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The European Amputee Football Championship is a quadrennial European tournament in the association football sport for amputee people It is organized by the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF). Under EAFF aegis it was first held in Istanbul, Turkey in 2017. [1] [2]
The beginnings of Amputee football can be traced to Europe in the early 1900s. [1] The game which is played today, was created by Don Bennett, who was inspired from his accidental kick of a basketball on crutches in 1982. [2] In 1984 the first international amputee football tournament was held in Seattle. [2]
Amputee football at the 2023 African Para Games; Amputee Football World Cup; E. European Amputee Football Championship This page was last edited on 10 August 2022, at ...
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 .
Stevens, a congenital amputee, is the only athlete ever to play college football or minor league baseball without legs. [1] He stands 3-foot 2-inches tall and runs using his hands. At Wickenburg High School (Wickenburg, Arizona), 1980–1984, Stevens was a three-sport athlete playing football, baseball and wrestling. He set three Arizona state ...
The game of wheelchair football is played on a standard basketball court — 28 metres (92 ft) long by 15 metres (49 ft) wide. The required court markings are a center line and circle, and a key area measuring 8 metres (26 ft 3 in) wide by 1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in) deep at each end of the court.
The 2021 European Amputee Football Championship was the second edition of the international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF), and was held in Kraków Poland between September 12–19, 2021. [1] Turkey won the title for the second time, defeating Spain in ...
The 2022 Amputee Football World Cup, aka 2022 Amputee Soccer World Cup, was the 16th/17th edition of the biannual international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF), and held in Istanbul, Turkey in 30 September–9 October 2022. The previous event took place in ...