames.biz.
  8. "Morocco retains African title and qualified for Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 2 December 2019.
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