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-up Great Britain
Third place Uzbekistan
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored56 (3.11 per match)
Top scorer Dmitriy Udalov (6 goals)
Best player Dmitriy Udalov
1999
2008

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
Russia 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9
Great Britain 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
Iran 3 1 0 2 10 4 +6 3
Moldova 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
24 September 2006
Russia 4 – 3 Great Britain
Iran 8 – 0 Moldova
25 September 2006
Russia 2 – 1 Iran
Great Britain 4 – 0 Moldova
26 September 2006
Russia 8 – 0 Moldova
Great Britain 2 – 1 Iran

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
Ukraine 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
Turkey 3 1 1 1 1 2 -1 4
Sierra Leone 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
24 September 2006
Uzbekistan 2 – 0 Turkey
25 September 2006
Ukraine 0 – 0 Turkey
Uzbekistan 2 – 0 Sierra Leone
26 September 2006
Uzbekistan 1 – 0 Ukraine
Turkey 1 – 0 Sierra Leone
27 September 2006
Ukraine 3 – 0[5] Sierra Leone

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

29 September 2006
Uzbekistan 1 – 1
(pen. 4 – 5)
Great Britain
Russia 2 – 0 Ukraine

7th place match

28 September 2006
Moldova 1 – 0 Sierra Leone

5th place match

28 September 2006
Iran 3 – 2 Turkey

Bronze medal match

30 September 2006
Ukraine 0 – 1 Uzbekistan

Gold medal match

30 September 2006
Russia 5 – 1 Great Britain

Rankings

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

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