2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Brazil |
| Dates | 5 – 18 November 2007 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Russia
|
| Runners-up |
 Iran
|
| Third place |
 Ukraine
|
| Fourth place |
Brazil
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 274 (6.23 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Luciano Rocha (8) |
The 2007 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 Brazil from 5 November to 18 November 2007.
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. The Championships was a qualifying event for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
The following teams are qualified for the tournament:
During the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro.
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to 16. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.
In the knockout stage there were three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.
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