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FIFA

Fédération Internationale de Football Association

Map of the members of FIFA according to their confederation

Abbreviation FIFA[1]

Motto For the Game. For the World.

Founded 21 May 1904; 113 years ago

Type Federation of national associations

Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland

47°22′53″N 8°34′28″ECoordinates:
Coordinates
47°22′53″N 8°34′28″E

Region served Worldwide

 Membership 211 national associations

Official languages English

French

German
Spanish

President Gianni Infantino

Senior Vice- David Chung

President

Vice-Presidents Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa

Aleksander Čeferin

David Gill

Alejandro Domínguez

Ahmad Ahmad

Victor Montagliani
Sándor Csányi[2]

Secretary Fatma Samoura

General

Affiliations
International Olympic Committee

International Football Association Board

Staff 103

Website www.fifa.com

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA /ˈfiːfə/ FEEF-ə; French for
"International Federation of Association Football") is an association which describes itself as
an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer. FIFA is
responsible for the organization of football's major international tournaments, notably the World
Cupwhich commenced in 1930 and the Women's World Cup which commenced in 1991.
FIFA was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations
of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Headquartered in Zürich, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. Member
countries must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the
world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania,
and South America.
Although FIFA does not control the rules of football (that being the responsibility of
the International Football Association Board), it is responsible for both the organization of a
number of tournaments and their promotion, which generate revenue from sponsorship. In 2013,
 FIFA had revenues of over 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, for a net profit of 72 million, and had cash
reserves of over 1.4 billion U.S. dollars.[3]
Reports by investigative journalists have linked FIFA leadership with corruption, bribery, and
vote-rigging related to the election of FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the organization's decision
to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively. These allegations led
to the indictments of nine high-ranking FIFA officials and five corporate executives by the U.S.
Department of Justice on charges including racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering. On
27 May 2015, several of these officials were arrested by Swiss authorities, who were launching a
simultaneous but separate criminal investigation into how the organization awarded the 2018 and
2022 World Cups. Those among these officials who were also indicted in the U.S. are expected
to be extradited to face charges there as well.[4][5][6] Many officials were suspended by
FIFA's ethics committeeincluding Sepp Blatter[7] and Michel Platini.[8] In early 2017 reports
became public about FIFA president Gianni Infantinoattempting to prevent the re-elections[9] of
both chairmen of the ethics committee, Cornel Borbély and Hans-Joachim Eckert, during the
FIFA congress in May 2017.[10][11] On May 9, 2017, following Infantino's proposal,[12] FIFA
Council decided not to renew the mandates of Borbély and Eckert.[12] Together with the chairmen,
eleven of 13 committee members were removed.[13]

Contents
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 1History
 2Structure
o 2.1Laws and governance
o 2.2Administrative cost
o 2.3Six confederations and 211 national associations
 3Recognitions and awards
 4Governance and game development
o 4.1Discipline of national associations
o 4.2Video replay
 5Anthem
 6Sponsors
 7Corruption and legislative interference
o 7.1Guilty pleas
o 7.2Indictments and arrests
o 7.32018 and 2022 World Cup bids
o 7.42011 FIFA presidential election
o 7.5Response to allegations
 8FIFA structured tournaments
o 8.1Men's tournaments
o 8.2Women's tournaments
o 8.3Other tournaments
o 8.4Current title holders
 9See also
 10References
 11Further reading
 12External links

History[edit]
Main article: History of FIFA
The need for a single body to oversee association football became apparent at the beginning of
the 20th century with the increasing popularity of international fixtures. The Fédération
Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in the rear of the headquarters of
the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques at the Rue Saint Honoré 229 in Paris
on 21 May 1904.[14] The French name and acronym are used even outside French-speaking
countries. The founding members were the national associations
of Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain (represented by Madrid Football Club; the
Spanish Federation was not created until 1913), Sweden and Switzerland. Also, that same day,
the German Association declared its intention of affiliating through a telegram.[1]
The first president of FIFA was Robert Guérin. Guérin was replaced in 1906 by Daniel Burley
Woolfall from England, by then a member of the association. The first tournament FIFA staged,
the association football competition for the 1908 Olympics in London was more successful than
its Olympic predecessors, despite the presence of professional footballers, contrary to the
founding principles of FIFA.[dubious – discuss]
Membership of FIFA expanded beyond Europe with the application of South Africa in
1909, Argentina in 1912, Canada and Chile in 1913, and the United States in 1914.[15]
During World War I, with many players sent off to war and the possibility of travel for international
fixtures severely limited, the organization's survival was in doubt. Post-war, following the death of
Woolfall, the organisation was run by Dutchman Carl Hirschmann. It was saved from extinction
but at the cost of the withdrawal of the Home Nations (of the United Kingdom), who cited an
unwillingness to participate in international competitions with their recent World War enemies.
The Home Nations later resumed their membership.
The FIFA collection is held by the National Football Museum at Urbis in Manchester,
England.[16] The first World Cup was held in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay.[17]

