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Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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The 7-a-side football of the 2008 Summer Paralympics will held in theOlympic Green Hockey Field between September 8, 2008 and September 16, 2008. Only one medal is available in this discipline.
Football 7-a-side logo of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Classfication
Classification is important for Paralympic atheletes - after classfication, atheletes can compete in a fair situation. 7-a-side football is for celebral palsy sufferers only, so athletes who classify as CP5-CP8 can take part in this sport.
Event
Since there is classification, there may be more than 1 medal in a single event. For example, only 1 medal is awarded in the men's 100 metres at the Summer Olympics, but there will be more than 10 medals in the same event at the Paralympics. At the Paralymics, men and women compete in the same event in Equestrianism, but only dressage is competed.
Qualification
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| Match |
Qualification Criteria |
Amount |
Nations |
| 2006/2007 Zonal Qualify Tournament (Team qualify with this must reach top 10 in world championship, otherwise the slots will allocate to highest rank and not qualifed team in the world championship) |
2006 European CPISRA Football 7-a-side Championship |
1 |
 Ukraine |
| 2006 FESPIC Games |
1 |
 Iran |
| 2007- Para-pan American Games |
1 |
 Argentina (silver medalists - gold medallists were Brazil, who have qualifed by the World Championship) |
| 2007CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championship |
4 |
4 |
 Russia |
 Brazil |
 Netherlands |
 Ireland* |
| Host Nation |
Auto-qualification if take part in either 2007 World Championship or 2006/07 Zonal Championship |
1 |
 China |
| Total |
8 |
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Competiton Format
The 8 teams will divided to 2 groups; each group is a single round robin. The best two of each group qualify for the semi-final, while last two of each group will compete for 5th-8th places. Fixtures
Medallists
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