Soccer World Cup at the 2005 CPISRA World Championships
# Soccer World Cup at the 2005 CPISRA World Championships

Football 7-a-side at the 2005 CPISRA World Championships was held in New London, Connecticut from 27 June to 11 July. Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with cerebral palsy, a condition characterized by impairment of muscular coordination, stroke, or traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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

### Qualifying

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | United States |
| Africa Region | Africa Region | Africa Region | 1 | South Africa |
| 2002 Pan-American Soccer Championship | 22 – 29 September 2002 | Santiago, Chile | 3 | Argentina Brazil Canada |
| 2002 FESPIC Games | 26 October – 1 November 2002 | Busan, South Korea | 2 | Iran Japan |
| 2002 European Soccer Championship | 30 August – 8 September 2002 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 5 | England & Wales Netherlands Russia Spain Ukraine |
| Oceania Region | Oceania Region | Oceania Region | 1 | Australia |
| Total | | | 13 | |

## Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in New London, Connecticut.

| New London | New London | New London |
| - | - | - |
| Stadium: unknown | | New London |
| Capacity: unknown | | New London |

## First group stage

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 13 |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 8 |
| 3 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 13 |

### Group 3 and Group 4

Group 3 and 4 do not provide any information on the ending of the closing tables. On the basis of the tables in groups 5 and 6 of the second group phase, it can be concluded that the following teams have emerged:

* Argentina,
* Brazil,
* England & Wales and
* Ukraine.

These three teams played for positions 9 to 13:

* Japan,
* South Africa and
* Spain.

## Second group stage

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 3 |
| 3 | Argentina* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 5 |
| 4 | England & Wales* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 7 |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 |
| 2 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 3 |
| 3 | Brazil* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 5 |
| 4 | United States* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 7 |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | posotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | position 9 |
| 2 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | position 10 |
| 3 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | position 11 |
| 4 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | position 12 |
| 5 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | position 13 |

## Finals

Position 7-8

Position 5-6

Position 3-4

Final

## Statistics

### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Russia |
| | Ukraine |
| | Iran |
| 4. | Netherlands |
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