2003 Amputee Football World Championship

2003 Amputee Football World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Uzbekistan
City	Tashkent
Dates	3–7 October
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ukraine
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Uzbekistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	35 (3.89 per match)
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The 2003 Amputee Football World Cup was the 11th 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 Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 3 and 7 October 2003. ^[1]

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

Participating nations

Following four nations competed in the preliminary round-robin tournament. All of them qualified for the knockout stage.

•   Brazil
•   Russia
•   Ukraine
•   Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
Ukraine	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0

3 October 2003
11:00 GMT+5	Russia		0 – 2		Brazil
12:30 GMT+5	Ukraine		1 – 3		Uzbekistan
4 October 2003
11:00 GMT+5	Ukraine		0 – 4		Russia
12:00 GMT+5	Brazil		1 – 1		Uzbekistan
5 October 2003
11:00 GMT+5	Ukraine		0 – 2		Brazil
12:00 GMT+5	Uzbekistan		3 – 0 [5]		Russia

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Gold medal
	1	Uzbekistan	1 (3)
	4	Ukraine	1 (4)
						4	Ukraine	1
						3	Russia	8
	2	Brazil	1 (3)
	3	Russia	1 (4)			Bronze medal
						1	Uzbekistan	3
						2	Brazil	5

Semi-finals

6 October 2003
11:00 GMT+5	Brazil		1 – 1 (pen. 3 – 4)		Russia
12:00 GMT+5	Uzbekistan		1 – 1 (pen. 3 – 4)		Ukraine

3rd place

7 October 2003
11:00 GMT+5	Uzbekistan		3 – 5		Brazil

Final

7 October 2003
12:00 GMT+5	Ukraine		1 – 8		Russia

Rankings

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Ukraine
3	Brazil
4	Uzbekistan

2003 Amputee Football World Cup
Russia Third title

References

1. "History of Amputee Football". amputeefootball.org. Online. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
2. "V-World Amputee Football Championship". Archived from the original on November 21, 2003. 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.
5. Technical defeat