2010 Amputee Football World Cup

2010 Amputee Football World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
CityCrespo
Dates16–24 October
Teams15
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan (4th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Turkey
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored147 (3.13 per match)
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The 2010 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 Crespo, Argentina between 16 and 24 October 2007.

Uzbekistan won the title for the fourth time, defeating Argentina in the final. Turkey became bronze medalist before Russia.[1][2]

Participating nations

Following 15 nations competed in the preliminary round in four groups. Nigeria did not arrive.

Top two teams from each group qualified for the second round, where they competed in two quarter-final groups. The top two teams from these groups advanced to the semifinals.[3][4]

Preliminary round

Group A

All matches were played in Crespo.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Argentina3210130+137
Ukraine3210100+107
France310278-13
Japan3003022-220
16 October 2010
20:30 GMT-3ArgentinaArgentina8 – 0JapanJapanUnión de Crespo
22:00 GMT-3UkraineUkraine3 – 0FranceFranceUnión de Crespo
17 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3JapanJapan0 – 7UkraineUkraineUnión de Crespo
21:30 GMT-3ArgentinaArgentina5 – 0FranceFranceUnión de Crespo
18 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3JapanJapan0 – 7FranceFranceUnión de Crespo
21:30 GMT-3ArgentinaArgentina0 – 0UkraineUkraineUnión de Crespo

Group B

All matches were played in Paraná.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Uzbekistan211010+14
Brazil21011103
Iran201101-11
18 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3BrazilBrazil1 – 0IranIranDon Bosco de Paraná
19 October 2010
10:30 GMT-3UzbekistanUzbekistan1 – 0BrazilBrazilDon Bosco de Paraná
20:00 GMT-3UzbekistanUzbekistan0 – 0IranIranDon Bosco de Paraná

Group C

All matches were played in Cerrito.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Turkey321072+57
Ghana311132+14
El Salvador311123-14
Liberia301205-51
17 October 2010
21:00 GMT-3TurkeyTurkey3 – 0LiberiaLiberiaUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
22:15 GMT-3El SalvadorEl Salvador1 – 0GhanaGhanaUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
18 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3TurkeyTurkey1 – 1GhanaGhanaUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
21:30 GMT-3El SalvadorEl Salvador0 – 0LiberiaLiberiaUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
19 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3GhanaGhana2 – 0LiberiaLiberiaUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
21:30 GMT-3TurkeyTurkey3 – 1El SalvadorEl SalvadorUnión Agrarios de Cerrito

Group D

All matches were played in Viale.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Russia3300142+129
Great Britain320156-16
Angola310234-13
Haiti3003111-100
17 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3RussiaRussia2 – 1AngolaAngolaArsenal de Viale
21:30 GMT-3Great BritainUnited Kingdom2 – 1HaitiHaitiArsenal de Viale
18 October 2010
18:30 GMT-3Great BritainUnited Kingdom1 – 5RussiaRussiaArsenal de Viale
20:00 GMT-3AngolaAngola2 – 0HaitiHaitiArsenal de Viale
19 October 2010
18:30 GMT-3Great BritainUnited Kingdom2 – 0AngolaAngolaArsenal de Viale
20:00 GMT-3RussiaRussia7 – 0HaitiHaitiArsenal de Viale

Second round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Argentina320173+46
Turkey312042+25
Ghana311137-44
Ukraine301213-21
20 October 2010
21:30 GMT-3ArgentinaArgentina5 – 0GhanaGhanaUnión de Crespo
21:30 GMT-3UkraineUkraine0 – 0TurkeyTurkeyUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
21 October 2010
21:30 GMT-3ArgentinaArgentina1 – 0[5]UkraineUkraineUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
21:30 GMT-3TurkeyTurkey1 – 1GhanaGhanaUnión de Crespo
22 October 2010
21:30 GMT-3ArgentinaArgentina1 – 3TurkeyTurkeyUnión de Crespo
21:30 GMT-3UkraineUkraine1 – 2GhanaGhanaUnión Agrarios de Cerrito

