Tournament details | |
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Host country | Argentina |
Dates | 4 – 24 September 2017 |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ukraine |
Runners-up | Iran |
Third place | Russia |
Fourth place | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 217 (4.52 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Dillon Sheridan (10) |
The 2017 IFCPF CP Football World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes competed with a physical disability. The Championship took place in the Argentina from 4 to 24 September 2017.
Football CP Football was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications 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.