Football (7-a-side)

• Football (7-a-side) is open to athletes with cerebral palsyA disorder of movement and posture due to damage to an area of the brain that controls and coordinates muscle tone, reflexes, posture and movement. "Cerebral" mean brain-centred; "palsy" is a lack of muscle control..
• Rules are the same as Olympic football, with slight modifications.  There are seven players on a team rather than 11, the fields of play measurements are smaller and there are no off-sides.
• Matches are played in two, 30-minute halves.
• Football became a Paralympic Games sport in 1984.
• The Australian 7-a-Side Football team are called the PararoosAustralian 7-a-side Football Team!

ClassificationAthletes are classified by classifiers into classes by their ability to function. The aim is to ensure that athletes of similar ability compete against one another.

Players can be chosen from the C5, C6, C7 and C8 cerebral palsy divisions