International Tournament gives teams warm-up for Rio

The Netherlands, Ukraine and the USA will face off before they meet again in September’s Games. 17 Jun 2016

The Ukrainian Football 7-a-side team at the Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain.

ⒸSalou 2016

By Kate Bistrova | For the IPC

Before they meet in September’s Paralympic Games, No. 1 Ukraine, No. 4 the Netherlands and No. 8 the USA will face off at the football 7-a-side International Tournament in Arnhem, the Netherlands, beginning Sunday (19 June).

The tournament runs until 26 June and will help the trio – who have all qualified for Rio 2016 – in their preparations for the Games. It is the third International Tournament of the year and the last before the Paralympics.

The event will be played with a round robin system, with each team playing two matches against each other.

Ukraine and the Netherlands will kick off the event on Sunday. The last time these two sides met was when Ukraine downed the Dutch 10-0 in last May’s International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain.

Some footballers to keep watch for are:

Artem Krasylnykov (UKR)

Volodymyr Antoniuk (UKR)

Konstiantyn Symashko (UKR)

Iljas Visker (NED)

Lars Conyn (NED)

Keith Johnson (USA)

Schedule

19 June: Ukraine vs. Netherlands

20 June: Ukraine vs. USA

21 June: Netherlands vs. USA

23 June: USA vs. Ukraine