The 2012 Amputee Football World Cup was the 16th 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 Kaliningrad, Russia between 7 and 14 October 2012. The previous event took place in Argentina in 2010. Mexico was selected by majority vote on the WAFF 2012 Congress to host the next World Cup in 2014.
The competition was originally planned to be held in Japan, but the venue was changed due to the April 2011 Fukushima earthquake.
Uzbekistan won the title for the three consecutive time, defeating the three-time champions Russia in the final. Turkey became bronze medalist before Argentina.
Participating nations The original line-up of the competition changed as France and Brazil withdrew, and in their places Poland and Ukraine joined the 2012 World Cup.
Following twelve nations, including Uzbekistan as the defending world champion, competed in two groups.The first two ranking teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.
Preliminary round
Group A
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDP 5 5 0 0 16 3 +13 15 5 2 2 1 9 12 -3 8 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7 5 1 3 1 7 7 0 6 5 1 2 2 10 11 -1 5 5 0 0 5 5 16 -11 0
7 October 201211:00 am Argentina 0 - 5 Russia12:00 pm Poland 0 - 2 Ghana 1:00 pm Iran 0 - 0 El Salvador8 October 201210:00 am Iran 0 - 2 Russia11:00 am Poland 1 - 2 Argentina 12:00 pm El Salvador 1 - 3 Ghana9 October 201210:00 am Ghana 1 - 2 Russia11:00 am El Salvador 5 - 3 Poland 12:00 pm Argentina 2 - 2 Iran10 October 201210:00 am Russia 5 - 1 Poland11:00 am Ghana 2 - 2 Iran 12:00 pm El Salvador 3 - 3 Argentina11 October 201210:00 am Russia 2 - 1 El Salvador11:00 am Argentina 2 - 1 Ghana12:00 pm Poland 1 - 3 Iran
Group B
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDP 5 5 0 0 29 5 +24 15 Turkey 5 3 1 1 22 10 +12 10 Great Britain 5 2 2 1 16 7 +9 8 5 2 1 2 8 9 -1 7 5 0 1 4 7 23 -16 1 5 0 1 4 5 33 -28 1
7 October 201211:30 am Japan 1 - 2 Ukraine12:30 pm Uzbekistan 6 - 1 Turkey2:30 pm Liberia 0 - 4 Great Britain8 October 201210:30 am Great Britain 1 - 1 Ukraine11:30 am Liberia 1 - 3 Turkey12:30 pm Japan 0 - 7 Uzbekistan9 October 201210:30 am Uzbekistan 8 - 2 Liberia11:30 am Great Britain 7 - 0 Japan12:30 pm Ukraine 1 - 3 Turkey10 October 201210:30 am Turkey 13 - 0 Japan11:30 am Uzbekistan 4 - 2 Great Britain12:30 pm Ukraine 4 - 0 Liberia11 October 201210:30 am Turkey 2 - 2 Great Britain11:30 am Ukraine 0 - 4 Uzbekistan12:30 pm Japan 4 - 4 Liberia
Placement matches
11th place13 October 2012 Poland 2 - 2(pen. 4 - 3) Japan9th place13 October 2012 El Salvador 3 - 2 Liberia7th place13 October 2012 Iran 1 - 0 Ukraine5th place13 October 2012 Ghana 0 - 2 Great Britain
Knockout stage
Semifinals13 October 2012 Russia 3 - 0 Turkey Uzbekistan 4 - 0 ArgentinaBronze medal match14 October 2012 Turkey 3 - 0 ArgentinaGold medal match14 October 2012 Russia 0 - 1 Uzbekistan
Rankings RankTeam1 2 3 Turkey4 5 Great Britain6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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