2006 European Amputee Football Championship

2006 European Amputee Football Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Volgograd
Dates	24–30 September
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runners-up	Great Britain
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	56 (3.11 per match)
Top scorer	Dmitriy Udalov (6 goals)
Best player	Dmitriy Udalov
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The 2006 European Amputee Football Championship was the 2nd edition of the international competition of european amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF), had the "open" status, and was held in Volgograd, Russia between 24 and 30 September 2006.

Russia won the title for the first time, defeating Great Britain in the final. ^{[1] [2]} Uzbekistan became bronze medalist before Ukraine. ^{[3] [4]}

Participating nations

Following eight nations competed in two groups. The first two ranking teams in each group qualified for the knockout stage.

• Great Britain
•   Iran
•   Moldova
•   Russia
•   Sierra Leone
•   Turkey
•   Ukraine
•   Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Russia	3	3	0	0	14	4	+10	9
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
Iran	3	1	0	2	10	4	+6	3
Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0

24 September 2006
Russia		4 – 3		Great Britain
Iran		8 – 0		Moldova
25 September 2006
Russia		2 – 1		Iran
Great Britain		4 – 0		Moldova
26 September 2006
Russia		8 – 0		Moldova
Great Britain		2 – 1		Iran

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Uzbekistan	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Ukraine	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
Turkey	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	4
Sierra Leone	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

24 September 2006
Uzbekistan		2 – 0		Turkey
25 September 2006
Ukraine		0 – 0		Turkey
Uzbekistan		2 – 0		Sierra Leone
26 September 2006
Uzbekistan		1 – 0		Ukraine
Turkey		1 – 0		Sierra Leone
27 September 2006
Ukraine		3 – 0 [5]		Sierra Leone

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 September 2006
	Russia	2
					30 September 2006
	Ukraine	0
					Russia	5
	29 September 2006
					Great Britain	1
	Uzbekistan	1 (4)
	Great Britain	1 (5)
					Third place
					30 September 2006
					Ukraine	0
					Uzbekistan	1

Semi-finals

29 September 2006
Uzbekistan		1 – 1 (pen. 4 – 5)		Great Britain
Russia		2 – 0		Ukraine

7th place match

28 September 2006
Moldova		1 – 0		Sierra Leone

5th place match

28 September 2006
Iran		3 – 2		Turkey

Bronze medal match

30 September 2006
Ukraine		0 – 1		Uzbekistan

Gold medal match

30 September 2006
Russia		5 – 1		Great Britain

Rankings

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Great Britain
3	Uzbekistan
4	Ukraine
5	Iran
6	Turkey
7	Moldova
8	Sierra Leone

2006 European Amputee Football Championship
Russia First title

References

1. "Russia - Gold, Great Britain - Silver, Uzbekistan - Bronze. All Europe Team Named". Archived from the original on October 13, 2006. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
2. "England Amputee Football Association & GBAF". Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
3. "Україна в футбольних турнірах інвалідів" (PDF). chtyvo.org.ua. Online. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
4. "History of Amputee Football". amputeefootball.org. Online. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
5. Technical defeat