Draw for Football 7-A-Side event in Beijing announced by CP-ISRA
July 5th, 2008. In: SoccerThe draw for the pool stages of the 2008 Beijing Games Football 7-A-Side event was held by CP-ISRA recently and released yesterday. The Irish Team have been drawn in Pool B and will be up against the teams from Iran, Ukraine and Great Britain.
The Irish commence their campaign at the Olympic Park Hockey Field on Sept. 8th at 13:30 against the Iranian Team. The 2nd preliminary game is on Sept. 10th at 11:15 against defending champions, Ukraine. The final preliminary game against Great Britain will take place on Sept. 12th at 15:45.
The top two team from each Pool will progress to the semi finals. As the tournament ranks teams from 1-8, every team is guaranteed further matches on Sept. 14th and Sept. 16th. Commenting on the draw from the team training camp in Portugal, Team Manager Paul Cassin stated: “It’s quite a good draw ut every game will be difficult at this level of the sport. We certainly have a fighting chance of emerging from the group to the semi-finals.”
Info Source - Paralympic Council of Ireland - www.pcireland.ie