The 2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side American Cup was an American 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 Argentina from 18 to 26 October 2010. Football 7-a-side was played with modified

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. 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

2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships The 2011 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 di ...

Participating teams and officials

Teams

Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

Venues

The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Buenos Aires.

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 6 teams in one group, where engaged in a

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within itself. The placements of the table are the placements of the tournament. 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

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. Athletes must be ambulant. Players were classified by level of disability. * C5: Athletes with difficulties when walking and running, but not in standing or when kicking the ball. * C6: Athletes with control and co-ordination problems of their upper limbs, especially when running. * C7: Athletes with

hemiplegia Hemiparesis, or unilateral paresis, is weakness of one entire side of the body ('' hemi-'' means "half"). Hemiplegia is, in its most severe form, complete paralysis of half of the body. Hemiparesis and hemiplegia can be caused by different medic ...

. * C8: Athletes with minimal disability; must meet eligibility criteria and have an impairment that has impact on the sport of football. 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.

Group stage

In the first group stage have seen the teams in a one group of six teams.

Statistics

Ranking

References

External links

Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)

International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)
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