Structure[edit]
Main article: List of FIFA Member Associations

Map of the World with the six confederations: membership details below.

Laws and governance[edit]

FIFA is headquartered in Zürich, and is an association established under the Law of Switzerland.
FIFA's supreme body is the FIFA Congress, an assembly made up of representatives from each
affiliated member association. Each national football association has one vote, regardless of its
size or footballing strength. The Congress assembles in ordinary session once every year, and
extraordinary sessions have been held once a year since 1998. The congress makes decisions
relating to FIFA's governing statutes and their method of implementation and application. Only
the Congress can pass changes to FIFA's statutes. The congress approves the annual report,
and decides on the acceptance of new national associations and holds elections. Congress
elects the President of FIFA, its General Secretary, and the other members of the FIFA
Council in the year following the FIFA World Cup.[18]
FIFA's Executive Committee, chaired by the President, is the main decision-making body of the
organisation in the intervals of Congress. The Executive Committee is composed of 25 people:
the President, 8 Vice Presidents, and 15 members and one woman member. The Executive
Committee is the body that decides which country will host the World Cup.
The President and General Secretary are the main office holders of FIFA, and are in charge of its
daily administration, carried out by the General Secretariat, with its staff of approximately 280
members. Gianni Infantino is the current president, elected on 26 February 2016 at the
Extraordinary FIFA Congress. Former president Sepp Blatter is suspended pending a corruption
investigation.[19][20] FIFA's worldwide organisational structure also consists of several other bodies,
under the authority of the Executive Committee or created by Congress as standing committees.
Among those bodies are the FIFA Emergency Committee, the FIFA Ethics Committee, the
Finance Committee, the Disciplinary Committee, and the Referees Committee.
The FIFA Emergency Committee deals with all matters requiring immediate settlement in the
time frame between the regular meetings of the FIFA Executive Committee.[21][22] The Emergency
Committee consists of the FIFA President as well as one member from each
confederation.[23] Emergency Committee decisions made are immediately put into legal effect,
although they need to be ratified at the next Executive Committee meeting.[24]
Administrative cost[edit]
FIFA publishes its results according to IFRS. The total compensation for the management
committee in 2011 was 30 million for 35 people. Blatter, the only full-time person on the
committee, earned approximately two million Swiss francs, 1.2 million in salary and the rest in
bonuses.[25][26][27] A report in London's Sunday Times in June 2014 said the members of the
committee had their salaries doubled from $100,000 to $200,000 during the year. The report also
said leaked documents had indicated $4.4 million in secret bonuses had been paid to the
committee members following the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[28]
Six confederations and 211 national associations[edit]
FIFA confederations

AFC, CAF, CONCACAF

CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

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Besides its worldwide institutions there are six confederations recognised by FIFA which oversee
the game in the different continents and regions of the world. National associations, and not the
continental confederations, are members of FIFA. The continental confederations are provided
for in FIFA's statutes, and membership of a confederation is a prerequisite to FIFA membership.
Asian Football Confederation (AFC; 47 members)
Australia has been a member of the AFC since 2006
 Confederation of African Football (CAF; 56 members)
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association
Football (CONCACAF; 41 members)
French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname are CONCACAF members although they are in
South America. The French Guiana team is a member of CONCACAF but not of FIFA.
Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL; 10 members)
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC; 11 members)
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA; 55 members)
Teams representing the nations
of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey are UEFA
members, although the majority or entirety of their territory is outside of continental
Europe. Monaco is not member of UEFA or FIFA.
In total, FIFA recognises 211 national associations and their associated
men's national teams as well as 129 women's national teams; see
the list of national football teams and their respective country codes.
FIFA has more member states than the UN as FIFA recognises 23 non-
sovereign entities as distinct nations, such as the four Home
Nations within the United Kingdom and politically disputed territories
such as Palestine.[29]
The FIFA Working Committee of Small Nations has categorized
potential FIFA members into three categories:

