Amputee Football National Team seeks to protect its "champion" title in Mexico

24 teams will compete in 6 groups of four in the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup, which will start tomorrow in San Juan de los Lagos.

The National Amputee Football Team, which has made a name for itself with international successes in Turkish sports, will try to achieve a new victory in the most important organization in this branch.

Türkiye achieved historical success by becoming champions of the 2022 World Cup in Istanbul. Defeating Angola 4-1 in the final match, the national team won the first World Cup in its history in front of its audience.

The star-and-crescent team, which aims to win its second consecutive world championship after returning victorious from Mexico, has three European championships.

National team's rankings in the cup

Amputee Football World Cup has been organized by the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF) since 2005.

In the 7 organizations after the mentioned date, Uzbekistan won 3 championships, Brazil, Russia, Angola and Türkiye won one championship each.

The national team, which won the gold medal in Istanbul in 2022, also achieved 1 silver and 4 bronze medals in the history of the cup.

The national team, which managed to reach the finals in the last two organizations, finished second in 2018, losing to host Angola on penalties.

Amputee Football National Team finished third in the cup in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2014.

The favorites of the 2026 World Cup are Türkiye and Angola, who have met in the finals in the last two organizations.

Opponents and match schedule

Nationals in Group B in the organization; Spain will face Nigeria and Egypt.

According to the information received from the Turkish Physically Disabled Sports Federation, the match schedule of the crescent-star teams in the group stage is as follows (TSI):

Saturday, November 14:

22.00 Türkiye-Nigeria (Santa Lucia 1 Stadium)

Monday, November 16:

00.30 Egypt-Türkiye (Santa Lucia 2 Stadium)

21.00 Türkiye-Spain (Santa Lucia 1 Stadium)

squad

In the national team, which is restructuring its squad, 8 players will play in the World Cup for the first time.

The 15-man World Cup squad of the Amputee Football National Team, coached by İsmail Temiz, is as follows:

Mert Yıldız, Furkan Arslan, Çınar Akın Taşyapar, İsmail Korkmaz, Serkan Dereli, Şeyhmus Erdinç, Kemal Güleş, Muhammet Yeğen, Fuat Taştan, Eyyüp Alparslan, İbrahim Halil Esen, Tuncay Efe Hankulu, Hamza Yusuf Ersen, Zülfücan Derinpınar, Emin Tiryaki.

Groups

The teams and groups that will compete in the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup are as follows:

Group A: Mexico, Italy, Liberia, Algeria

Group B: Türkiye, Spain, Nigeria, Egypt

Group C: Brazil, Japan, Germany, Ukraine

Group D: Angola, Colombia, Ghana, Iraq

Group E: Uzbekistan, Morocco, USA, Uruguay

Group F: England, Poland, Iran, Costa Rica

status

In the World Cup, the top two countries in their groups, as well as the four best teams in the third place, will advance to the round of 16.

From this round, the competitions will continue in a single-elimination manner until the final, which will be played on November 22, local time.