| Tourney Name: | CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Dates: | 22 – 29 September 2002 |
| Champion Other: |  Brazil |
| Second Other: |  Argentina |
| Third Other: |  United States |
| Fourth Other: | Chile |
| Prevseason: | 1999 ??? |
| Nextseason: | 2007 Rio de Janeiro |
The 2002 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. The Championship took place in Chile from 22 to 29 September 2002.[1]
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 2003 CPISRA Soccer World Championships.
| width=45% | Means of qualification | width=10% | Berths | width=45% | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | align=center | 1 | Chile | ||
| Americas Region | align=center | 3 | Argentina Brazil United States | ||
| Total | 4 |
The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
| Argentina | Brazil | Chile | United States[2] | |
| Adolfo Aguilar Jay Aprea Josh Blue Geoff Glass Tim Kristner Jon McCullough Josh McKinney Aaron Myers Mike Peters John Theobald George Sansonetis Eli Wolff Dave Woosnam |
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Santiago de Chile.
| Santiago | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stadium: National Stadium of Chile | ||
| Capacity: 48,665 | ||
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 4 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. In both of the best placed, they play in the final for the tournament, the two last teams play for third place.
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.
In the group stage have seen the teams in a one group of four teams.
Position 3-4
Final
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | ||
| Argentina | ||
| United States Chile |