2012 Amputee Football World Cup

2012 Amputee Football World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Russia
City Kaliningrad
Dates 7–14 October (8 days)
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2
Final positions
Champions  Uzbekistan
Runners-up  Russia
Third place Turkey Turkey
Fourth place  Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Goals scored 170 (4.47 per match)

The 2012 Amputee Football World Cup, aka 2012 Amputee Soccer World Cup, was the 13th edition of the biannual international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF), and was held in Kaliningrad, Russia between October 7–14, 2012.[1][2] The previous event took place in Argentina in 2010.[3] Mexico was selected by majority vote on the WAFF 2012 Congress to host the next World Cup in 2014.

The competition was originally planned to be held in Japan. However, the venue was changed due to the April 2011 Fukushima earthquake.[4]

Uzbekistan won the title for the three consecutive time, defeating the sixth-time champions Russia in the final. Turkey became bronze medalist before Argentina.[5][6]

Participating nations

The original line-up of the competition changed as France and Brazil withdrew, and in their places Poland and Ukraine joined the 2012 World Cup.[2]

Following twelve nations, including Uzbekistan as the defending world champion, competed in two divisions. The first two ranking teams in each division qualified for the semi finals.[2][7][8][9][10]

Preliminary round

[11]

Division A

[12][13]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
 Russia5500163+1315
 Argentina5221912-38
 Ghana521297+27
 Iran513159-46
 El Salvador51221011-15
 Poland5005815-70
7 October 2012
11:00 amArgentinaArgentina0 - 5RussiaRussia
12:00 pmPolandPoland0 - 2GhanaGhana
1:00 pmIranIran0 - 0El SalvadorEl Salvador
8 October 2012
10:00 amIranIran0 - 2RussiaRussia
11:00 amPolandPoland1 - 2ArgentinaArgentina
12:00 pmEl SalvadorEl Salvador1 - 3GhanaGhana
9 October 2012
10:00 amGhanaGhana1 - 2RussiaRussia
11:00 amEl SalvadorEl Salvador5 - 3PolandPoland
12:00 pmArgentinaArgentina2 - 2IranIran
10 October 2012
10:00 amRussiaRussia5 - 1PolandPoland
11:00 amGhanaGhana2 - 2IranIran
12:00 pmEl SalvadorEl Salvador3 - 3ArgentinaArgentina
11 October 2012
10:00 amRussiaRussia2 - 1El SalvadorEl Salvador
11:00 amArgentinaArgentina2 - 1GhanaGhana
12:00 pmPolandPoland1 - 3IranIran

Division B

[14][15][16]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
 Uzbekistan5500295+2415
Turkey Turkey53112210+1210
 England5221167+98
 Ukraine521289-17
 Liberia5014723-161
 Japan5014533-281
7 October 2012
11:30 amJapanJapan1 - 2UkraineUkraine
12:30 pmUzbekistanUzbekistan6 - 1TurkeyTurkey
2:30 pmLiberiaLiberia0 - 4EnglandEngland
8 October 2012
10:30 amEnglandEngland1 - 1UkraineUkraine
11:30 amLiberiaLiberia1 - 3TurkeyTurkey
12:30 pmJapanJapan0 - 7UzbekistanUzbekistan
9 October 2012
10:30 amUzbekistanUzbekistan8 - 2LiberiaLiberia
11:30 amEnglandEngland7 - 0JapanJapan
12:30 pmUkraineUkraine1 - 3TurkeyTurkey
10 October 2012
10:30 amTurkeyTurkey13 - 0JapanJapan
11:30 amUzbekistanUzbekistan4 - 2EnglandEngland
12:30 pmUkraineUkraine4 - 0LiberiaLiberia
11 October 2012
10:30 amTurkeyTurkey2 - 2EnglandEngland
11:30 amUkraineUkraine0 - 4UzbekistanUzbekistan
12:30 pmJapanJapan4 - 4LiberiaLiberia

Placement matches

[17]

11th/12th position
13 October 2012
PolandPoland2(4) - 2(3)JapanJapan
9th/10th position
13 October 2012
El SalvadorEl Salvador3 - 2LiberiaLiberia
7th/8th position
13 October 2012
IranIran1 - 0UkraineUkraine
5th/6th position
13 October 2012
EnglandEngland2 - 0GhanaGhana

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 October 2012
 
 
 Russia 3
 
14 October 2012
 
Turkey Turkey 0
 
 Russia 0
 
13 October 2012
 
 Uzbekistan 1
 
 Uzbekistan 4
 
 
 Argentina 0
 
Third place
 
 
14 October 2012
 
 
Turkey Turkey 3
 
 
 Argentina 0

[6][16][18]

Semifinals
13 October 2012
RussiaRussia3 - 0TurkeyTurkey
UzbekistanUzbekistan4 - 0ArgentinaArgentina
Bronz medal match
14 October 2012
TurkeyTurkey3 - 0ArgentinaArgentina
Gold medal match
14 October 2012
UzbekistanUzbekistan1 - 0RussiaRussia

Rankings

Rank Team
1 Uzbekistan
2 Russia
3Turkey Turkey
4 Argentina
5 England
6 Ghana
7 Iran
8 Ukraine
9 El Salvador
10 Liberia
11 Poland
12 Japan
 2012 Amputee Football World Cup 

Uzbekistan
3rd title

References

  1. ↑ "Amputee football" (in Russian). SovSport. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "Brazil, France Out-Poland, Ukraine In: Final World Cup Line-Up Set". World Amputee Football. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Louise (2010-07-11). "World Cup 2010: The amputee who shared a drink with David Villa". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  4. ↑ Узбекские футболисты-ампутанты с победы стартовали в чемпионате мира (in Russian). Vesti. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Fútbol: Argentina perdió y finalizó cuarta en el Mundial de Amputados". Revista Analisis de la Actualidad (in Spanish). 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  6. 1 2 "Ampute Milli Takımı Dünya Üçüncüsü Oldu". Spor Haberler (in Turkish). 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  7. ↑ Koyuncuoğlu, Hüseyin (2012-09-29). "Orada bir milli takım var uzakta". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  8. ↑ "Iran to participate in 2012 Amputee Football World Cup". Tehran Times. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  9. ↑ "Launching Of Amputee Football World Cup". Ghana Web. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  10. ↑ "Ghana In Tough Amputee World Cup Group". Ghana News Link. 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  11. ↑ "Amputees Football-Day 3 and Day 4 Results". The Ministry of Culture and Sport affairs, Uzbekistan. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  12. ↑ "Amputees Draw With Iran". Ghana Web. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  13. ↑ "Amputees fail to qualify". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  14. ↑ "2012 AFWC". England Amputee Football Association. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  15. ↑ "Ampute Futbol Milli Takımı Japonya'ya 13 Gol Attı". Haberler (in Turkish). 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  16. 1 2 "Uzbekistan amputee team to play against Argentina in WC semifinals". UzDaily. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  17. ↑ "Mundial de Fútbol para Amputados: Argentina no pudo con Uzbekistán" (in Spanish). Elonce. 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  18. ↑ "Uzbekistan amputee team advances to World Cup final". UzDaily. 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
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