2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships

2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships
2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships official logo
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands Netherlands
Dates17 June – 1 July 2011
Teams16
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsRussia Russia
Runners-upIran Iran
Third placeUkraine Ukraine
Fourth placeBrazil Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored318 (6.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Michael Barker (11)
Argentina 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]