The European Amputee Football Championship is a quadrennial European tournament in the association football sport for amputee people It is organized by the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF). It was first held in Istanbul, Turkey in 2017. [1] [2]
Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Nations played | Gold | Final score | Silver | Bronze | Bronze match score | 4th place | Ref. |
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1 | 2017 | ![]() | 1–10 October | 12 | ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | [3] [4] |
2 | 2021 | ![]() | 12–19 September | 14 | ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | [5] [6] [7] |
3 | 2024 | ![]() | 31 May–9 June | 16 | ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | [8] |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
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