Tournament details | |
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Host country | Netherlands |
Dates | 17 June – 1 July 2011 |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Russia |
Runners-up | Iran |
Third place | Ukraine |
Fourth place | Brazil |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 318 (6.63 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Michael Barker (11) Brian Vivot (11) |
The 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was the world 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 the Netherlands from 17 June to 1 July 2011.
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 London 2012 Paralympic Games.[1]