The 2026 Ukrainian Amputee Football Cup - the first tournament of the new season - has come to an end. Over four knockout stages, teams competed for the national trophy.
On March 22, the Final Four took place at the Sofiivskyi Sports Complex, where Pokrova AMP (Lviv) were crowned champions.
The Lviv side produced a dominant performance, going through the entire tournament without conceding a single goaland scoring 15 goals in total.
At the award ceremony, teams were supported by officials, partners, and guests who contribute to the development of amputee football in Ukraine and support players on their journey.
Nataliia Kalmykova, Minister for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine:
“I wish this year to be even more productive, with your teams continuing to grow. You are promoting amputee football - thank you for that. I’m confident you now have even greater motivation to reach a higher level. Thank you for this energy, drive, and movement.”
Ihor Hryshchenko, General Secretary of the Ukrainian Association of Football:
“Congratulations on the start of the new amputee football season. This year we launched a new competition - the Ukrainian Cup - and we hope participants appreciated both the tournament itself and the Final Four format.
I would like to thank our partners, including international ones. Their support is a clear signal that we are moving in the right direction in developing adaptive sport in Ukraine.”
Ihor Buryi, Deputy Head of the Invasport Center:
“I’m glad that through our joint efforts we managed to deliver this first tournament, which opens the way to forming Ukraine’s national amputee football team. In the future, it will represent our country at both European and global levels. Thank you all for the level of play, the эмоції, and the development of the sport.”
Among those in attendance were:
The 2026 Ukrainian Amputee Football Cup became the second-largest national amputee football cup competition in the world by number of participating teams, after Turkey.
The tournament brought together 16 teams from across Ukraine:
Bartka (Ivano-Frankivsk), Vikings (Ternopil), Veres Mriya (Rivne), Vinnytsia AMP (Vinnytsia), Dnipro Chest (Dnipro), Kolos-Burevii (Kyiv region), Kryvbas AMP (Kryvyi Rih), Metalist 1925 Nezlamni (Kharkiv), Podilski Vovky (Khmelnytskyi), Pokrova AMP (Lviv), Pokrova AMP 2 (Lviv), Sich (Zaporizhzhia), Stal Bukovyna (Chernivtsi), Titany (Zhytomyr), Khrestonostsi (Lutsk), and Shakhtar Stalevi (Donetsk).
The competition was played in a knockout format, with each match deciding who advanced.
The launch of the Ukrainian Amputee Football Cup marks another important step by the Ukrainian Association of Football in developing adaptive sport and expanding competitive opportunities. The tournament gives players more match practice and raises the overall level of competition.
The next step is the start of the 2026 Ukrainian Amputee Football Championship, scheduled for April.
The tournament was organized by the Ukrainian Association of Football and the UAF Foundation, with the support of the Ministry for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine and Invasport.
It was implemented with the support of the exclusive charity partners of the “League of the Mighty” - Mastercard and Oschadbank.
Official partners of the Cup include Lvivske, the Legacy of War Foundation, and media partner MEGOGO.
