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![[CPISRA 7-a-side football flag]](../images/i/int@cpisra-f.gif) 
 
image by Zoltan Horvath, 12 November 2013
Football 7-a-side is an adaptation of association football for athletes with 
cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including stroke and traumatic 
brain injury. The sport is governed by the 
Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA). The 
sport is played with modified FIFA rules. 
International competition in Football 7-a-side began at the 1978 CPISRA 
International Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. The sport was added to the Summer 
Paralympic Games at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York, U.S., and has been 
played at every Summer Games since.
Zoltan Horvath, 12 November 2013
The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics 
(Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 [loc12]) 
provides recommendations for flag designs. Each 
international federation and international 
paralympics federation was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS 
shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 
x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not 
be the official version of each flag, they are certainly what the
international federation and 
international paralympics federation believed the flag to be. 
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012
Last year Ian Sumner made some scans from the flag manual for the London 
2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012) which provides 
recommendations for flag designs of international sporting federations.
For CPISRA - 7-a-side football: PMS 485 red, PMS 285 blue, PMS 285 grey 40%, and 
PMS 285 grey 20%. 
Zoltan Horvath, 12 November 2013
![[CPISRA 7-a-side football flag]](../images/i/int@cpisra-f_v.gif) 
 
image by Zoltan Horvath, 12 November 2013