News The line-up for the football 5-a-side tournament at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games has been completed after Morocco won the African qualifying tournament to claim the eighth and final spot Morocco defended their title at the African Blind Football Championships by beating host nation Cameroon 2-0 in the final in Douala, the International Paralympic Committee has confirmed Morocco’s Abderrazak Hattab finished as top scorer and was recognised with the player of the tournament award The Rio 2016 football 5-a-side tournament will take place at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park on 9-17 September Morocco will compete against host nation and world and Olympic champions Brazil, world championship runners-up Argentina, American continental qualifiers Mexico, European qualifiers Turkey and Russia, and Asian qualifiers China and Iran Follow the race to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Rio2016 com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games) The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC) Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota