1995 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship explained

Tourney Name:CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship
Year:1995
Country: Argentina
Champion Other: United States
Second Other: Argentina
Third Other: Brazil
Fourth Other: Chile
Nextseason:1999 unknown

The 1995 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship was an American 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.

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. The Championships was a qualifying event for the 1998 CPISRA Soccer World Championships.

Participating teams and officials

Teams

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Host nation align=center 1 Argentina
Americas Region align=center 3 Brazil
Chile
United States
Total 4

Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

Venues

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

Buenos Aires
Stadium: unknown
Capacity: unknown

Format

In the group stage was a competition between the 4 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself.

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.

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

Statistics

Ranking

RankTeam
United States
Argentina
Brazil
4. Chile

See also

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