7-a-side football at the 2017 ASEAN Para Games will be held from 18 to 22 September 2017 at Field C in Bukit Jalil National sports complex, Kuala Lumpur. There was 1 gold medal in this sport.
Participating teams and officials
Qualifying
A total of five teams will qualify to compete in the football five a side competition. The host nation (Malaysia) automatically qualifies a team. A team may consist of a maximum of 14 athletes.
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the six teams divided among two groups of three, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to four. the last team of each group plays for the positions 5. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.
Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
Drawing of lots
Classification
Athletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.
Players were classified by level of disability.
C5: Athletes with difficulties when walking and running, but not in standing or when kicking the ball.
C6: Athletes with control and co-ordination problems of their upper limbs, especially when running.
Malaysia(MAS) Mohd Syafiq Zahari Muhammad Zul Asyraaf Zulkifli Ahmad Azizan Aziz Amirul Mian Muhammad Farissan Jasnal Noor Muhammad Ariff Yusoff Muhammad Uthman Surur Mohamad Sobri Ghazali Muhammad Khairi Ismail Mohammad Razif Paiman Zuhairisam Ahmad Mohamad Suffian Shariff Syahrul Feezwan Abdul Samat