Amputee Football World Cup

Amputee Football World Cup
StatusActive
Genresports event
Frequency4 years
Inaugurated1984
Organised byWorld Amputee Football Federation

The Amputee Football World Cup, or Amputee Football World Championships (from 1984 to 2003) is a world championship in amputee football that takes place every four years.[1][2][3]

History

It is organized by the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF).[4] It was first held in Seattle, USA, in 1984.[5] The current champion is Turkey who beat Angola 4-1 in the 2022 final.[6]

The first Women's Amputee World Cup will be held in 2024.

Results

Number Year Date Host city Teams Gold Silver Bronze 4th Place Ref.
- 1984 Feb 25-26 Seattle [7][8]
1 1987 Seattle El Salvador [8]
2 1988 indoor Seattle England [8]
3 1988 outdoor Seattle El Salvador United States England [8]
4 1989 Seattle England Brazil Soviet Union [8]
5 1991 Tashkent Russia England Uzbekistan [8]
6 1998 Aug Manchester Russia Uzbekistan Brazil England [8][9]
7 2000 Nov 13-17 Seattle 6 Brazil Russia Ukraine Uzbekistan [8][9]
8 2001 Nov 6-10 Rio de Janeiro 6 Brazil Russia England Ukraine [8][9]
9 2002 Sep 5-10 Sochi 6 Russia Brazil Uzbekistan England [8][9]
10 2003 Oct 3-7 Tashkent 4 Russia Ukraine Brazil Uzbekistan [8][9]
11 2004[10] Sep 10-16 Athens 4 Russia Uzbekistan Ukraine Ghana [9]
12 2005 Aug 11-21 Niteroi 6 Brazil Russia England Ukraine [8][9]
13 2007 Nov 12-21 Antalya 11 Uzbekistan Russia Turkey Brazil [8][9]
14 2010 Oct 16-23 Crespo 15 Uzbekistan Argentina Turkey Russia [8][9]
15 2012 Oct 7-14 Kaliningrad 12 Uzbekistan Russia Turkey Argentina [8][11]
16 2014 Nov 30 - Dec 8 Culiacán 20 Russia Angola Turkey Poland [8][12]
17 2018 Oct 27 - Nov 6 San Juan de los Lagos 22 Angola Turkey Brazil Mexico [8][13]
18 2022 Sep 30 - Oct 9 Istanbul 24 Turkey Angola Uzbekistan Haiti
19 2026 San José

Medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia65011
2 Brazil3238
 Uzbekistan3238
4 England2136
5 El Salvador2002
6 Angola1203
7 Turkey1146
8 Ukraine0123
9 Argentina0101
 United States0101
11 Soviet Union0011
Totals (11 entries)18161650

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home". worldamputeefootball.org.
  2. ^ "Turkey to host 2022 Amputee Football World Cup". Daily Sabah. 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Africa at the 2022 Amputee World Cup". Deutsche Welle. 23 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Ghana Paralympic Committee officially appeals Ghana's expulsion from Amputee World Cup in Turkey". 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ "World Amputee Football Federation".
  6. ^ "Türkiye wins its first ever Amputee Football World Cup". 9 October 2022.
  7. ^ Amputee indoor soccer matches during Washington's first NHSRA Regional Ski Meet at Snoqualmie Summit. "Conquering Themselves is the Spirit of the Team!". 21 February 1984.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q https://www.worldamputeefootball.org/history.htm
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i https://chtyvo.org.ua/authors/Hnatiuk_Vasyl/Ukraina_v_futbolnykh_turnirakh_invalidiv.pdf
  10. ^ World Championship under International Paralympic Committee aegis.
  11. ^ https://amputeefootball.org/world-cup-2012/
  12. ^ https://amputeefootball.org/world-cup-2014/
  13. ^ https://amputeefootball.org/world-cup-2018/
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