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1988 Amputee Soccer World Cup (outdoor)
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Amputee Football World Cup (outdoor) 1988 Seattle United States 3–5 September 5 1 2 9 1988(i) 1989(i)
The 1988 Amputee Soccer World Cup (outdoor) was the outdoor tournament of the 3rd annual international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the Amputee Soccer International, and was held in Seattle, United States between 3 and 5 September 1988 simultaneously with indoor championship. This is the first time in the World Cup series that two Cups have been played - indoors and outdoors.
El Salvador won the title for the second time, defeating United States in the final. England took third place.History of Amputee Football https://amputeefootball.org/history-of-amputee-football/ amputeefootball.org 31 August 2025 Online https://arsof-history.org/articles/v2n2_amputee_soccer_page_1.html Amputee Soccer and Prosthetics 7 October 2025England, El Salvador Win Amputee WC https://history.wasoccerlegends.org/year/1988 October 28, 2025 Online
Participating nations
Following four nations competed in the tournament. Canada was represented by Vancouver Unipeds; United States - by Seattle Athlete's Foot, and Oregon-California mixed team.https://seattletimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB532FC646D1A0E?search_terms=amputee%2Bsoccer&text=amputee%20soccer&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=STIW&pdate=1988-09-03 The Seattle Times Amputee Soccer This Weekend 3 September 1989 en 10 October 2025
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Preliminary round
Five teams competed in the round-robin preliminary tournament. All games were played at the Shoreline Stadium.
Top four teams qualified for gold and bronze medal matches. After finals an All-Star Game was held at 14:30.https://www.newslibrary.com/newspapers/news/0EB048F3C1EA842D Seattle Post-Intelligencer El Salvador Seeks 2 Titles September 5, 1988 en November 19, 2025https://www.newslibrary.com/newspapers/news/0EB048F3E9E27E99 Seattle Post-Intelligencer England Scores Amputee Upset September 6, 1988 en November 19, 2025
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPSLV El Salvador 3 3 0 0 ? 0 ? 6USA Seattle Athlete's Foot 3 1 2 0 ? ? ? 4CAN Vancouver Unipeds 3 ? 1 1 ? ? ? ?ENG England 3 ? 1 1 ? ? ? ?USA Oregon-California 2 0 0 2 ? ? ? 0
3 September 198811:00 PST England ENG D – D USA Seattle Shoreline Stadium13:00 PST Vancouver CAN 0 – W SLV El Salvador Shoreline Stadium15:00 PST El Salvador SLV W – L USA Oregon-California Shoreline Stadium4 September 198810:00 PST Vancouver CAN ? – ? ENG England Shoreline Stadium12:00 PST Vancouver CAN D – D USA Seattle Shoreline Stadium13:00 PST England ENG 0 – W SLV El Salvador Shoreline Stadium14:00 PST Seattle USA W – L USA Oregon-California Shoreline Stadium
Medal matches
3rd place
5 September 198812:00 PST England |ENG 1 – 0 CAN Vancouver Shoreline Stadium
Final
5 September 198813:00 PST El Salvador SLV 3 – 0 USA Seattle Shoreline Stadium
Exhibition match
5 September 198814:30 PST El Salvador SLV ? – ? All-Star Team Shoreline Stadium
Rankings
RankTeam1 2 3 4 5
fb 1988 Amputee Football World Cup (outdoor) El Salvador Second
References
Category:Amputee Football World Cup