2002 Amputee Football World Championship

2002 Amputee Football World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
CitySochi
Dates5–11 September
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Uzbekistan
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored99 (5.21 per match)
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 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 Sochi, Russia between 5 and 11 September 2002.[1]

Russia won the title for the second time, defeating Brazil in the final. Uzbekistan became bronze medalist before England.[2][3][4]

Participating nations

Following six nations competed in the preliminary round-robin tournament. The first four ranking teams qualified for the knockout stage.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Russia5410321+3113
Uzbekistan5311256+1910
Brazil5230162+149
England521278-17
Ukraine51041013-33
Moldova5005161-600
5 September 2002
BrazilBrazil5 – 0UkraineUkraine
EnglandEngland1 – 3UzbekistanUzbekistan
RussiaRussia21 – 0MoldovaMoldova
6 September 2002
RussiaRussia0 – 0BrazilBrazil
EnglandEngland2 – 1UkraineUkraine
UzbekistanUzbekistan19 – 0MoldovaMoldova
7 September 2002
RussiaRussia3 – 0UzbekistanUzbekistan
BrazilBrazil0 – 0EnglandEngland
UkraineUkraine7 – 0MoldovaMoldova
8 September 2002
RussiaRussia4 – 1UkraineUkraine
BrazilBrazil1 – 1UzbekistanUzbekistan
EnglandEngland4 – 0MoldovaMoldova
9 September 2002
UkraineUkraine1 – 2UzbekistanUzbekistan
RussiaRussia4 – 0EnglandEngland
BrazilBrazil10 – 1MoldovaMoldova

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Gold medal
      
1 Russia Russia 5
4 England England 0
1 Russia Russia 1
3 Brazil Brazil 0
2 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0
3 Brazil Brazil 1 Bronze medal
4 England England 0
2 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1
Semi-finals
10 September 2002
RussiaRussia5 – 0EnglandEngland
UzbekistanUzbekistan0 – 1
(a.e.t.)
BrazilBrazil
3rd place
11 September 2002
EnglandEngland0 – 1
(a.e.t.)
UzbekistanUzbekistan
Final
11 September 2002
RussiaRussia1 – 0
(a.e.t.)
BrazilBrazil

Rankings

Rank Team
1 Russia
2 Brazil
3 Uzbekistan
4 England
5 Ukraine
6 Moldova
 2002 Amputee Football World Cup 

Russia

Third title

References

  1. ↑ "History of Amputee Football". amputeefootball.org. Online. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2002 World Championships in Sochi, Russia". Archived from the original on August 5, 2004. 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.