1990 CPISRA Soccer World Championships

1990 CPISRA Soccer World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands
Runners-up	Ireland
Third place	Belgium

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.

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 nation	1	Netherlands
Americas Region	1	United States
European Region	3	Belgium England & Wales Ireland
Total	5

Venues

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

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

18 July 1990

Netherlands	3–0	Ireland
	Report

19 July 1990

Netherlands	4–1	Belgium
	Report

21 July 1990

Netherlands	5–0	United States
	Report

22 July 1990

Netherlands	6–0	England & Wales
	Report

Finals

Position 3-4

Belgium	–

Final

25 July 1990

Netherlands	5–0	Ireland
	Report

Statistics

Ranking

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Ireland
	Belgium
4.	...
5.	...

See also

External links

• Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA)
• International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF)