At the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May 2012, Great Britain met Brazil in the finals after defeating Ireland 7–3 in the semi-final.
[5] Great Britain finished third at the 2016 Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain after losing to the Netherlands 3 - 2 in the bronze medal game.
[11] Great Britain secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships.
[15] Great Britain finished fourth, after losing 2 - 3 to the Netherlands in the 3rd place match.
[16] Going into the Rio Games, England was ranked seventh in the world, while Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland was thirteenth and Wales was unranked.