The 2014 Amputee Football World Cup was the 17th 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 Culiacán, Mexico between November 30–December 7, 2014.
Russia won the title for the fourth time, defeating Angola in the final. Turkey became a bronze medalist before Poland.
The tournament included the first woman to participate in World Cup play since 1986.
Participating nations Following 20 nations, including Uzbekistan as the defending world champion, competed in six groups. Georgia did not show, Iran withdrew and Ghana arrived late. The top two teams from each group plus the best four 3rd-ranked teams qualified for the round of 16. Remaining teams, four in total, played "Copa Culiacán" to determine the places 17-20.
Preliminary round Group A
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30 November 201408:30 GMT-7 Uzbekistan 10 - 0 Ukraine University Stadium09:30 GMT-7 Brazil 2 - 0 Ireland University Stadium1 December 201409:30 GMT-7 Uzbekistan 6 - 1 Ireland Banorte Stadium10:30 GMT-7 Brazil 2 - 0 Ukraine Banorte Stadium2 December 201408:00 GMT-7 Uzbekistan 3 - 0 Brazil University Stadium08:00 GMT-7 Ireland 0 - 2 Ukraine University Stadium
Group B
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30 November 201417:30 GMT-7 Mexico 0 - 2 Italy University Stadium1 December 201409:00 GMT-7 Poland 1 - 0 Italy Banorte Stadium2 December 201419:00 GMT-7 Mexico 3 - 2 Poland University Stadium
Group C
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30 November 201410:00 GMT-7 Russia 4 - 1 Kenya University Stadium11:00 GMT-7 Haiti 2 - 0 Germany University Stadium1 December 201411:00 GMT-7 Germany 0 - 7 Russia Banorte Stadium13:00 GMT-7 Haiti 2 - 0 Kenya University Stadium2 December 201408:30 GMT-7 Russia 6 - 1 Haiti Banorte Stadium08:30 GMT-7 Germany 3 - 2 Kenya University Stadium
Group D
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30 November 201409:00 GMT-7 France 2 - 1 Colombia Banorte Stadium11:30 GMT-7 Argentina 3 - 0 El Salvador University Stadium1 December 201413:30 GMT-7 Argentina 3 - 0 Colombia University Stadium14:30 GMT-7 El Salvador 5 - 1 France University Stadium2 December 201409:30 GMT-7 Argentina 2 - 0 France University Stadium11:00 GMT-7 El Salvador 5 - 3 Colombia Banorte Stadium
Group E
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30 November 201411:00 GMT-7 United States 0 - 1 Japan Banorte Stadium1 December 201415:00 GMT-7 Turkey 0 - 3 Japan University Stadium2 December 201410:30 GMT-7 Turkey 2 - 0 United States Banorte Stadium
Group F
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30 November 201411:30 GMT-7 England 3 - 1 Angola Banorte Stadium
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Copa Culiacán
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4 December 201408:00 GMT-7 Ireland 4 - 2 Kenya Ukraine 0 - 0 Colombia5 December 2014 Kenya 0 - 1 Ukraine13:30 GMT-7 Ireland 1 - 1 Colombia6 December 201409:00 GMT-7 Ireland 0 - 3 UkraineKenya 3 - 0 Colombia
Knockout stage
Round of 16
4 December 2014 Italy 1 - 1(3 - 4) Haiti England 0 - 1 Turkey Russia 10 - 1 El Salvador Brazil 10 - 0 Germany Poland 3 - 1 United States Argentina 3 - 0 Mexico Uzbekistan 3 - 0 France Japan 0 - 1 Angola
Positions 9-16
5 December 2014 Italy 0 - 7 England El Salvador W - L Germany United States W - L Mexico France L - W Japan
Positions 13-16
6 December 2014 Italy W - L Germany Mexico W - L France
15th place
7 December 2014 Germany L - W France
13th place
7 December 2014 Italy W - L Mexico
Positions 9-12
11th place
9th place
Quarterfinals
5 December 2014 Haiti 0 - 3 Turkey Russia 4 - 0 Brazil Poland 2 - 1 Argentina Uzbekistan 0 - 1 Angola
Semifinals
6 December 2014 Russia 1 - 0 Turkey Angola 1 - 0 Poland
Bronze medal match 7 December 2014 Turkey 1 - 0 Poland
Gold medal match 7 December 2014 Russia 3 - 1 Angola
Rankings RankTeam1 2 3 Turkey4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
References