Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

This article is about the 2012 Summer Paralympics event for blind and partially sighted athletes. For the event at those Games for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments, see Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For the able-bodied event at the Olympic Games, see Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Football 5-a-side
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Hockey Centre
Dates31 August – 8 September
Competitors96 (8 teams)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brazil  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) France  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spain  Spain
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Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in London at the Riverbank Arena, from 31 August to 8 September. Football 5-a-side is played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.[2]

For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were the favourites since they had won both in Athens 2004 and in Beijing 2008; they were also the defending world champions.[3]

  1. ^ "International Paralympic Committee". 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Football 5-a-side" Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessed 21 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Football 5-a-Side: 12 Facts for London 2012".