Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London at the Riverbank Arena, from 31 August to 8 September. Football 5-a-side is played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside."Football 5-a-side" , The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessed 21 February 2012.

For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were the favourites since they had won both in Athens 2004 and in Beijing 2008; they were also the defending world champions.

Qualifying Means of qualification Date Venue BerthsFootball 5-a-Side Qualification Criteria – FT, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011. Qualified Host nation   1 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship 14–22 August 2010 1 2010 Asian Para-Games 13–18 December 2010 Guangzhou, 1 2011 IBSA Football 5-a-side European Championships 17 June – 1 July 2011 Aksaray, 2 2011 Parapan American Games 15–20 November 2011 Guadalajara, 1 Wildcard   2 Total 8

Squads

Each of the eight participating nations submitted a squad of ten men – eight blind or visually impaired players and two sighted goalkeepers. For the first time, the sighted players were awarded medals as part of their team.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

7th–8th place match

5th–6th place match

Medal round

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Medallists Men's team Fábio VasconcelosDaniel Dantas da SilvaEmerson de CarvalhoGledson da PaixãoMarcos FelipeJeferson da Conceição GonçalvesSeverino Gabriel da SilvaRicardo Steinmetz Alves (captain)Raimundo Nonato Alves Mendes Frédéric JannasHakim ArezkiAbderrahim MayaYvan KepmegniDavid LabarreJonathan GrangierGaël RivièreMartin BaronArnaud AyaxFrédéric Villeroux (captain) Álvaro Gonzalez AlcarazJosé Luis Giera TejueloFrancisco Muñoz PérezAdolfo Acosta Rodriguez (captain)José López RamírezAlfredo Cuadrado FreireAntonio Martín GaitánYoussef El Haddaoui RabiiMarcelo Rosado CarrascoRaul Díaz Ortín

See also Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

External links "Football 5-a-side" , The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games