The 2017 European Amputee Football Championship was the fourth edition of the annual international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF), and was held in Istanbul, Turkey between October 2–9, 2017. The championship's drawing ceremony took place in Riva, Istanbul on August 19 to determine the groups.

Turkey won the title for the first time, defeating England in the final. Poland became bronze medalist before Spain. All matches were played at the Turkish Football Federation Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facility in Riva, Beykoz but the final at Vodafone Park in Beşiktaş.

Participating nations Following 12 nations competed in three groups. The first two ranking teams (green) in each group plus the two best third-ranking teams (lime green) qualified for the knockout stage of quarterfinals.

Preliminary round Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDP Turkey 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1 3 0 1 2 1 14 −13 1

2 October 201717:00 EDT Turkey 7 – 0 Germany Riva 4 3 October 201711:00 EDT Spain 4 – 0 Georgia Riva 2 4 October 201710:30 EDT Spain 2 – 1 Germany Riva 2 18:00 EDT Turkey 9 – 0 Georgia Riva 4 5 October 201713:00 EDT Germany 1 – 1 Georgia Riva 2 18:00 EDT Turkey 4 – 0 Spain Riva 4

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDP 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0

3 October 201712:30 EDT Poland 5 – 1 France Riva 4 14:00 EDT Italy 4 – 0 Belgium Riva 2 4 October 201713:30 EDT Italy 0 – 0 France Riva 2 15:00 EDT Poland 4 – 0 Belgium Riva 4 5 October 201710:30 EDT France 3 – 0 Belgium Riva 215:00 EDT Poland 3 – 0 Italy Riva 4

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDP 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 3 2 0 1 12 1 +11 6 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0

3 October 201715:30 EDT England 8 – 0 Greece Riva 4 17:00 EDT Russia 2 – 0 Ireland Riva 2 4 October 201712:00 EDT Russia 10 – 0 Greece Riva 4 16:30 EDT England 1 – 0 Ireland Riva 25 October 201712:00 EDT Ireland 4 – 0 Greece Riva 416:30 EDT Russia 0 – 1 England Riva 2

9th–12th place round TeamPldWDLGFGAGDP 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 3 2 01 11 7 +4 6 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1

7 October 2017 Georgia 5 – 2 Belgium Riva 2 Germany 2 – 1 Greece Riva 2 8 October 2017 Greece 0 – 4 Georgia Riva 2 Belgium 1 – 1 Germany Riva 2 9 October 2017 Greece 0–0 Belgium Riva 2 Georgia 2 – 5 Germany Riva 4

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals 7 October 2017 Spain 2 – 1 Italy Riva 4 Poland 5 – 0 Ireland Riva 4 England 2 – 0 France Riva 4 Turkey 2 – 1 Russia Riva 4

Russian team withdrawal During the quarterfinal match of Turkey vs. Russia on October 7, 2017, Russian player Shakbulatov was shown a red card after receiving his second yellow card and was sent off. As he was leaving the pitch, he pushed a referee standing by the sideline down to the ground. Right after the incident, the match's referee decided to end the match in the 69th minute in the overtime while Turkey was in the lead by 2–1. The Russian team withdrew from the championship and did not show up in the further match against Ireland.

5th–8th place knockout 8 October 2017 France 0 – 1 Italy Riva 2 Ireland – DNS Russia Riva 2 9 October 2017 Ireland 0 – 2 Italy Riva 2

Semifinals 8 October 2017 Turkey 2 – 0 Poland Riva 4 England 3 – 0 Spain Riva 4

Bronze medal match 9 October 2017 Poland 3 – 1 Spain Riva 4

Gold medal match 9 October 2017 Turkey 2 – 1 England Vodafone Park

Rankings

RankTeam1 Turkey2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

References