1. Independent states not in FIFA (Kiribati, Marshall

Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Niue, Palau, Tuvalu)
2. Non-independent territories (Åland
Islands, Guadeloupe, Greenland, Guernsey, Isle of
Man, Jersey, Martinique, Northern Mariana
Islands, Réunion, Sint Maarten, Zanzibar)
3. Politically sensitive areas (Abkhazia, Crimea, Northern
Cyprus, South Ossetia).[30][31]
The FIFA World Rankings are updated monthly and rank each team
based on their performance in international competitions, qualifiers, and
friendly matches. There is also a world ranking for women's football,
updated four times a year.

Recognitions and awards[edit]

FIFA holds an annual awards ceremony which recognises both
individual and team achievements in international association football.
Individually, the top men's player is awarded the FIFA Ballon d'Or and
the top women's player is named FIFA World Player of the Year; the
latter title was also awarded to the men's player prior to its 2010 merger
with France Football's Ballon d'Or. At the Ballon d'Or banquet, the FIFA
Puskás Award, FIFA/FIFPro Best XI, FIFA Fair Play Award, and FIFA
Presidential Award are also awarded.
In 1994 FIFA published the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team. In 2000
FIFA published the results of an Internet poll, declaring Real Madrid to
be the FIFA Club of the Century. In 2002 FIFA announced the FIFA
Dream Team, an all-time all-star team chosen by fans in a poll.
As part of its centennial celebrations in 2004, FIFA organised a "Match
of the Century" between France and Brazil.
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Main article: Laws of the Game (association football)

FIFA headquarters in Zurich

The laws that govern football, known officially as the Laws of the Game,
are not solely the responsibility of FIFA; they are maintained by a body
called the International Football Association Board (IFAB). FIFA has
members on its board (four representatives); the other four are provided
by the football associations of the United
Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, who jointly
established IFAB in 1882 and are recognised for the creation and
history of the game. Changes to the Laws of the Game must be agreed
by at least six of the eight delegates.
The FIFA Statutes form the overarching document guiding FIFA's
governing system. The governing system is divided into separate bodies
that have the appropriate powers to create a system of checks and
balances. It consists of four general bodies: the congress, the executive
committee, the general secretariat, and standing and ad-hoc
committees.[32]
Discipline of national associations[edit]
FIFA frequently takes active roles in the running of the sport and
developing the game around the world. One of its sanctions is to
suspend teams and associated members from international competition
when a government interferes in the running of FIFA's associate
member organisations or if the associate is not functioning properly.
A 2007 FIFA ruling that a player can be registered with a maximum of
three clubs, and appear in official matches for a maximum of two, in a
year measured from 1 July to 30 June has led to controversy, especially
in those countries whose seasons cross that date barrier, as in the case
of two former Ireland internationals. As a direct result of this
controversy, FIFA modified this ruling the following year to
accommodate transfers between leagues with out-of-phase seasons.
Video replay[edit]
See also: Goal-line technology
Flag of FIFA with the organisation's slogan

FIFA does not permit video evidence during matches, although it is

permitted for subsequent sanctions.[33] The 1970 meeting of
the International Football Association Board "agreed to request the
television authorities to refrain from any slow-motion play-back which
reflected, or might reflect, adversely on any decision of the referee".[34] In
2008, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said: "Let it be as it is and let's leave
[football] with errors. The television companies will have the right to say
[the referee] was right or wrong, but still the referee makes the decision
– a man, not a machine."[35]
It has been said that instant replay is needed given the difficulty of
tracking the activities of 22 players on such a large field,[36] and it has
been proposed that instant replay be used in penalty incidents, fouls
which lead to bookings or red cards and whether the ball has crossed
the goal line, since those events are more likely than others to be game-
changing.[37]
Critics point out that instant replay is already in use in other sports,
including rugby union, cricket, American football, Canadian
football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and ice hockey.[36][38][39][40] As one
notable proponent of video replay, Portuguese coach Carlos
Queiroz has been quoted as saying that the "credibility of the game" is
at stake.[41]
An incident during a second-round game in the 2010 FIFA World
Cup between England and Germany, where a shot by
Englishman Frank Lampard, which would have leveled the scores at 2–
2 in a match that ultimately ended in a 4–1 German victory, crossed the
line but was not seen to do so by the match officials, led FIFA officials to
declare that they will re-examine the use of goal-line technology.[42]

