2012 Amputee Football World Cup

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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 placeTurkey Turkey
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored170 (4.47 per match)
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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
 Russia 5 5 0 0 16 3 +13 15
 Argentina 5 2 2 1 9 12 -3 8
 Ghana 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7
 Iran 5 1 3 1 5 9 -4 6
 El Salvador 5 1 2 2 10 11 -1 5
 Poland 5 0 0 5 8 15 -7 0
7 October 2012
11:00 am Argentina Argentina 0 - 5 Russia Russia
12:00 pm Poland Poland 0 - 2 Ghana Ghana
1:00 pm Iran Iran 0 - 0 El Salvador El Salvador
8 October 2012
10:00 am Iran Iran 0 - 2 Russia Russia
11:00 am Poland Poland 1 - 2 Argentina Argentina
12:00 pm El Salvador El Salvador 1 - 3 Ghana Ghana
9 October 2012
10:00 am Ghana Ghana 1 - 2 Russia Russia
11:00 am El Salvador El Salvador 5 - 3 Poland Poland
12:00 pm Argentina Argentina 2 - 2 Iran Iran
10 October 2012
10:00 am Russia Russia 5 - 1 Poland Poland
11:00 am Ghana Ghana 2 - 2 Iran Iran
12:00 pm El Salvador El Salvador 3 - 3 Argentina Argentina
11 October 2012
10:00 am Russia Russia 2 - 1 El Salvador El Salvador
11:00 am Argentina Argentina 2 - 1 Ghana Ghana
12:00 pm Poland Poland 1 - 3 Iran Iran

Division B[]

[14][15][16]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
 Uzbekistan 5 5 0 0 29 5 +24 15
Turkey Turkey 5 3 1 1 22 10 +12 10
 England 5 2 2 1 16 7 +9 8
 Ukraine 5 2 1 2 8 9 -1 7
 Liberia 5 0 1 4 7 23 -16 1
 Japan 5 0 1 4 5 33 -28 1
7 October 2012
11:30 am Japan Japan 1 - 2 Ukraine Ukraine
12:30 pm Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 6 - 1 Turkey Turkey
2:30 pm Liberia Liberia 0 - 4 England England
8 October 2012
10:30 am England England 1 - 1 Ukraine Ukraine
11:30 am Liberia Liberia 1 - 3 Turkey Turkey
12:30 pm Japan Japan 0 - 7 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
9 October 2012
10:30 am Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 8 - 2 Liberia Liberia
11:30 am England England 7 - 0 Japan Japan
12:30 pm Ukraine Ukraine 1 - 3 Turkey Turkey
10 October 2012
10:30 am Turkey Turkey 13 - 0 Japan Japan
11:30 am Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 4 - 2 England England
12:30 pm Ukraine Ukraine 4 - 0 Liberia Liberia
11 October 2012
10:30 am Turkey Turkey 2 - 2 England England
11:30 am Ukraine Ukraine 0 - 4 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
12:30 pm Japan Japan 4 - 4 Liberia Liberia

Placement matches[]

[17]

11th/12th position
13 October 2012
Poland Poland 2(4) - 2(3) Japan Japan
9th/10th position
13 October 2012
El Salvador El Salvador 3 - 2 Liberia Liberia
7th/8th position
13 October 2012
Iran Iran 1 - 0 Ukraine Ukraine
5th/6th position
13 October 2012
England England 2 - 0 Ghana Ghana

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
Russia Russia 3 - 0 Turkey Turkey
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 4 - 0 Argentina Argentina
Bronze medal match
14 October 2012
Turkey Turkey 3 - 0 Argentina Argentina
Gold medal match
14 October 2012
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1 - 0 Russia Russia

Rankings[]

Rank Team
1  Uzbekistan
2  Russia
3 Turkey 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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