5-a-side Football at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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5-a-side Football at the 2004 Summer Paralympics takes place at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Athens.

Each team has four blind players and one sighted or visually impaired goalkeeper, with five substitutes being allowed. Matches are 25 minutes each way. In semi-finals and final 2 10-minute periods of extra time and a penalty shoot-out are added as necessary when the scores are tied. In the final Brazil beat Argentina 3-2 in a shoot-out.