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World Cup Fixtures Set
First-Timers Algeria, Haiti and Japan To Compete for Gold
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World Cup 2010 Committee officials Marcelo Claudio Hereñú, left, coach of Argentina's national team, left; and Hugo Rolando Hereñú, President of the Argentine Amputee Football Federation, conducted the draw in a public ceremony on July 31.
Russian Club Team "World Cup of Champions"
Set For August 8 - 16
Moscow - 12 July 2010 - Seven teams from six countries will meet in Volzsky, Russia, this August in a tournament of the world's top club teams.
Teams competing in the 2010 Russian "World Cup of Champions" tournament are the national championship club teams from the 2008 - 2009 competitive season.
Competing for top honors this year are:
1. "Ankara Engelliler" - Ankara, Turkey
2. "Bajnal-Minal" - Tashkent, Uzbekistan
3. "Victory" - Tehran, Iran
4. "Lagos AFC" - Lagos, Nigeria
5. "Nizhegorodets" - the Nizhniy Novgorod region, Russia
6. "Salang" - Kiev, Ukraine, and
7. "SCI-Academy" - Volgograd, Russia
Tournament results and photos will be posed as they become available.
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Crespo, Entre Rios, Argentina -- The fixtures for the 2010 Amputee Football World Cup are set. Some 18 teams, including three first-time competitors, will compete for top honors in this year's tournament.
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"Group B" |
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Argentina |
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Uzbekistan |
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Ukraine
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Brazil |
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France |
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Iran |
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Japan |
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Nigeria |
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| Haiti |
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Group "C" |
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"Group D" |
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Turkey |
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Russia |
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El Salvador |
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England |
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Ghana |
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Angola |
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Liberia |
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| Sierra Leone |
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| Algeria |
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Three new teams are scheduled to compete in Crespo in October. Haiti, building its team from he rubble of January's devastating earthquake, will be joined by other newcomers to the international scene, Algeria and Japan.
World Cup 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the Amputee football, started in 1980 by Don Bennett of Seattle, Washington, USA.
Mr. Bennett is scheduled to attend the Tournament in Crespo, and will present "the Don Bennett Golden Foot" trophy to the athlete who scores the most goals during the competition.
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