Turkey comes second at Amputee Football World Cup
Turkey's national amputee football team was named second in the world Sunday, after losing to Angola 5-4 in penalty kicks at the Amputee World Cup.
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 05 November 2018
- Modified Date: 11:04 | 05 November 2018
Angola's amputee football team beat Turkey 5-4 in penalty kicks to win Amputee World Cup.
In the final game of the 2018 tournament in Mexico on Sunday, both sides failed to score a goal and the match continued with two 10-minute periods of extra time.
After that extra time passed with no winner, the match went to a penalty shootout.
After beating Russia 5-1 in quarter-final, Turkey defeated the host country Mexico 4-0 in the semi-final.
Turkey won the European Amputee Cup last year.
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