2018 IFCPF CP Football Asia-Oceana Championship

2018 IFCPF CP Football Asia-Oceana Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	24 - 29 October
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Jordan
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
	← 2015 APG Incheon

The 2018 IFCPF CP Football Asia-Oceana Championship was an Asia-Oceana championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. IFCPF stands for International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Ecuador from 24 to 29 October 2018.^[1]

CP Football 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. The Championships was a qualifying event for the 2019 IFCPF CP Football World Championships.

Participating teams and officials

Teams

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Iran
Asian and Oceanian Region	4	Australia Jordan South Korea Thailand
Total	5

Squads

The individual teams contact following football gamblers on to:

Group

Australia	Iran	Jordan	South Korea	Thailand

Venues

The venues to be used for the Asia-Oceana Championships were located in Kish Island.^[1]

Kish Island		Kish Island
Stadium: Kish Island Olympic Stadium)
Capacity: unknown

Format

The teams play in a group that placed first is the winner of the tournament.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria: Number of points Goal difference Number of goals scored Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams Drawing of lots

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.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualified for
1	Iran	4	4	0	30	2	+28	12	Team has the gold medal
2	Australia	4	3	1	21	8	+13	9	Team have the silver medal
3	Jordan	4	2	2	14	19	−5	6	Team has the bronze medal
4	Thailand	4	1	3	7	18	−11	3
5	South Korea	4	0	4	3	28	−25	0

Source: IFCPF CP Football 2018 Asia-Oceana Championship
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

24 October 2018