1998 CPISRA Soccer World Championships
# 1998 CPISRA Soccer World Championships

The 1998 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was the world 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 in Brazil from 5 to 12 September 1998.

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 | Brazil |
| Americas Region | | Argentina USA ... |
| European Region | | England & Wales Netherlands Russia Spain Ukraine ... |
| Total | 11 | |

## Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro.

| Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro | Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro | Deodoro |
| - | - | - |
| Deodoro Sports Complex | | Deodoro |
| Capacity: unknown | | Deodoro |

## Group stage

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualified for |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 2 | Spain* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 5 - 6 |
| 4 | England & Wales* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 7 - 8 |
| 5 | USA* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 9 - 10 |

### Group 2

| 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 - 4 |
| 2 | Ukraine* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 1 - 4 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team play for the position 5 - 6 |

## Finals

Position 9-10

Position 7-8

Position 5-6

Position 3-4

Final

## Statistics

### Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Russia |
| | Ukraine |
| | Brazil |
| 4. | Spain |
| 5. | Netherlands |
| 6. | Argentina |
| 7. | ... |
| 8. | ... |
| 9. | ... |
| 10. | ... |
| 11. | ... |
