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Offside rules do not apply in amputee football; International rules stipulate that a team be made up of six outfield players and a goalkeeper. However, certain tournaments require teams of four outfield players plus goalkeeper, as was the case in Sierra Leone. A goalkeeper is not permitted to leave his or her area.
Paralympic football consists of adaptations of the sport of association football for athletes with a physical disability.These sports are typically played using International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) rules, with modifications to the field of play, equipment, numbers of players, and other rules as required to make the game suitable for the athletes.
One of the sports available to people in this class is amputee football. There are two variants of the game, one with 4 players a side and one with 7 players a side. In both variants, A2 and A4 players must be field players while A6 and A8 players must be goalkeepers. In the 4 person variant, there are two halves of 15 minutes each.
In May 2003, the "Karagücü Amputee Football" team, supported by the Turkish Land Forces ("Türk Kara Kuvvetleri") were founded, and started activities in accordance with the rules of the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF). Amputee football was played in the beginning at regional level. Necessary applications were made to the Turkish ...
The World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF) is the sport governing body responsible for the administration of amputee football associations worldwide. It is responsible for the organization of the Men and Women's Amputee World Cup .
While CP football generally follows many of the rules of association football, the sport includes a few modifications. [3] [4] These rules include a lack of an offside rule, and players being allowed to throw in the ball using only one hand. [4] [3] [2] Throw-ins can be done using an underhand technique. [5]
Amputee sports classification is a disability specific sport classification used for disability sports to facilitate fair competition among people with different types of amputations. This classification was set up by International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD), and is currently managed by IWAS who ISOD merged with in 2005.
The sport of wheelchair football was developed for interscholastic competition (grades 1-12) by the American Association of Adapted Sports Programs (AAASP) of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in 2005 to incorporate both the manual and power wheelchairs during game play. This was the first development and dissemination of training manuals/videos, and ...