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K minus 17 days - FIFA and its Tournaments

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The Federation Internationale de Football Association, or simply FIFA, has been in operation since the last 110 years, established on May 21, 1904 by seven founding members - France, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. It has since expanded to include 209 member nations currently and is one of the most dominant sporting bodies in the world
The advent of football as the most popular and global sport was so complete that there exists only one sovereign nation, the Marshall Islands, which has no history of a national football team and only eight other nations, which have at some point of time or other having a football team, have not been a member of FIFA. The association, which has its headquarters in Zurich, has been instrumental in spreading the game beyond the boundaries
Initially incorporated in Europe, it has expanded into Africa in 1908, Americas in 1912/13. FIFA has recognized six continental confederations that oversee the operations in different regions of the world
  • AFC - Asian Football Confederation which includes most of the Asian Continent and the nation of Australia
  • CAF - Confederation of African Football
  • CONCACAF - Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean Association Football
  • CONMEBOL - Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol in South America
  • OFC - Oceania Football Confederation in the Pacific Oceania region except Australia
  • UEFA - Union of European Football Associations
FIFA had been affiliated to the International Olympic Committee since its initial years, organizing the Olympic football event first time at 1908 London Olympics and then a World Cup in 1930. It currently organizes twelve structured tournaments around the world, eight in men's category and three more in women's along with the Olympics event
Men's Tournaments
  • 19 World Cups since 1930 - Spain won in 2010
  • 9 Confederations Cups since 1992 (as King Fahd Cup) - Brazil won in 2013
  • 10 Club World Cups since 2000 - Won by Bayern Munich in 2013
  • 19 Under 20 World Cups since 1977 (initially as World Youth Championship) - France won in 2013
  • 15 Under 17 World Cups since 1991 (1985-89 as Under 16 Championship) - Won by Nigeria in 2013
  • 75 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cups since 1939 - Won by FC Zurich in 2013
  • 7 Futsal World Cups since 1989 - Won by Brazil in 2012
  • 17 Beach Soccer World Cups since 1995 - Russia won in 2013
Women's Tournaments
  • 6 Women's World Cups since 1991 - Japan won it in 2011
  • 6 Under 20 Women's World Cups since 2002 - Won by USA in 2012
  • 4 Under 17 Women's World Cups since 2008 - Won by Japan in2014
Olympic Football Event
  • Held as an exhibition event in 1900 Olympics and as a medal event in 1904 but both events were participated by club teams and hence not recognized by FIFA
  • 23 Men's Events since 1908 - Won by Mexico in 2012
  • 5 Women's Events since 1996 - USA won it in 2012

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