Anthem[edit]
Main article: FIFA Anthem

Since the 1994 FIFA World Cup, like the UEFA Champions League,
FIFA has adopted an anthem composed by the German
composer Franz Lambert. It has been recently re-arranged and
produced by Rob May and Simon Hill.[43][44] The FIFA Anthem is played
at the beginning of official FIFA sanctioned matches and tournaments
such as international friendlies, the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women's
World Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, Football at the
Summer Olympics, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, FIFA Women's U-
17 World Cup, FIFA Futsal World Cup, FIFA Beach Soccer World
Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.[45]
Since 2007, FIFA has also required most of its broadcast partners to
use short sequences including the anthem at the beginning and end of
FIFA event coverage, as well as for break bumpers, to help promote
FIFA's sponsors. This emulates practices long used by some other
international football events such as the UEFA Champions League.
Exceptions may be made for specific events; for example, an original
piece of African music was used for bumpers during the 2010 FIFA
World Cup.

Sponsors[edit]
 Adidas[46]
 Coca-Cola[47]
 Gazprom[48]
 Hyundai/Kia Motors[49]
 Visa[50]
 Wanda Group[51]
 Qatar Airways[52]

Corruption and legislative interference[edit]

Main article: 2015 FIFA corruption case
In May 2006 British investigative reporter Andrew Jennings' book Foul!
The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote-Rigging and Ticket
Scandals (Harper Collins) caused controversy within the football world
by detailing an alleged international cash-for-contracts scandal following
the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and
Leisure (ISL), and revealed how some football officials have been urged
to secretly repay the sweeteners they received. The book also alleged
that vote-rigging had occurred in the fight for Sepp Blatter's continued
control of FIFA.
Shortly after the release of Foul! a BBC television exposé by Jennings
and BBC producer Roger Corke for the BBC news
programme Panorama was broadcast. In this hour-long programme,
screened on 11 June 2006, Jennings and the Panorama team agree
that Sepp Blatter was being investigated by Swiss police over his role in
a secret deal to repay more than £1m worth of bribes pocketed by
football officials. Lord Triesman, the former chairman of the English
Football Association, described FIFA as an organization that "behaves
like a mafia family", highlighting the association's "decades-long
traditions of bribes, bungs and corruption".[53]
All testimonies offered in the Panorama exposé were provided through
a disguised voice, appearance, or both, save one; Mel Brennan,
formerly a lecturer at Towson University in the United States (and from
2001 to 2003 Head of Special Projects for CONCACAF, a liaison to the
e-FIFA project and a 2002 FIFA World Cup delegate), became the first
high-level football insider to go public with substantial allegations of
greed, corruption, nonfeasance and malfeasance by CONCACAF and
FIFA leadership. During the Panorama exposé, Brennan—the highest-
level African-American in the history of world football governance—
joined Jennings, Trinidadian journalist Lisana Liburd and many others in
exposing allegedly inappropriate allocations of money at CONCACAF,
and drew connections between ostensible CONCACAF criminality and
similar behaviors at FIFA. Since then, and in the light of fresh
allegations of bribery and corruption and opaque action by FIFA in late
2010,[54] both Jennings and Brennan remain highly critical of FIFA, with
Brennan calling directly for an alternative to FIFA to be considered by
the stakeholders of the sport throughout the world.[55]
In a further Panorama documentary broadcast on BBC One on 29
November 2010, Jennings alleged that three senior FIFA
officials, Nicolas Leoz, Issa Hayatou and Ricardo Teixeira, had been
paid huge bribes by FIFA's marketing partner ISL between 1989 and
1999, which FIFA had failed to investigate. He claimed they appeared
on a list of 175 bribes paid by ISL, totaling about $100 million. A former
ISL executive said that there were suspicions within ISL that the
company was only awarded the marketing contract for successive
World Cups by paying bribes to FIFA officials. The programme also
alleged that another current official, Jack Warner, has been repeatedly
involved in reselling World Cup tickets to touts; Sepp Blatter said that
FIFA had not investigated the allegation because it had not been told
about it via 'official channels'.
The programme also criticized FIFA for allegedly requiring World Cup
host bidding nations to agree to implement special laws for the World
Cup, including a blanket tax exemption for FIFA and sponsors, and
limitation of workers' rights. It alleged that governments of bidding
nations are required to keep the details of the required laws confidential
during the bidding process; but that they were revealed by the Dutch
government, which refused to agree to them, as a result of which it was
told by FIFA that its bid could be adversely affected. According to the
programme, following Jennings' earlier investigations he was banned
from all FIFA press conferences, for reasons he says have not been
made clear; and the accused officials failed to answer questions about
his latest allegations, either verbally or by letter.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Andy Anson, head of
England's World Cup bid, criticized the timing of the broadcast, three
days before FIFA's decision on the host for the 2018 FIFA World Cup,
on the grounds that it might damage England's bid; the voters included
officials accused by the programme.[56][57]
In June 2011, it came to light that the IOC had started inquiry
proceedings against FIFA honorary president João Havelange into
