Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Guide: Football from 5

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NS 5 football is a mode exclusively played by Visually Impaired. managed before International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), the sport has been on the program of the Paralympic Games ever since Athens 2004.

As in traditional football, the teams’ goal is Kick the ball and hit the opponent’s goal. Each team enters the field with Four top athletes – All blind people using blindfolds – and goalkeeperWho does not have a disability. On the other hand, the goalkeeper may not touch the ball outside the designated area under the penalty of a penalty kick.

To guide athletes through sound, The ball has a kind of ‘crackle’ inside of it. Another important reference for the difference is guides, which are placed behind the opposing team’s goal to inform the athletes of the distance of the ball to the goal and direct the offensive movement.

Brazilian Ricardinho, trying to kick against Iran in the Rio 2016 final. The mentor guides the athlete behind the goal (Photo: Alaor Filho/MPIX/CPB)

NS Silence Athletes can help out in the empty stands at Tokyo-2020, because hearing is a fundamental feeling for the development of the game. However, the cheering crowd after goals and during technical pauses will definitely miss.

The dimensions of a five-a-side football field 40m x 20m. she is surrounded by wallsThis prevents the ball from leaving the field of play. However, there are no throws or corner kicks in this sport.

Some of the rules regarding the 2016 Paralympic Games have been changed. One is the match duration: instead of two 25-minute halves, they will now be twice every 20 minutes, Such as The timer is stopped when the ball is not in dispute, like after an error.

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Another change is target size, which was uploaded to 3.66 meters wide, 2.14 meters high.

Walls surround the five-a-side soccer field (Photo: Alaor Filho/MPIX/CPB)

Five-a-side football A male-only method in the Tokyo Paralympic Games program. The sport continues to seek to increase popularity among women, as there are few countries with athletes in this category.

The first official Women’s World Cup will be held in November this year, in Nigeria, but it has been postponed. Now, the competition has been moved to 2023, within the IBSA World Games in Birmingham, UK.

classification

Five-a-side football is only included in the Paralympics B1 athletes, consisting of athletes who have neither vision nor severely impaired vision. Since there are different levels of light perception, The use of a blindfold is mandatory for all athletes., in order to make the conditions of the game the same for all.

Givinho (left), named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2010, battles the ball with a French athlete at the 2012 London Olympics (Photo: Fernando Maia/CPB)

actually The goalkeeper is the only player who is not visually impaired, that is, it does not pass the classification criteria. Like top athletes, goalkeepers also receive medals.

History of Brazil

Brazil is The greatest football power in the world by 5. Since the inclusion of the sport in the Paralympic Games, in Athens 2004, the Brazilian national team Won the gold medal in the four editions played so far. In addition, the country He has not lost a match at the Paralympic Games.

In the first tournament, the green and yellow team beat Argentina, Greece, Spain, France and South Korea without suffering from a goal. Four years later, in Beijing, Brazil beat the Chinese, the owners of the house, in a decision Conquer the double championship. In London 2012, Brazil maintained strength and the national team I got gold Without conceding goals again.

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, the pressure was even greater: Confirm favoritism by winning gold at home. And it came: After beating China in the semi-finals, Brazil beat Iran 1-0 in the final, with a goal by Ricardinho, and reached the tetra championship.

Brazilian fans celebrate after the gold medal on the court at the Olympic Tennis Center in Rio de Janeiro (Photo: Alaor Filho/MPIX/CPB)

In addition to the Paralympic titles, Brazil has won five of the seven world championships Played so far – including the last three. we American Paraban Games, the same field repeats: Four diamonds in four championships disputed. The challenge in Tokyo will be to maintain this historical dominance.

Brazilians invited to Tokyo 2020

Casio Lopez dos Reis

Age: 32 years old

Position: Fixed Wing / Defensive

Participation in the Paralympics: 2 (London 2012 and Rio 2016).

Medals: 2 gold (2012 and 2016)

Damiao Robson de Souza Ramos

Age: 46 years old

Position: fixed

Participation in the Paralympics: 3 (Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016).

Medals: 3 golds (2008, 2012 and 2016)

Glidson da Paixao Barros

Age: 30 years old

Position: Attacking Wing / Pivot

Participation in the Paralympics: 1 (London 2012).

Medals: 1 gold (2012)

Jardel Vieira Soares

Age: 25 years old

Position: incoming

Number of participations in the Paralympics: 0

Jefferson de Conceição Gonçalves – Givenio

Age: 32 years old

Position: offensive wing

Participation in the Paralympics: 3 (Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016).

Medals: 3 golds (2008, 2012 and 2016)

Luan de Lacerda Gonçalves

Age: 28 years old

Position: goalkeeper

Participation in the Paralympics: 1 (Rio 2016).

Medals: 1 gold (2016)

Matthews da Costa Coelho Pomosa

Age: 27 years old

Position: goalkeeper

Number of participations in the Paralympics: 0

Raymundo Nonato Alves Mendes – Nonato

Age: 34 years old

Position: Attacking Wing / Pivot

Participation in the Paralympics: 2 (London 2012 and Rio 2016).

Medals: 2 gold (2012 and 2016)

Nonato dribbles Argentina’s players at Paraban de Lima in 2019 (Photo: Washington Alves/EXEMPLUS/CPB)

Ricardo Steinmetz Alves – Ricardinho

Age: 32 years old

Position: offensive wing

Participation in the Paralympics: 3 (Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016).

Medals: 3 golds (2008, 2012 and 2016)

James da Silva

Age: 25 years old

Position: offensive wing

Participation in the Paralympics: 1 (Rio 2016).

Medals: 1 gold (2016)

participating countries

Group A: BrazilJapan, France and China

Group B: Argentina, Spain, Thailand and Morocco

Calendar

08/29 (Sunday)

21:00 – Group A: Japan x France

23:30 – Group One: Brazil x china

08/30 (Mon)

04:30 – Group B: Argentina x Morocco

07:30 – Group B: Spain vs Thailand

21:00 – Group A: China x France

23:30 – Group One: Brazil x Japan

08/31 (Tuesday)

04:30 – Group B: Thailand x Morocco

07:30 – Group B: Spain x Argentina

21:00 – Group A: Japan x China

23:30 – Group A: France x Brazil

08/01 (Wednesday)

04:30 – Group B: Argentina x Thailand

07:30 – Group B: Morocco x Spain

08/02 (Thursday)

21:00 – A dispute for the seventh and eighth places

23:30 – Fifth and Sixth Place Competition

08/03 (Friday)

04:30 – Semi-finals 1

07:30 – Semi-finals 2

23:30 – Bronze medal dispute

04/08 (Saturday)

05:30 – last