A new European soccer league for amputee players kicked off in Romania’s capital

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A new European amputee soccer league, the Conference League, launched in Bucharest, Romania, providing amputee players from countries without domestic leagues a platform to compete internationally. Maccabi Haifa FC of Israel won the inaugural tournament.

A new European soccer league kicked off in Romania’s capital this week, giving amputee players from countries lacking domestic leagues an opportunity to compete on an international stage. The European Amputee Football Federation, or EAFF, inaugurated the new Conference League in Bucharest. The games were held Thursday and Friday, and the final concluded on Friday when Maccabi Haifa FC of Israel was crowned the winner after beating Scotland’s Ayr United 4-0.