FIFA logo (usage restricted): For the Good of the Game Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (sometimes called simply football, or soccer). It is based in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA was formed in Paris on March 21, 1904... FIFA - The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). Organised by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sports governing body, the World Cup finals tournament is the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world... World Cup - The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football ( soccer) for women. Organised by FIFA, the sports governing body, the World Cup tournament was first held in 1991. The tournament reunites 16 female national football teams each four years, to compete for that sport... Women's World Cup - The FIFA World Rankings were introduced in August 1993 to make it possible to publish comparisons of the relative strengths of internationally active teams at regular intervals. The rankings obtained are, unsurprisingly, the subject of considerable debate. A number of alternative systems have been devised, a notable one being a... World Rankings - The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches of international teams. In a voting system based on a type of a Borda count, each... Player of the Year
Asia: Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Asian national football teams | Football (soccer) governing bodies ... AFC - The AFC Asian Cup, formerly known as the Asian Nations Cup is the main national football competition of the AFC nations. It has been held every four years since 1956. A qualifying tournament is held to determine the participating nations, currently this involves two rounds of league round-robin format... Asian Cup | Africa: The Confederation of African Football (CAF; French: Confédération Africaine de Football) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Nations Cup. External link http://www.cafonline.com Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | African national football teams | Football (soccer) governing bodies ... CAF - The African Nations Cup (more formally the African Cup of Nations) is the main national football competition for CAF nations. It has been held every two years since 1968, and before that was held at irregular intervals. In the first African Nations Cup in 1957, there were only three participating... African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL - South American Football Confederation) was founded July 9, 1916, thanks to Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez who materialized his project of uniting football around the continent. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile were the founder nations after a successful South American football tournament... CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | North American national football teams | Football (soccer) governing bodies ... CONCACAF - The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national soccer competition of the CONCACAF nations. The participating nations are from North and Central America and from the Caribbean islands. In addition, up to three entrants from the other world football confederations are invited to play in the final tournament. The Gold... Gold Cup
Oceania: The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international football. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the member nations to qualify for the Football World Cup. The confederation was formed in 1966 and the founding members were the Soccer Australia, New Zealand Soccer Inc... OFC - The Oceania Cup is the biennial football competition of the Oceanian nations. It has been held every two years since 1996 by the Oceania Football Confederation; before 1996 there were two other tournaments at irregular intervals. Participating nations are Australia, New Zealand and various Pacific Islands. The latter have to... OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It represents the national football associations of Europe, running nine national and four club competitions in Europe, controlling the prize-money... UEFA - The UEFA European Championship is the main national football competition of the UEFA nations. Held every four years since 1960, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football Championship in 1968. Until 1976 only four teams entered the final tournament. From 1980 eight teams... European Championship