claims of bribery. The BBC Panorama programme alleged that the
Brazilian accepted a $1 million 'bung' in 1997 from ISL. The Olympic
governing body said "the IOC takes all allegations of corruption very
seriously and we would always ask for any evidence of wrongdoing
involving any IOC members to be passed to our ethics commission".[58]
In a 2014 interview, American sports writer Dave Zirin said greed,
corruption, nonfeasance, and malfeasance are endemic to FIFA
leadership, and that FIFA should be abolished for the good of the game.
He said that currently, FIFA is in charge of both monitoring corruption in
football matches, and marketing and selling the sport, but that two
"separate" organizational bodies are needed: an organizational body
that monitors corruption and match-fixing and the like, and an
organization that's responsible for marketing and sponsorships and
selling the sport. Zirin said the idea of having a single organization that's
responsible for both seems highly ineffective and detrimental to the
sport.[59]
Guilty pleas[edit]
Between 2013 and 2015 four individuals, and two sports television
rights corporations pleaded guilty to United States financial misconduct
charges. The pleas of Chuck Blazer, José Hawilla, Daryan Warner,
Darrell Warner, Traffic Group and Traffic Sports USA were unsealed in
May 2015.[5] In another 2015 case, Singapore also imposed a 6-year
"harshest sentence ever received for match-fixing" on match-fixer Eric
Ding who had bribed three Lebanese FIFA football officials with
prostitutes as an inducement to fix future matches that they would
officiate, as well as perverting the course of justice.[60]
Indictments and arrests[edit]
Fourteen FIFA officials and marketing executives were indicted by
the United States Department of Justice in May 2015. The officials
were arrested in Switzerland and are in the process of extradition to the
US. Specific charges (brought under the RICO act) include wire
fraud, racketeering, and money laundering.[61]
"Swiss authorities say they have also opened a separate criminal
investigation into FIFA's operations pertaining to the 2018 and 2022
World Cup bids".[62]
FIFA’s top officials were arrested at a hotel in Switzerland on suspicion
of receiving bribes totaling $100m (£65m). The US Department of
Justice stated that nine FIFA officials and four executives of sports
management companies were arrested and accused of over $150m in
bribes.[63] The UK Shadow Home Secretary and Labour Member of
Parliament, Andy Burnham, stated in May 2015 that England should
boycott the 2018 World Cup against corruption in FIFA and military
aggression by Russia.[64]
2018 and 2022 World Cup bids[edit]
Further information: 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids and Garcia
Report
FIFA's choice to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022
World Cup to Qatar has been widely criticised by media.[65][66][67][68][69] It has
been alleged that some FIFA inside sources insist that the Russian
kickbacks of cash and gifts given to FIFA executive members were
enough to secure the Russian 2018 bid weeks before the result was
announced.[70] Sepp Blatter was widely criticised in the media for giving
a warning about the "evils of the media" in a speech to FIFA executive
committee members shortly before they voted on the hosting of the
2018 World Cup, a reference to The Sunday Times exposés[71] and
the Panorama investigation.[72]
Two members of FIFA's executive committee were banned from all
football-related activity in November 2010 for allegedly offering to sell
their votes to undercover newspaper reporters. In early May 2011, a
British parliamentary inquiry into why England failed to secure the 2018
finals was told by member of parliament, Damian Collins, that there was
evidence from the Sunday Times newspaper that Issa Hayatou of
Cameroon and Jacques Anouma of Ivory Coast were paid by Qatar.
Qatar has categorically denied the allegations, as have Hayatou and
Anouma.[73]
FIFA President Blatter said, as of 23 May 2011, that the British
newspaper The Sunday Times has agreed to bring its whistle-blowing
source to meet senior FIFA officials, who will decide whether to order a
new investigation into alleged World Cup bidding corruption. "[The
Sunday Times] are happy, they agreed that they will bring this
whistleblower here to Zürich and then we will have a discussion, an
investigation of this", Blatter said.
Specifically, the whistleblower claims that FIFA executive committee
members Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma were paid $1.5 million to
vote for Qatar.[74][75] The emirate's bid beat the United States in a final
round of voting last December. Blatter did not rule out reopening the
2022 vote if corruption could be proved, but urged taking the matter
"step by step". The FIFA president said his organization is "anxiously
awaiting" more evidence before asking its ethics committee to examine
allegations made in Britain's Parliament in early May 2011.
Hayatou, who is from Cameroon, leads the Confederation of African
Football and is a FIFA vice president. Anouma is president of Ivorian
Football Federation. The whistleblower said Qatar agreed to pay a third
African voter, Amos Adamu, for his support. The Nigerian was later
suspended from voting after a FIFA ethics court ruled he solicited bribes
from undercover Sunday Times reporters posing as lobbyists. Blatter
said the newspaper and its whistleblower would meet with FIFA
secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, and legal director, Marco Villiger.
Allegations against FIFA officials have also been made to the UK
Parliament by David Triesman, the former head of England's bid and the
English Football Association. Triesman told the lawmakers that four
long-standing FIFA executive committee members—Jack
Warner, Nicolas Leoz, Ricardo Teixeira and Worawi Makudi—engaged
