Soccer World Cup at the 2005 CPISRA World Championships explained

Tourney Name:Soccer World Cup at the 2005 CPISRA World Championships
Country: United States
Dates:27 June – 11 July 2005
Num Teams:13
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion Other: Russia
Second Other: Ukraine
Third Other: Iran
Fourth Other: Netherlands
Prevseason:2003 Buenos Aires
Nextseason:2007 Rio de Janeiro

Football 7-a-side at the 2005 CPISRA World Championships was held in New London, Connecticut from 27 June to 11 July. Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with cerebral palsy, a condition characterized by impairment of muscular coordination, stroke, or traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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.

Participating teams and officials

Qualifying

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

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Host nation align=center 1 United States
Africa Region align=center 1 South Africa
22 – 29 September 2002 Santiago, Chile 3 Argentina
Brazil
Canada
26 October – 1 November 2002 Busan, South Korea 2 Iran
Japan
30 August – 8 September 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine 5 England & Wales
Netherlands
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
Oceania Region 1 Australia
Total 13

Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in New London, Connecticut.

New London
Stadium: unknown
Capacity: unknown

First group stage

Group 3 and Group 4

Group 3 and 4 do not provide any information on the ending of the closing tables. On the basis of the tables in groups 5 and 6 of the second group phase, it can be concluded that the following teams have emerged:

These three teams played for positions 9 to 13:

Second group stage

Group 7

Finals

Position 7-8

Position 5-6

Position 3-4

Final

Statistics

Ranking

RankTeam
Russia
Ukraine
Iran
4. Netherlands
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See also

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