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1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEngland England
Dates16 – 20 August 1991
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Netherlands
Runners-upEngland England
1985 Glasgow 1995 Nottingham
International football competition

The 1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship 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 England from 16 to 20 August 1991.

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.

Participating teams and officials

Teams

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1 England England
European Region 3 France France
Republic of Ireland Ireland
Netherlands Netherlands
Total 4

Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Nottingham.

Nottingham 1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship is located in EnglandNottinghamNottingham
Harvey Hadden Stadium
Capacity: unknown

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 4 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in the group advanced played in the final.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
  1. Number of points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Number of goals scored
  4. Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Drawing of lots

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

In the first group stage have seen the teams in a one group of four teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualified for
1 Netherlands Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team play for the Final
2 England England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 France France* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team play for the third place
4 Republic of Ireland Ireland* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: no more detailed information about the table stand available
The teams with * the placement is presumed due to the available results.
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
England England0–1Netherlands Netherlands
Report
Ireland Republic of IrelandFrance France
Netherlands Netherlands0–0France France
Report
Ireland Republic of IrelandEngland England
Ireland Republic of Ireland1–8Netherlands Netherlands
Report
England EnglandFrance France

Finals

Position 3-4

Ireland Republic of IrelandFrance France

Final

England England0–3Netherlands Netherlands
Report

Statistics

Ranking

Rank Team
Netherlands Netherlands
England England
...
4. ...

See also

References

  1. "CPISRA | Access to Sport". Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. https://www.ifcpf.com/tournaments/regional-championships
  3. https://chtyvo.org.ua/authors/Hnatiuk_Vasyl/Ukraina_v_futbolnykh_turnirakh_invalidiv.pdf
  4. ^ "CP voetbal football 7-a-side Interlands". cpvoetbal.nl (web.archive.org) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

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