Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
# Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

5-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 7 and September 17. One event was contested, a men's team competition.

## Classification

The tournament was classified as a B1 event, meaning that it was for blind athletes. Athletes wore eyeshades to ensure that vision-impaired and totally blind athletes were level in ability. Goalkeepers could be sighted as long as they had not been registered with FIFA since 2003. Each team was also allowed to have a guide behind their opponents' goal to direct players. The ball made a rattling sound when kicked, so fans were required to keep quiet during play.

## Teams

| China Chen Shanyong Li Xiaoqiang Wang Yafeng Wang Zhoubin Wei Zheng Xia Zheng Yang Xinqiang Yu Yutan Zhang Qiang Zheng Wenfa | Argentina Gonzalo Abbas Hachache Diego Cerega Eduardo Diaz Ivan Figueroa Jose Luis Jimenez Dario Aldo Lencina Gustavo Maidana Antonio Mendoza Lucas Rodriguez Silvio Mauricio Velo | Great Britain Ajmal Maqsood Ahmed Andrew Briant David Clarke Lee Greatbatch Jon Gribbin Simon Hill Daniel James William Norman Jonathon Pugh Keryn Seal |
| - | - | - |
| South Korea Hur Suk Ji Jun Min Jo Woo Hyung Kim Jae Sik Kim Jung Hoon Kim Kyung Ho Lee Jin Won Oh Yong Kyun Park Meong Su Yoon Jong Suk | Spain Adolfo Acosta Rodriguez Vicente Aguilar Carmona Alfredo Cuadrado Pedro Garcia Villa Carmelo Garrido Alarcon Jose Manuel Gomez Alvaro Gonzalez Alcaraz Jose Lopez Antonio Martin Gaitan Marcelo Rosado Carrasco | Brazil Ricardo Alves Andreonni Farias Rego Marcos Felipe Jefferson Gonçalves Mizael Oliveira Damião Ramos Fabio Ribeiro Vasconcelos João Batista Silva Severino Silva Sandro Soares |

## Competition format

The six teams started play a single round-robin tournament. Then the top two teams competed for the gold medal, the third and fourth place teams competed for the bronze medal, and the remaining two teams played a match to determine fifth and sixth place.

## Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China (CHN) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 11 |
| Argentina (ARG) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 |
| Spain (ESP) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's team | Brazil (BRA) Fábio Ribeiro Vasconcelos (captain) Sandro Soares Damião Ramos Severino Silva Ricardo Alves Marcos Felipe Mizael Oliveira João Batista Silva Jefferson Gonçalves Andreonni Farias Rego Coach: Antônio Pádua Alves da Costa | China (CHN) Li Xiaoqiang (captain) Xia Zheng Wang Zhoubin Chen Shanyong Wang Yafeng Wei Zheng Zhang Qiang Yu Yutan Yang Xinqiang Zheng Wenfa Coach: Dong Junjie | Argentina (ARG) Silvio Velo (captain) Gonzalo Abbas Hachache Eduardo Diaz Diego Cerega Lucas Rodriguez Dario Lencina Antonio Mendoza Gustavo Maidana Ivan Figueroa Jose Luis Jimenez Coach: Gonzalo Vilarino |
