Football Five-a-side
The sport is classified as a B1 event, meaning that it is for blind athletes, however vision-impaired athletes are also able to take part as all competitors wear eyeshades to ensure they are equally disadvantaged. Goalkeepers may be sighted as long as they have not been registered with FIFA since 2003. Each team may also have a guide behind their opponents' goal to direct players.
Great Britain qualified through the International Blind Sports Federation European Championships, held in Greece in 2007, where the team won the silver medal. It was the first time Britain was represented in this sport at the Paralympics. The team finished fifth out of the six teams that competed, having beaten South Korea on penalties in the fifth and sixth place classification match.
- Preliminaries
| Squad list | Group stage | Final (5-6 Classification) |
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| Rank | Rank | |||
From:
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China L 0–3 |
5 | South Korea W 1–1 (PSO 1–0) |
5 |
| South Korea W 2–1 |
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| Spain L 1–3 |
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| Brazil L 0–5 |
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| Argentina L 1–3 |
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| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
| Brazil | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
| Argentina | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| Spain | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | –2 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | –11 |
| South Korea | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | –7 |
Legend:
| 7 September 11:30 |
China | 3–0 | Great Britain | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 1259 Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Yafeng (2) Chen Shanyong |
| 9 September 9:00 |
South Korea | 1–2 | Great Britain | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 1321 Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hur Suk | David Clarke Jonathan Gribbin |
| 11 September 13:00 |
Great Britain | 1–3 | Spain | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 2021 Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Clarke | Alfredo Cuadrado Marcelo Rosado Antonio Jesus Martin |
| 13 September 11:00 |
Great Britain | 0–5 | Brazil | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 1277 Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joao Batista Silva Mizael Oliveira Ajmal Maqsood Ahmed (O.G.) Ricardo Alves (2) |
| 15 September 9:00 |
Argentina | 3–1 | Great Britain | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 1117 Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvio Vela (2) Ivan Figueroa |
Lee Greatbatch |
- 5-6 Classification
| 17 September 9:00 |
Great Britain | 1–1 | South Korea | Olympic Green Hockey Field Attendance: 1057 Referee: Ricardo Torino (Argentina) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Clarke | Oh Yong-Kyun | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| Seal Clarke |
1 – 0 | Kim K-H Kim J-H Park M-S |
Read more about this topic: Great Britain At The 2008 Summer Paralympics
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