| Tourney Name: | IFCPF CP Football Americas Championship |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Country: |  Ecuador |
| Dates: | 27 October – 3 November 2018 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion Other: |  Brazil |
| Second Other: |  Argentina |
| Third Other: |  United States |
| Fourth Other: |  Colombia |
| Matches: | 20 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 PG Toronto 2014 AC Toronto |
| Nextseason: | 2019 PG Lima |
The 2018 IFCPF CP Football Americas Championship was an American championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Ecuador from 27 October to 3 November 2018.[1]
CP Football 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 2019 IFCPF CP Football World Championships.
| width=45% | Means of qualification | width=10% | Berths | width=45% | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | align=center | 1 | Ecuador | ||
| Americas Region | align=center | 7 | Argentina Brazil CanadaChile Colombia United States Venezuela | ||
| Total | 8 |
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:[2]
| width=5% | width=20% | Group A | width=20% | Group B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pot 1 | Brazil | Argentina | |||
| Pot 2 | Canada | United States | |||
| Pot 3 | Chile | Venezuela | |||
| Pot 4 | Colombia | Ecuador |
The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:
Group A
Group B
The venues to be used for the Americas Championships were located in Sangolquí.
| Sangolquí | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stadium: Estadio Rumiñahui (Club: C.S.D. Independiente del Valle) | ||
| Capacity: 8,000 | ||
The group stage was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself.
The first-placed teams played in the final for the first place, the next two teams played for the position five to eight.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.
The group stage, have seen the 8 teams divided into two groups of four teams.
Position 5-8----
Position 1-4----
Position 7-8
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
Final
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | ||
| Argentina | ||
| United States | ||
| 4. | Colombia | |
| 5. | Venezuela | |
| 6. | Canada | |
| 7. | Chile | |
| 8. | Ecuador |