{"id":10657,"date":"2025-05-12T17:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmallprojects.org\/?p=10657"},"modified":"2025-05-12T18:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:36:25","slug":"ampfoot-spring-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmallprojects.org\/en\/coupe-printemps-ampfoot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Small Projects Team in Kyiv for the Amputee Football Spring Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\u26bd\ufe0f\ud83e\uddbfThis weekend in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Football Federation (UAF) organised\u00a0the Spring Amputee Football Cup (<\/span>\"League of Mighty)<\/span>The event brought together war veterans, men and women, from all over the country.\u00a0<\/span>This year's event was a real success. The standard of play just keeps getting better and better. The matches were intense and competitive, with some superb goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The Super League brought together the clubs of Bureviy (Kyiv region), Shakhtar (Donetsk\/Kyiv), Pokrova AMP&AMP-2 (Lviv), and MSC Dnipro (Cherkassy), and<\/span>\u00a0the First League those of Khrestonosci (Lutsk, one of the clubs supported by our programme\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>UAmpFoot<\/a>), Vinnytsia AMP, and Dnipro-Chest Nezlamni (Dnipro-Kharkiv).<\/span><\/p>

\ud83e\udd47 In the Super League final, Pokrova Lviv, a pioneering club in amputee football in Ukraine, won a brilliant 3-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.\u00a0<\/p>

\ud83d\udcfa The match is available in replay :\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/JRjdasWVOtk<\/a><\/p>

\ud83e\udd47 In the First League final, our friends from Lutsk beat Dnipro 3-1 with an impressive performance.<\/p>

\ud83d\udcfa Replay here :\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/G2SgikL9Xto<\/a><\/p>

\ud83e\udd1d A huge thank you to our partners for their support: the French foundation Ouest-France Solidarit\u00e9, which enabled us to accompany Zhytomyr, and the American foundation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Hope For Ukraine<\/a>Two new clubs will soon be announced!<\/span><\/p>

\ud83e\uddbf\u26bd\ufe0f Amputee football is much more than a sport. It is a powerful tool for physical rehabilitation, psychological reconstruction and social reintegration. It enables amputees, mostly but not exclusively injured veterans, to rediscover a sense of purpose, teammates and belonging.<\/p>

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 This Spring Cup has confirmed one essential thing: the momentum is there. Demand is strong, the needs are, unfortunately, real, and the potential is immense. It has become the national showcase for the sport in Ukraine, a key event for its visibility and development.<\/p>

That's why we're committed to stepping up our efforts: helping to create new clubs, extending the sport to other regions, and enabling every amputee (and every female player) to find a team close to home.<\/p>

The Cup was broadcast live on the Federation's YouTube channel, to reach as wide an audience as possible.\u00a0<\/span>But above all, and this is the very heart of the Cup and the UAmpFoot programme, the event has enabled many amputees to discover this sport and, perhaps one day, to join this great family.<\/span><\/p>

\ud83d\udcaa Amputee football in Ukraine is a tight-knit, resilient and inspiring community, and it's only just beginning to grow. Unfortunately, with nearly 100,000 amputees as a result of the war, the need is immense.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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