7-a-side Soccer

Paralympic soccer is played on a 75 x 55m field with a 5 x 2m goal. The sport follows the standard FIFA rules for seven-a-side soccer with the following exceptions: there is no off-side rule, an under-arm throw-in is permitted if a player is physically unable to execute a throw-in according to FIFA rules, opposing players are required to be seven meters from the ball on restarts, and the game is played during two 30-minute halves. Paralympic soccer competition is open to male athletes with cerebral palsy/brain injury/stroke.