The 7-a-side Football tournament features eight men’s teams, with two groups of four teams playing in a round-robin format. Teams in a group play each other once, with three points for a win and one point for a draw.

The top two teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals, with the winning semi-finalists going head to head for the gold.

In the group matches games can be played to a draw. In the knockout stages, two 10-minute periods of extra time are played. If scores are still tied after this, the game goes to a penalty shoot-out of five kicks per team, followed by sudden-death penalties if necessary.

For more information, please go to the International Paralympic Committee website.

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