Octavo Inglés Flashcards on FIFA, created by MCR 038 on 17/08/2016.
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FIFA, is the governing body of association football, futsal and beach football.
FIFA is responsible for the organization of football's major international tournaments
notably the World Cup which 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...
Headquartered in Zürich...
Its membership now comprises 209 national associations.
Originally, was founded in the rear of the headquarters of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA)
The first president of FIFA was Robert Guérin
Guérin was replaced in 1906 by Daniel Burley Woolfall from England,
The first tournament FIFA staged, was the football competition for the 1908 Olympics in London.
