2018 Amputee Football World Cup

2018 Amputee Football World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	San Juan de los Lagos
Dates	27 October – 4 November
Teams	22
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo Richards
	← 2014 2022 →

The 2018 Amputee Football World Cup was the 17th edition of the international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF), and was held in San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico between October 27 – November 4.

Angola won the title for the seventh time, defeating Turkey in the final. Brazil became a bronze medalist before Mexico.^[1] Haitian striker Ronaldo Richard was awarded the Golden Foot Award for the most goals scored during the 2018 World Cup.^[2]

Participating nations

Following 22 nations, competed in six groups while two nations Liberia and Ghana, who also qualified to play in Mexico, withdrew before the start of the tournament after Liberia reportedly failed to secure their visas on time, and Ghana faced financial difficulties.^[3]

Preliminary round

Group A(F)

^[4]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Turkey	2	2	0	9	2	+7	6
Kenya	1	0	1	1	4	-3	0
United States	1	0	1	1	5	-4	0

28 October 2018
	Turkey	4 - 1	Kenya
29 October 2018
	United States	? - ?	Kenya
30 October 2018
	Turkey	5 - 1	United States

Group B

^[4]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Japan	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3
Poland	3	2	1	2	2	0	6
Colombia	1	0	1	0	1	-1	0
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	1	-1	0

28 October 2018
	Poland	1 - 0	Colombia
	Japan	? - ?	Costa Rica
29 October 2018
	Poland	1 - 0	Costa Rica
	Japan	? - ?	Colombia
30 October 2018
	Poland	0 - 2	Japan
	Colombia	? - ?	Costa Rica

Group C

^[4]^[2]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Haiti	3	3	0	6	2	+4	9
Angola	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6
Spain	3	1	2	5	3	+2	3
Ukraine	3	0	3	1	11	-10	0

28 October 2018
	Haiti	2 - 0	Spain
	Angola	4 - 0	Ukraine
29 October 2018
	Angola	1 - 0	Spain
	Haiti	2 - 1	Ukraine
30 October 2018
	Angola	1 - 2	Haiti
	Ukraine	0 - 5	Spain

Group D

^[4]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	P
England	3	3	0	11	0	+11	9
Mexico	2	1	1	3	4	-1	6
Ireland	3	1	2	5	7	-2	3
Uruguay	2	0	2	1	9	-8	0

28 October 2018
	England	5 - 0	Uruguay
	Mexico	3 - 1	Ireland
29 October 2018
	England	3 - 0	Ireland
	Mexico	? - ?	Uruguay
30 October 2018
	Ireland	4 - 1	Uruguay
	Mexico	0 - 3	England

Group E

^[4]^[5]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Brazil	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6	4
Russia	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	0	9	-9	3
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0

28 October 2018
	Russia	4 - 0	El Salvador
29 October 2018
	Brazil	6 - 0	Nigeria
	Brazil	? - ?	El Salvador
30 October 2018
	Russia	3 - 0	Nigeria
	El Salvador	L - W	Nigeria
	Russia	0 - 0	Brazil

Group F

^[4]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Italy	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
France	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1

28 October 2018
	Argentina	1 - 1	France
29 October 2018
	Italy	2 - 1	France
30 October 2018
	Argentina	0 - 1	Italy

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

Finals

B1

Italy

3

C2

Haiti

4

Haiti

0

Turkey

3

F1

England

0

E2

Turkey

1

Turkey

0

Russia

1

C1

Russia

10

D2

El Salvador

1

Russia

4

Brazil'

0

A2

Brazil

10

C3

Germany

0

Russia

3

Angola

1

B2

Poland

3

E3

United States

1

Poland

2

Argentina

1

D1

Argentina

3

B3

Mexico

0

Poland

0

Angola

1

A1

Uzbekistan

3

D3

France

1

Uzbekistan

0

Angola

1

E1

Japan

0

F2

Angola

1

Round of 16

^[6]^[7]

4 December 2014
	Italy	1 - 1 (3 - 4)	Haiti
	England	0 - 1	Turkey^[8]
	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

Quarterfinals

^[7]

5 December 2014
	Haiti	0 - 3	Turkey^[9]
	Russia	4 - 0	Brazil
	Poland	2 - 1	Argentina
	Uzbekistan	0 - 1	Angola

Semifinals

6 December 2014
	Russia	1 - 0	Turkey^[10]
	Angola	1 - 0	Poland^[11]

Bronze medal match

7 December 2014
	Turkey		1 - 0		Poland

Gold medal match

7 December 2014
	Russia		3 - 1		Angola^[12]

Rankings

^[13]

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	Angola
3	Turkey
4	Poland
5	Argentina
6	Uzbekistan
7	Haiti
8	Brazil
9	Italy
10	England
11	Japan
12	United States
13	Mexico
14	France
15	El Salvador
16	Germany
17	Ukraine
18	Ireland
19	Kenya
20	Colombia
21	Ghana

2014 Amputee Football World Cup
Russia 7th title

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