2006 European Amputee Football Championship

2006 European Amputee Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
CityVolgograd
Dates24–30 September
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Third place Uzbekistan
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored56 (3.11 per match)
Top scorerRussia Dmitriy Udalov (6 goals)
Best playerRussia 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.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Russia3300144+109
United Kingdom Great Britain320195+46
Iran Iran3102104+63
Moldova3003020−200
24 September 2006
RussiaRussia4 – 3United KingdomGreat Britain
IranIran8 – 0MoldovaMoldova
25 September 2006
RussiaRussia2 – 1IranIran
Great BritainUnited Kingdom4 – 0MoldovaMoldova
26 September 2006
RussiaRussia8 – 0MoldovaMoldova
Great BritainUnited Kingdom2 – 1IranIran

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Uzbekistan330050+59
Ukraine311131+24
Turkey311112-14
Sierra Leone300306−60
24 September 2006
UzbekistanUzbekistan2 – 0TurkeyTurkey
25 September 2006
UkraineUkraine0 – 0TurkeyTurkey
UzbekistanUzbekistan2 – 0Sierra LeoneSierra Leone
26 September 2006
UzbekistanUzbekistan1 – 0UkraineUkraine
TurkeyTurkey1 – 0Sierra LeoneSierra Leone
27 September 2006
UkraineUkraine3 – 0[5]Sierra LeoneSierra Leone

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

29 September 2006
UzbekistanUzbekistan1 – 1
(pen. 4 – 5)
United KingdomGreat Britain
RussiaRussia2 – 0UkraineUkraine

7th place match

28 September 2006
MoldovaMoldova1 – 0Sierra LeoneSierra Leone

5th place match

28 September 2006
IranIran3 – 2TurkeyTurkey

Bronze medal match

30 September 2006
UkraineUkraine0 – 1UzbekistanUzbekistan

Gold medal match

30 September 2006
RussiaRussia5 – 1United KingdomGreat Britain

Rankings

Rank Team
1 Russia
2United Kingdom Great Britain
3 Uzbekistan
4 Ukraine
5 Iran
6 Turkey
7 Moldova
8 Sierra Leone
2006 European Amputee Football Championship
Russia
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