Amputee Football World Cup

Amputee Football World Cup
Status	Active
Genre	Sports event
Frequency	4 years
Years active	39
Inaugurated	1986
Previous event	2022
Next event	2026
Organised by	World Amputee Football Federation

The Amputee Football World Cup, or Amputee Soccer World Cup (from 1986 to 1991), Amputee Football World Championship (from 1998 to 2003), is a world championship in amputee football that takes place every four years. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

The first world championship tournaments (1986-1991) were held under the auspices of Amputee Soccer International ^[4] , were called the Amputee Soccer World Cup, and were played indoor and outdoor in some years.

The 1998-2003 tournaments were called the Amputee Football World Championship and were organized by the International Amputee Football Federation.

In 2003 World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF) was formed and took responsibility for Amputee Football World Cup organisation.

The current champion is Turkey who beat Angola 4-1 in the 2022 final. ^[5]

Results

Number	Year	Date	Host city	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place	Ref.
ASI tournaments
1	1986	Sep 27-28	Seattle	3 (6) [6]	United States	United States or Canada	Canada or United States	-	[7] [8] [9]
2	1987	Sep 5-7	Seattle	6	El Salvador	United States	United States or Canada	United States or Canada	[8] [4] [10]
3	1988(i)	Sep 3-5	Seattle	8	England	El Salvador	United States	United States or Canada	[8] [11] [12] [13]
	1988(o)	Sep 3-5	Seattle	5	El Salvador	United States	England	United States or Canada	[8] [4] [13]
4	1989(i)	Sep 2-4	Seattle		England	El Salvador	Brazil		[8] [12] [14] [15]
	1989(o)	Sep 2-4	Seattle		El Salvador		Brazil		[8] [4] [14]
5	1990(i)		Seattle	7 [16]	England	Brazil			[8] [12] [4] [15]
	1990(o)		Seattle	7					[8] [9] [4]
6	1991(i)	Oct	Tashkent	6	Uzbekistan	England	Brazil		[8] [9] [17]
	1991(o)	Oct	Tashkent	5	Uzbekistan	El Salvador	Brazil	England	[8] [9] [17]
IAFF tournaments
7(1) [18]	1998	Aug 4-9	Crewe	6	Russia	Uzbekistan	Brazil	England	[8] [19] [20]
8(2)	2000	Nov 13-18	Seattle	6	Brazil	Russia	Ukraine	Uzbekistan	[8] [19] [21]
9(3)	2001	Nov 5-10	Rio de Janeiro	6	Brazil	Russia	England	Ukraine	[8] [19] [22]
10(4)	2002	Sep 5-11	Sochi	6	Russia	Brazil	Uzbekistan	England	[8] [23] [19] [24]
11(5)	2003	Oct 3-7	Tashkent	4	Russia	Ukraine	Brazil	Uzbekistan	[8] [25] [19]
WAFF tournaments
12(1) [26]	2005	Aug 13-21	Niteroi	6	Brazil	Russia	England	Ukraine	[8] [27] [19]
13(2)	2007	Nov 12-20	Antalya	10	Uzbekistan	Russia	Turkey	Brazil	[8] [28] [29] [19]
14(3)	2010	Oct 16-24	Crespo	15	Uzbekistan	Argentina	Turkey	Russia	[8] [30] [19]
15(4)	2012	Oct 7-14	Kaliningrad	12	Uzbekistan	Russia	Turkey	Argentina	[8] [31]
16(5)	2014	Nov 30 - Dec 8	Culiacán	20	Russia	Angola	Turkey	Poland	[8] [32]
17(6)	2018	Oct 27 - Nov 6	San Juan de los Lagos	22	Angola	Turkey	Brazil	Mexico	[8] [33]
18(7)	2022	Sep 30 - Oct 9	Istanbul	24	Turkey	Angola	Uzbekistan	Haiti	[34]
19(8)	2026		San José						[35]

Women's Cup

The first Women's Amputee World Cup was held in 2024.

Number	Year	Date	Host city	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place	Ref.
1	2024	November 4–10	Barranquilla	10	Colombia	United States	Poland	Kenya	[36]

Medals

Men's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Uzbekistan	5	1	2	8
2	Russia	4	5	0	9
3	El Salvador	3	3	0	6
4	Brazil	3	2	7	12
5	England	3	1	3	7
6	United States	1	2	1	4
7	Angola	1	2	0	3
8	Turkey	1	1	4	6
9	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
10	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		21	19	18	58

Vomen's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia	1	0	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
3	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

See also

• Amputee football
• European Amputee Football Championship
• EAFF Nations League
• African Amputee Football Cup of Nations

References

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6. In the inaugural tournament 3 amputee plus 3 able-bodied teams competed.
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17. "Uzbekistan: A Soccer Team Called Courage". eurasianet.org. Online. Retrieved 7 October 2025. In October that same year (1991), Berry returned to Tashkent and organized a world amputee football championship... Matonat won that competition
18. IAFF numeracy
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24. "Brazil Second in 2002 World Championships". Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
25. "V-World Amputee Football Championship". Archived from the original on 21 November 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
26. WAFF numeracy
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28. "Programme of Amputee Football World Championship 2007". Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
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31. https://amputeefootball.org/world-cup-2012/
32. https://amputeefootball.org/world-cup-2014/
33. https://amputeefootball.org/world-cup-2018/
34. "BBC World Service - World Football, Turkish amputee football team wins the World Cup". BBC . 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
35. "Costa Rica to Host the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup in Liberia". U.S. Amputee Soccer. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
36. "Women's amputee football team get set for first ever World Cup". BBC News . 2 November 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

External links

• World Amputee Football