Football Seven-a-side
7-a-side football is for cerebral palsy sufferers only, so athletes who classify as CP5-CP8 can take part in this sport, with C5 being most disabled. At least one C5 or C6 player, and no more than three C8 players, may be on the field at a given time. Britain qualified a team in this sport through the 7th place finish of the England team at the CPISRA World Championships in Brazil.; their first appearance since the 1992 Barcelona Games
- Pool B
| Squad list | Group stage | Semifinal (5-8 Classification round) |
Final (7-8 Classification final) |
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| Rank | Rank | ||||
From:
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Ukraine L 1–8 |
4 | Netherlands L 2–4 |
China W 10–2 |
7 |
| Iran L 0–3 |
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| Ireland D 1–1 |
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| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 1 |
Legend:
| 8 September 15:45 |
Ukraine | 8–1 | Great Britain | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 5141 Referee: Kou Yadong (China) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Shkvarlo (3) Taras Dutko (2) Denis Ponomaryov Vol Antonyuk Anatolii Shevchyk |
Matthew Dimbylow |
| 10 September 9:00 |
Iran | 3–0 | Great Britain | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 5500 Referee: Yang Lingyu (China) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moslem Akbari Abdolreza Karimzadeh (2) |
| 12 September 15:45 |
Great Britain | 1–1 | Ireland | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 11365 Referee: Deng Qiang (China) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Barker | Joseph Markey |
- 5-8 Classification semifinal
| 14 September 9:00 |
Netherlands | 4–2 | Great Britain | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 6312 Referee: Fang Aijun (China) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes Straatman (2) Stephan Lokhoff Joey Mense |
(Report) | Matthew Dimbylow Matthew Ellis |
- 7-8 Classification final
| 16 September 9:00 |
Great Britain | 10–2 | China | Olympic Green Hockey Field A Attendance: 4235 Referee: Fang Aijun (China) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Dimbylow Michael Barker (4) Mark Robertson Roy Gordon Graeme Paterson Matthew Ellis Jonathan Paterson |
(Report) | Fan Zhichao (2) |
Read more about this topic: Great Britain At The 2008 Summer Paralympics
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