in "improper and unethical" conduct in the 2018 bidding, which was won
by Russia. All six FIFA voters have denied wrongdoing.[76]
On 28 September 2015, Sepp Blatter suggested that the 2018 World
Cup being awarded to Russia was planned before the voting, and that
the 2022 World Cup would have then been awarded to the United
States. However, this plan changed after the election ballot, and
the 2022 World Cup was awarded to Qatar instead of the U.S.[77][78]
2011 FIFA presidential election[edit]
FIFA announced on 25 May 2011 that it had opened the investigation to
examine the conduct of four officials—Mohamed Bin Hammam and
Jack Warner, along with Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officials
Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester—in relation to claims made by
executive committee member, Chuck Blazer.[79][80][81] Blazer, who is the
general secretary of the CONCACAF federation, has alleged that
violations were committed under the FIFA code of ethics during a
meeting organized by Bin Hammam and Warner on 10 and 11 May—
the same time Lord Triesman had accused Warner of demanding
money for a World Cup 2018 vote—in relation to the 2011 FIFA
presidential election,[82] in which Bin Hammam, who also played a key
role in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid, allegedly offered financial
incentives for votes cast in his favour during the presidential election. As
a result of the investigation both Bin Hammam and Warner were
suspended.[83] Warner reacted to his suspension by questioning Blatter's
conduct and adding that FIFA secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, had
told him via e-mail that Qatar had bought the 2022 World
Cup.[84][85] Valcke subsequently issued a statement denying he had
suggested it was bribery, saying instead that the country had "used its
financial muscle to lobby for support". Qatar officials denied any
impropriety.[86] Bin Hammam also responded by writing to FIFA,
protesting unfair treatment in suspension by the FIFA Ethics Committee
and FIFA administration.[87]
Further evidence emerged of alleged corruption. On 30 May 2011, Fred
Lunn, vice-president of the Bahamas Football Association, said that he
was given $40,000 in cash[88] as an incitement to vote for FIFA
presidential candidate, Mohamed bin Hammam. In addition, on 11 June
2011 Louis Giskus, president of the Surinamese Football Association,
alleged that he was given $40,000 in cash for "development projects" as
an incentive to vote for Bin Hammam.[89]
Response to allegations[edit]
After being re-elected as President of FIFA Sepp Blatter responded to
the allegations by promising to reform FIFA in wake of the bribery
scandal, with Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in
South Africa, saying there is great expectation for reform.[90] Former US
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is being tipped for a role on the
newly proposed 'Solutions Committee', and former Netherlands national
football team player Johan Cruyff is also being linked with a role.[85][91]
UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino said he hopes for "concrete"
measures to be taken by the world game's authority. Saying that "the
UEFA executive committee has taken note of the will of FIFA to take
concrete and effective measures for good governance ... [and is]
following the situation closely."[92]
IOC president Jacques Rogge commented on the situation by saying
that he believes FIFA "can emerge stronger" from its worst ever crisis,
stating that "I will not point a finger and lecture ... I am sure FIFA can
emerge stronger and from within".[93]
Several of FIFA's partners and sponsors have raised concerns about
the allegations of corruption, including Coca-
Cola, Adidas, Emirates and Visa.[94][95][96] Coca-Cola raised concerns by
saying "the current allegations being raised are distressing and bad for
the sport"; with Adidas saying "the negative tenor of the public debate
around Fifa at the moment is neither good for football nor for Fifa and its
partners"; moreover Emirates raised its concerns by saying "we hope
that these issues will be resolved as soon as possible"; and Visa adding
"the current situation is clearly not good for the game and we ask that
Fifa take all necessary steps to resolve the concerns that have been
raised."[94]
Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib said it was clear FIFA needed to
change, saying "there is no doubt there needs to be reform of FIFA.
This is something that we're hearing worldwide", with Australian
Senator Nick Xenophon accusing FIFA of "scamming" the country out of
the A$46 million (US$35 million) it spent on the Australia 2022 FIFA
World Cup bid, saying that "until the investigation into FIFA has been
completed, Australia must hold off spending any more taxpayers' money
on any future World Cup bids."[97]
Theo Zwanziger, President of the German Football Association, also
called on FIFA to re-examine the awarding of the 2022 FIFA World
Cup to Qatar.[98]
Transparency International, which had called on FIFA to postpone the
election pending a full independent investigation, renewed its call on
FIFA to change its governance structure.[99]
Moreover, former Argentine football player Diego Maradona was critical
of FIFA in light of the corruption scandal, comparing members of the
board to dinosaurs. He said "Fifa is a big museum. They are dinosaurs
who do not want to relinquish power. It's always going to be the
same."[100] In October 2011, Dick Pound criticized the organization,
saying, "FIFA has fallen far short of a credible demonstration that it
recognizes the many problems it faces, that it has the will to solve them,
that it is willing to be transparent about what it is doing and what it finds,
and that its conduct in the future will be such that the public can be
confident in the governance of the sport."[101]

