Football 5-a-side at the XVI Paralympic Games
Football 5-a-side pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Aomi Urban Sports Venue
Dates	29 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Brazil   Argentina   Morocco
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Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Aomi Urban Sports Venue in Tokyo. ^[1]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualifying

There are 8 men's teams who compete in the competition. Each team must have a maximum of fifteen squad members: eight outfield players, two goalkeepers with the other members being one guide, one coach with an assistant coach, along with a doctor and physiotherapist. ^[4] Iran the finalists of Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics withdraw due to Financial problems of players and Political reasons.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship	5–16 June 2018	Madrid	1	Brazil (BRA)
2019 Americas Regional Championships [5]	2–10 June 2019	São Paulo	1	Argentina (ARG)
2019 European Championships [6]	15–24 September 2019	Rome	2	France (FRA)   Spain (ESP)
2019 Asia Regional Championships [7]	30 September – 6 October 2019	Pattaya	2	Iran (IRI)   China (CHN)   Thailand (THA)
2019 Africa Regional Championships [8]	22 November – 1 December 2019	Enugu	1	Morocco (MAR)
Host country allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan (JPN)
Total			8

Schedule

G

Group stage

C

Classification matches

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	Wed 25 Aug	Thu 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug	Sat 28 Aug	Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tue 31 Aug	Wed 1 Sep	Thu 2 Sep		Fri 3 Sep	Sat 4 Sep		Sun 5 Sep
Men's tournament					G	G	G		C (5th/6th) (7th/8th)	½		B	F

Squads

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Brazil (BRA) Cássio [ pt] Damião [ pt] Gledson da Paixão Barros Jardiel Jefinho [ pt] Luan [ pt] Matheus Bumussa Nonato [ pt] Ricardinho [ pt] Tiago [ pt]	Argentina (ARG) Federico Accardi [ es] Ángel Deldo Maximiliano Espinillo [ es] Nahuel Heredia Darío Lencina Germán Muleck [ es] Froilán Padilla [ es] Marcelo Panizza Braian Pereyra Nicolás Véliz [ es]	Morocco (MAR) Abdellali Ait Al-Hakem Elhabib Ait Bajja Samir Bara Imad Berka Kamal Boughlam Said El-Mselek Houssam Ghilli Ayoub Hadimi Abderrazak Hattab Zouhair Snisla

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Semi finals
2	China	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3	5th–6th place match
4	France	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	7th–8th place match

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Semi finals
2	Morocco	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4	5th–6th place match
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0	7th–8th place match

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	2 September
	China	0
					4 September
	Argentina	2
					Argentina	0
	2 September
					Brazil	1
	Brazil	1
	Morocco	0
					Bronze medal match
					4 September
					China	0
					Morocco	4

7th–8th classification matches

5th–6th classification matches

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final rankings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Morocco
4	China
5	Japan
6	Spain
7	Thailand
8	France

See also

• Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Results book Archived 4 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine