The draw for the final tournament of the 2026 World Amputee Football Championship under the auspices of the World Ampute Football Federation (WAFF) has taken place. The national team of Ukraine learned its group stage opponents.

According to the draw results, Ukraine will play in Group C. The opponents of the blue-and-yellow team are Brazil, Japan, and Germany.

The World Cup will take place from November 13 to 22, 2026 in the city of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico). In total, 24 national teams will compete for the title of world champion.

Tournament participants:

• Asia: Iraq, Iran, Uzbekistan, Japan
• Africa: Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Egypt, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria
• Europe: England, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine
• Southern America: Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay
• North and Central America: Costa Rica, Mexico, USA

Mastercard and Oschadbank are the exclusive partners of Ukraine's amputee football team at the WAFF World Cup.

Note

*Amputee football is an adapted version of football for people with amputation or impairment of one limb. On the field, there are seven players — six outfield and a goalkeeper. Outfield players must have an amputation or impairment of their lower limb, while the goalkeeper must have an upper limb condition. Outfield players move on monowheels without prosthetics, whereas goalkeepers play without them. A match consists of two halves of 20 minutes each with a 10-minute break and is played on a pitch measuring 60×40 meters according to adapted rules designed for player safety. In Ukraine, there are over 100,000 people living with limb amputations. Amputee football helps them return to an active life, engage in sports, and become part of the community.

*The "League of the Strong" is a social project by the Ukrainian Football Association aimed at developing amputee football in Ukraine and helping people with limb amputation or impairment return to an active life through sports.

In two years, the project has established amputee football centers in 18 cities across Ukraine and united over 500 players into 21 teams. In 2025, the UAF held the first national championship of amputee football in Ukraine's history.

In 2025, the "League of the Strong" was awarded the UEFA FootbALL Award in the National Association category, and in 2026 it won the UEFA Grassroots Awards 2025/26 in the Best Disability Initiative category.