2012 Amputee Football World Cup

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.

2012 Amputee Football World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
CityKaliningrad
Dates7–14 October (8 days)
Teams12
Venue(s)2
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan
Runners-up Russia
Third place Turkey
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored170 (4.47 per match)

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 amArgentina0 - 5Russia
12:00 pmPoland0 - 2Ghana
1:00 pmIran0 - 0El Salvador
8 October 2012
10:00 amIran0 - 2Russia
11:00 amPoland1 - 2Argentina
12:00 pmEl Salvador1 - 3Ghana
9 October 2012
10:00 amGhana1 - 2Russia
11:00 amEl Salvador5 - 3Poland
12:00 pmArgentina2 - 2Iran
10 October 2012
10:00 amRussia5 - 1Poland
11:00 amGhana2 - 2Iran
12:00 pmEl Salvador3 - 3Argentina
11 October 2012
10:00 amRussia2 - 1El Salvador
11:00 amArgentina2 - 1Ghana
12:00 pmPoland1 - 3Iran

Division B

[14][15][16]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
 Uzbekistan5500295+2415
Turkey53112210+1210
 England5221167+98
 Ukraine521289-17
 Liberia5014723-161
 Japan5014533-281
7 October 2012
11:30 amJapan1 - 2Ukraine
12:30 pmUzbekistan6 - 1Turkey
2:30 pmLiberia0 - 4England
8 October 2012
10:30 amEngland1 - 1Ukraine
11:30 amLiberia1 - 3Turkey
12:30 pmJapan0 - 7Uzbekistan
9 October 2012
10:30 amUzbekistan8 - 2Liberia
11:30 amEngland7 - 0Japan
12:30 pmUkraine1 - 3Turkey
10 October 2012
10:30 amTurkey13 - 0Japan
11:30 amUzbekistan4 - 2England
12:30 pmUkraine4 - 0Liberia
11 October 2012
10:30 amTurkey2 - 2England
11:30 amUkraine0 - 4Uzbekistan
12:30 pmJapan4 - 4Liberia

Placement matches

[17]

11th/12th position
13 October 2012
Poland2(4) - 2(3)Japan
9th/10th position
13 October 2012
El Salvador3 - 2Liberia
7th/8th position
13 October 2012
Iran1 - 0Ukraine
5th/6th position
13 October 2012
England2 - 0Ghana

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

[6][16][18]

Semifinals
13 October 2012
Russia3 - 0Turkey
Uzbekistan4 - 0Argentina
Bronz medal match
14 October 2012
Turkey3 - 0Argentina
Gold medal match
14 October 2012
Uzbekistan1 - 0Russia

Rankings
Rank Team
1 Uzbekistan
2 Russia
3 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

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