2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships

The 2006 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships was the European championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Ireland from 21 to 28 July 2006.

Football 7-a-side 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 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships.

Participating teams and officials Teams Means of qualificationBerthsQualified Host nation 1 Ireland European Region 7 England & Wales Finland Netherlands Russia Scotland Spain Ukraine Total 8

The draw During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups: Group 1 Group 2 Pot 1 Ukraine Russia Pot 2 Ireland Netherlands Pot 3 Spain England & Wales Pot 4 Scotland Finland

Squads The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

Group 1 Ukraine Ireland Spain Scotland1. Kostyantyn Symashko 2. Vitaliy Trushev 3. Sergiy Babiy 4. Taras Dutko 5. Oleksandr Devlysh 6. Ivan Shkvarlo 7. Andriy Tsukanov 8. Denys Ponomaryov 9. Olexiy Hetun 10. Volodymyr Kabanov 11. Volodymyr Antonyuk 15. Ihor Kosenko1. Peter O'Neill 2. Paul Dollard 3. Aidan Brennan 4. Luke Evans 5. Joseph Markey 6. Finbar O'Riordan 7. Gary Messett 8. Kieran Devlin 9. Alan O'Hara 10. Darren Kavanagh 11. Neil Walsh 12. Jonathan Corway1. Jesus Maria Visitacion 2. Sergio Alvarez 4. Ramon Dell Pino 5. Jamie Rosado 6. Juan Antonio Perez 7. Sergio Clemente 8. Carlos Lopez 9. Yordi Lopez 10. Ivan Vazquez 11. Pedro Rocha 12. Luis Sierra1. Craig Connell 2. Gary Brown 3. Joe Divine 4. Cameron Muir 5. Craig Gray 6. Keith Gardiner 7. Martin Keirn 9. John Wardrope 10. Barry Manson 11. Jonathon Patterson 12. Barry Jackson 15. Graeme Patterson

Group 2 Russia Netherlands England & Wales Finland1. Oleg Smirnov 2. Andrei Lozhecnikov 3. Anton Kalachev 4. Rolan Dzhanaev 5. Pavel Sizov 6. Aleksey Tumakov 7. Alexey Chesmin 8. Ivan Potekhin 11. Stanislav Kolykhalov 12. Georgy Nadzharyan 14. Pavel Borisov 15. Andrey Kuvaev1. Rudi Van Breemen 2. Jeroen Voogd 3. John Swinkles 4. Jeffrey Bruinier 5. John Dost 6. Patrick Beekmans 7. Richard Van Amerongen 8. Ruben Dehass 9. David Tetelepta 10. Stephan Lokhoff 11. Matijn Van De Ven 16. Bart Adelaars1. Gavin Wood 2. David Kelly 3. Stepan Hanhan 4. Andy Taylor 5. Dominic Benn 6. Gary Davies 7. Michael Barker 8. Jordan Smith 9. Richard Fox 10. Michael Heathcote 11. Mark Brookes 12. Jordan Raynes1. Kim Suurivouri 2. Henri Forss 3. Jussi Laurila 4. Janne Inkila 7. Teemu Komulainen 9. Janne Helander 10. Johannes Siikonen 11. Antti Turunen 12. Jaakki Seppala 17. Jussi Tuominen 18. Pentti Kokko

Venues The venues to be used for the European Championships were located in Dublin. DublinBelfield Bowl Capacity: 3,000

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two 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 four. The next two teams played for the position five to eight. The last teams played for the position nine to ten. 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 playThe ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria: Number of points Goal difference Number of goals scored Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams Drawing of lots In the knockout stage there were two rounds (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 ten teams divided into two groups of five teams.

Group 1

Group 2

Knockout stage Semi-finals Position 5-8

Position 1-4

Finals Position 7-8

Position 5-6

Position 3-4

Final

Statistics Goalscorers 6 goals Taras Dutko

5 goals

Vitaliy Trushev Stephan Lokhoff

4 goals

Michael Barker Pavel Borisov Volodymyr Kabanov Gary Messett Finbar O'Riordan Ivan Vazquez

3 goals

Volodymyr Antonyuk Alexey Chesmin Sergio Clemente Paul Dollard Andrey Kuvaev Ivan Potekhin Pavel Sizov Andriy Tsukanov Matijn Van De Ven Yordi Lopez

2 goals

& Richard Fox Oleksandr Devlysh Andrei Lozhecnikov Joseph Markey John Swinkles

1 goal

Sergio Alvarez & Dominic Benn Jeffrey Bruinier Carlos Lopez & Gary Davies Ruben Dehass Ramon Dell Pino Rolan Dzhanaev Luke Evans Darren Kavanagh Jussi Laurila Barry Manson Pedro Rocha Sergiy Babiy Ihor Kosenko Ivan Shkvarlo & Andy Taylor David Tetelepta Richard Van Amerongen Neil Walsh ?? ?? ??

Ranking RankTeam Ukraine Russia Netherlands4. Ireland5. England & Wales6. Spain7. Scotland8. Finland

See also

References

External links 2006 European Championships Dublin Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA) International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)