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Uzbekistan3210136+77
Russia312073+45
Brazil311175+24
Great Britain3003215-130
20 October 2010
21:30 GMT-3BrazilBrazil0 – 0RussiaRussiaArsenal de Viale
21:30 GMT-3UzbekistanUzbekistan6 – 1United KingdomGreat BritainDon Bosco de Paraná
21 October 2010
21:30 GMT-3RussiaRussia4 – 0United KingdomGreat BritainDon Bosco de Paraná
21:30 GMT-3UzbekistanUzbekistan4 – 2BrazilBrazilArsenal de Viale
22 October 2010
21:30 GMT-3RussiaRussia3 – 3UzbekistanUzbekistanArsenal de Viale
21:30 GMT-3Great BritainUnited Kingdom1 – 5BrazilBrazilDon Bosco de Paraná

Knockout stage

Positions 9-15

Position 9-15 Position 9-12 9th place
         
A3 France France 0
C4 Liberia Liberia 1
C4 Liberia Liberia 1 (pen.)
C3 El Salvador El Salvador 1 (pen.)
C3 El Salvador El Salvador 4
A4 Japan Japan 0
C3 El Salvador El Salvador 0
D3 Angola Angola 3
B3 Iran Iran 3
D4 Haiti Haiti 0
B3 Iran Iran 0 11th place
D3 Angola Angola 3
D3 Angola Angola bye C4 Liberia Liberia 2
B4   B3 Iran Iran 0
Positions 9-15
20 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3FranceFrance0 - 1LiberiaLiberiaUnión de Crespo
20:00 GMT-3El SalvadorEl Salvador4 - 0JapanJapanUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
20:00 GMT-3IranIran3 - 0HaitiHaitiArsenal de Viale
13th place
22 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3FranceFrance3 - 1JapanJapanArsenal de Viale
Positions 9-12
21 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3LiberiaLiberia1 - 1
(pen.)
El SalvadorEl SalvadorArsenal de Viale
20:00 GMT-3IranIran0 - 3AngolaAngolaUnión de Cerrito
11th place
22 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3LiberiaLiberia2 - 0IranIranUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
9th place
22 October 2010
20:00 GMT-3El SalvadorEl Salvador0 - 3AngolaAngolaUnión de Crespo

Positions 5-8

7th place
23 October 2007
20:00 GMT-3UkraineUkraine0 - 2United KingdomGreat BritainUnión Agrarios de Cerrito
5th place
23 October 2007
21:30 GMT-3GhanaGhana0 - 2BrazilBrazilUnión Agrarios de Cerrito

Semi-finals

Semifinals Gold medal
      
1-1 Argentina Argentina 0 (4)
2-2 Russia Russia 0 (1)
1-1 Argentina Argentina 1
2-1 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 3
2-1 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2
1-2 Turkey Turkey 1 Bronze medal
2-2 Russia Russia 1
1-2 Turkey Turkey 2
Semi-finals
23 October 2010
19:00 GMT-3UzbekistanUzbekistan2 – 1TurkeyTurkeyUnión de Crespo
20:30 GMT-3ArgentinaArgentina0 – 0
(pen. 4 – 1)
RussiaRussiaUnión de Crespo
3rd place
24 October 2010
RussiaRussia1 – 2TurkeyTurkeyUnión de Crespo
Final
24 October 2010
ArgentinaArgentina1 – 3UzbekistanUzbekistanUnión de Crespo

Rankings

Rank Team
1 Uzbekistan
2 Argentina
3 Turkey
4 Russia
5 Brazil
6 Ghana
7 Great Britain
8 Ukraine
9 Angola
10 El Salvador
11 Liberia
12 Iran
13 France
14 Japan
15 Haiti
 2010 Amputee Football World Cup 

Uzbekistan

Fourth title

References

  1. ↑ "History of Amputee Football". amputeefootball.org. Online. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Україна в футбольних турнірах інвалідів" (PDF). chtyvo.org.ua. Online. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2010 Amputee Football World Cup". Archived from the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Great Brirain Amputee Football". Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2025. Cite error: Unknown parameter "<" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  5. ↑ With the score 1:0 the Ukrainian national team left the field due to biased refereeing.