1990 CPISRA Soccer World Championships

The 1990 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 the Netherlands 1990.

1990 CPISRA Soccer World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands
Runners-up Ireland
Third place Belgium

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.

Participating teams and officials

Teams
Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation1 Netherlands
Americas Region1 United States
European Region3 Belgium
England & Wales
Ireland
Total5

Venues

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

Assen
Stadium: unknown
Capacity: unknown

Format

The first round, a group stage, was a competition between the 5 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in the group advanced played in the final.

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.

  • 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.
  • 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 group stage have seen the teams in a one group of five teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualified for
1 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team play for the Final
2 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Belgium* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team play for the position 3
4 United States* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 England & Wales* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team has the position 5
Source: no more detailed information about the table stand available
The teams with * the placement is presumed due to the available results.
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Netherlands 3–0 Ireland
Report [1]
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Netherlands 4–1 Belgium
Report [1]
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Netherlands 5–0 United States
Report [1]
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Netherlands 6–0 England & Wales
Report [1]
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Finals

Position 3-4

Belgium –

Final

Netherlands 5–0 Ireland
Report [1]

Statistics

Ranking
RankTeam
Netherlands
Ireland
Belgium
4. ...
5. ...

See also

References
  1. "CP voetbal football 7-a-side Interlands". cpvoetbal.nl (web.archive.org) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-05.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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