The 2016 IFCPF CP Football Qualification Tournament for the Intercontinental Cup is scheduled to be held in Denmark in the city of Vejen from 26 July to 7 August 2016.
The event marks a qualification tournament for the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships in September 2017 to be hosted by Argentina.
Top 8 ranked countries in the IFCPF 2015 World Championships have already qualified while the remaining 8 team will receive tickets to the Intercontinental Cup in the Danish tournament.
Iran’s national CP squad had failed to attend the 2015 World Championships in Britain since the hosts refused to issue relevant visas and Iran lost the chance to secure Paralympic spots.
The Iranian squad comprises Babak Safari, Hossein Safari, Mahdi Jamali, Hossein Tizbar, Behnam Sohrabi, Jasem Bakhshi, Amir Amjadian, Ehsan MAsoumzadeh, Sadegh Hasani, Hamid Fathizadeh, Naser Akbarpour, Lotfollah Jangju, Mohammad Kharrat and Moslem Khazaei.
Iran has been drawn up against Ireland and Germany in Group C of the sportive event while Group A consists of Scotland, Australia and Spain.
Meanwhile, Portugal, Venezuela and South Korea will compete in Group B of the tournament and Group D is composed of Canada, Japan, host Denmark and Finland.
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