Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

This article is about the 2016 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 2016 Summer Paralympics. For the able-bodied event at the Olympic Games, see Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Football 5-a-side
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Tennis Centre
Dates9–17 September
Competitors96 (8 teams) from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina
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Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in Rio at the Olympic Tennis Centre, from 9 to 17 September. Football 5-a-side was played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.

For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. Brazil were hosts, reigning three times Paralympic champions, and the favorites since they won both in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012; they were also the defending world and PanAmerican champions.[2]

  1. ^ "Paralympic Football 5-a-side". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Football 5-a-Side: 12 Facts for London 2012".