| Tourney Name: | CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Country: |  Brazil |
| Dates: | 5 – 18 November 2007 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Champion Other: |  Russia |
| Second Other: | Iran |
| Third Other: |  Ukraine |
| Fourth Other: | Brazil |
| Matches: | 44 |
| Goals: | 274 |
| Top Scorer: | Luciano Rocha (8) |
| Prevseason: | 2005 New London |
| Nextseason: | 2009 Arnheim |
The 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Brazil from 5 November to 18 November 2007.
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that 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 Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
The following teams are qualified for the tournament:
| width=25% | Means of qualification | width=20% | Date | width=25% | Venue | width=5% | Berths | width=25% | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | align=center | 1 | Brazil | ||||||
| African Region | 1 |  South Africa | |||||||
| 13 August – 19 August 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3 |  Argentina Canada United States | ||||||
| 25 November – 1 December 2006 |  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3 |  ChinaIran  Japan | ||||||
| 21 – 28 July 2006 |  Dublin, Ireland | 7 | Netherlands England & Wales Ireland Spain RussiaScotland Ukraine | ||||||
| Oceania Region | 1 |  Australia | |||||||
| Total | 16 | ||||||||
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:[1] [2]
| width=5% | width=20% | Group A | width=20% | Group B | width=20% | Group C | width=20% | Group D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pot 1 | Iran | Brazil | Ukraine | Russia | |||||
| Pot 2 | Netherlands | Australia | Ireland | Argentina | |||||
| Pot 3 | Spain | England & Wales | Canada | China | |||||
| Pot 4 | United States | South Africa | Japan | Scotland |
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro.
| Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
|---|---|---|
| Deodoro Sports Complex | ||
| Capacity: unknown | ||
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to 16. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.
In the knockout stage there were three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.Classification
Athletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.
Players were classified by level of disability.
Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.
The first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. In any every match a maximum of 10 goals scored were counted. This is indicated with an asterisk (*).[3] [4] [5] [6]
Position 9-16------------
Position 1-8------------
Position 12-16----
Position 9-12----
Position 5-8----
Position 1-4----
Position 15-16
Position 13-14
Position 11-12
Position 9-10
Position 7-8
Position 5-6
Position 3-4
Final
Luciano Rocha Taras Dutko David Cantoni5 Goals
Jose Carlos Guimaraes Finbarr O'riordan Denys Ponomaryov Ivan Shkvarlo Sefik Smajlovic Marthell Vazquez David Barber Pavel Borisov Fabiano Bruzzi Mamuka Dzimistarishvili Luke Evans Sebastian Garcia Andrey Kuvaev Wanderson Oliveira Flavio Pereira Christopher Pyne Christo Titus Matthew Brown Paul Dollard Olexiy Hetun Volodymyr Kabanov Stanislav Kolykhalov Thozamile Lurane Leandro Marinho Gary Messett Jean Rodrigues Marcos Salazar Shaun Schetka Alexey Tchesmine Vitaliy Trushev Fang Wan Xu Zhu Derek Arneaud Pedro Gonçalves Dustin Hodgson Renato Lima Andrey Lovetchnikov Josh Mckinney Mariano Morana Claudio Morinigo Malito Nxumalo Alan O'hara Todd Phillips Ivan Potekhin Andriy Tsukanov Sergiy Vakulenko Guojun Xu, Guojun Lang Yunlong Ryuta Yoshino| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | ||
| Iran | ||
| Ukraine | ||
| 4. | Brazil | |
| 5. | Netherlands | |
| 6. | Scotland | |
| 7. | England & Wales | |
| 8. | Ireland | |
| 9. | Argentina | |
| 10. | United States | |
| 11. | Australia | |
| 12. | Canada | |
| 13. | Japan | |
| 14. | South Africa | |
| 15. | China | |
| Spain |