2012 Amputee Football World Cup

2012 Amputee Football World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Kaliningrad
Dates	7–14 October (8 days)
Teams	12
Venue	2
Final positions
Champions	Uzbekistan (5th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	166 (4.37 per match)
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The 2012 Amputee Football World Cup was the 15th edition of the biennial 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 7 and 14 October 2012. ^[1] The previous event took place in Argentina in 2010. ^[2] 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, but the venue was changed due to the April 2011 Fukushima earthquake.

Uzbekistan won the title for the three consecutive time, defeating the three-time champions Russia in the final. Turkey became bronze medalist before Argentina. ^[3]

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.

Following twelve nations, including Uzbekistan as the defending world champion, competed in two groups. ^[4] The first two ranking teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

•   Argentina
•   El Salvador
•   Ghana
• Great Britain
•   Iran
•   Japan
•   Liberia
•   Poland
•   Russia
• Turkey
•   Ukraine
•   Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

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Group A

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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	7	7	0	6
El Salvador	5	1	2	2	10	11	-1	5
Poland	5	0	0	5	5	16	-11	0

7 October 2012
11:00 am	Argentina		0 - 5		Russia
12:00 pm	Poland		0 - 2		Ghana
1:00 pm	Iran		0 - 0		El Salvador
8 October 2012
10:00 am	Iran		0 - 2		Russia
11:00 am	Poland		1 - 2		Argentina
12:00 pm	El Salvador		1 - 3		Ghana
9 October 2012
10:00 am	Ghana		1 - 2		Russia
11:00 am	El Salvador		5 - 3		Poland
12:00 pm	Argentina		2 - 2		Iran
10 October 2012
10:00 am	Russia		5 - 1		Poland
11:00 am	Ghana		2 - 2		Iran
12:00 pm	El Salvador		3 - 3		Argentina
11 October 2012
10:00 am	Russia		2 - 1		El Salvador
11:00 am	Argentina		2 - 1		Ghana
12:00 pm	Poland		1 - 3		Iran

Group B

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

Placement matches

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	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

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

Rankings

Rank	Team
1	Uzbekistan
2	Russia
3	Turkey
4	Argentina
5	Great Britain
6	Ghana
7	Iran
8	Ukraine
9	El Salvador
10	Liberia
11	Poland
12	Japan

2012 Amputee Football World Cup
Uzbekistan 5th title

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