FIFA structured tournaments[edit]

Men's tournaments[edit]

 FIFA World Cup

 FIFA Confederations Cup
 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
 FIFA U-20 World Cup
 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 Boys' Youth Olympic Football Tournament (U-15)
 FIFA Club World Cup
 FIFA Futsal World Cup
 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
Current title holders[edit]

Hosts of all Senior Association Football FIFA World Cups, including both men's
and women's

Men's Women's

United
World Cup Germany (2014)
States (2015)

Confederations Cup Germany (2017) —

Olympic Tournament Brazil (2016) Germany (2016)

North
U-20 World Cup England (2017)
Korea (2016)
 North
U-17 World Cup England (2017)
Korea (2016)

Youth Olympic
Peru (2014) China PR (2014)
Tournament

Club World Cup Real Madrid (2017) —

Futsal World Cup Argentina (2016) —

Beach Soccer World

Brazil (2017) —
Cup

Blue Stars/FIFA Olympique

—
Youth Cup Lyonnais (2017)

Interactive World
Spencer Ealing (2017)
Cup

See also[edit]
 Association football culture
 Association football tactics and skills
 List of association football clubs
 List of association football stadiums by country
 List of men's national association football teams
 List of women's national association football teams
 List of top association football goal scorers
 List of women's association football clubs
 Lists of association football players

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Further reading[edit]
 Paul Darby, Africa, Football and Fifa: Politics, Colonialism and
Resistance (Sport in the Global Society), Frank Cass Publishers
2002, ISBN 0-7146-8029-X.
 John Sugden, FIFA and the Contest For World Football, Polity
Press 1998, ISBN 0-7456-1661-5.
 Jim Trecker, Charles Miers, J. Brett Whitesell, ed., Women's
Soccer: The Game and the Fifa World Cup, Universe 2000, Revised
Edition, ISBN 0-7893-0527-5.

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