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Football 7-a-side Cerebral palsy football, also called ''7-a-side football'' or formerly ''Paralympic football'', is an adaptation of association football for athletes with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including stroke and traumatic brain injur ...
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2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
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Olympic Hockey Centre Olympic Hockey Centre may refer to: *Olympic Hockey Centre (Athens), used for the 2004 Summer Olympics *Riverbank Arena, formerly known as the Olympic Hockey Centre, which was used for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London *Olympic Hockey Centre (Rio ...
, from 1 September to 9 September. Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with
cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...
, a condition characterized by impairment of
muscular Skeletal muscles (commonly referred to as muscles) are organs of the vertebrate muscular system and typically are attached by tendons to bones of a skeleton. The muscle cells of skeletal muscles are much longer than in the other types of muscle ...
coordination Coordination may refer to: * Coordination (linguistics), a compound grammatical construction * Coordination complex, consisting of a central atom or ion and a surrounding array of bound molecules or ions * Coordination number or ligancy of a centr ...
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footballers A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
are expected to compete for one set of medals."Football 7-a-side"
, The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, accessed 20 May 2011.
For these games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament.


Qualifying


Group stage


Group A


Group B


Knockout stage


Classification round


5th–8th place semi-finals


7th–8th place match


5th–6th place match


Medal round


Semi-finals


Bronze medal match


Gold medal match


Medalists


See also

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Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London at the Riverbank Arena, from 31 August to 8 September. Football 5-a-side is played by athletes with visual impairment, with a ball with a noise making device inside.Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics The association football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 11 August, and was the only sport to begin before the official opening day of the Olympic Games, two days before the opening ceremony. It was also the only ...


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"Football 7-a-side"
, The official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
{{Paralympic Games Football 7-a-side
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2012 Summer Paralympics events
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