2002 Amputee Football World Championship

2002 Amputee Football World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Sochi
Dates	5–11 September
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	99 (5.21 per match)
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The 2002 Amputee Football World Cup was the 10th edition of the annual international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the International Amputee Football Federation (IAFF), and was held in Sochi, Russia between 5 and 11 September 2002. ^[1]

Russia won the title for the second time, defeating Brazil in the final. Uzbekistan became bronze medalist before England. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Participating nations

Following six nations competed in the preliminary round-robin tournament. The first four ranking teams qualified for the knockout stage.

•   Brazil
•   England
•   Moldova
•   Russia
•   Ukraine
•   Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Russia	5	4	1	0	32	1	+31	13
Uzbekistan	5	3	1	1	25	6	+19	10
Brazil	5	2	3	0	16	2	+14	9
England	5	2	1	2	7	8	-1	7
Ukraine	5	1	0	4	10	13	-3	3
Moldova	5	0	0	5	1	61	-60	0

5 September 2002
	Brazil		5 – 0		Ukraine
	England		1 – 3		Uzbekistan
	Russia		21 – 0		Moldova
6 September 2002
	Russia		0 – 0		Brazil
	England		2 – 1		Ukraine
	Uzbekistan		19 – 0		Moldova
7 September 2002
	Russia		3 – 0		Uzbekistan
	Brazil		0 – 0		England
	Ukraine		7 – 0		Moldova
8 September 2002
	Russia		4 – 1		Ukraine
	Brazil		1 – 1		Uzbekistan
	England		4 – 0		Moldova
9 September 2002
	Ukraine		1 – 2		Uzbekistan
	Russia		4 – 0		England
	Brazil		10 – 1		Moldova

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Gold medal
	1	Russia	5
	4	England	0
						1	Russia	1
						3	Brazil	0
	2	Uzbekistan	0
	3	Brazil	1			Bronze medal
						4	England	0
						2	Uzbekistan	1

Semi-finals

10 September 2002
	Russia		5 – 0		England
	Uzbekistan		0 – 1 (a.e.t.)		Brazil

3rd place

11 September 2002
	England		0 – 1 (a.e.t.)		Uzbekistan

Final

11 September 2002
	Russia		1 – 0 (a.e.t.)		Brazil

Rankings

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Brazil
3	Uzbekistan
4	England
5	Ukraine
6	Moldova

2002 Amputee Football World Cup
Russia Second title

References

1. "History of Amputee Football". amputeefootball.org. Online. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
2. "2002 World Championships in Sochi, Russia". Archived from the original on August 5, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
3. "Україна в футбольних турнірах інвалідів" (PDF). chtyvo.org.ua. Online. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
4. "Brazil Second in 2002 World Championships". Archived from the original on June 10, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2025.