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- 1. MADE BY- The One And Only ABHINAV VITTALA VIII-E ROLL NO.-03 P.T.O
- 2. In Europe, early footballs were made out of animal bladders, more specifically pigs bladders which were inflated. Later leather coverings were introduced to allow the balls to keep their shape. In 1855, the U.S. inventor Charles Goodyear who had patented vulcanized rubber exhibited a spherical football, with an exterior of vulcanized rubber panels, at the Paris Exhibition universelle. The ball was to prove popular in early forms of football in the U.S.A. P.T.O
- 3. HOW FOOTBALL STARTED Football started at the famous Rugby boy's school in England in 1823. At Princeton University students were playing a game called Ballown. In both games players used both their feet and fists to advance the ball. Organized football began in high schools in the early 1860's. Colleges also started in the late 1860's. They played with 25 players on each team. But these football games weren't like we know football today. Rutgers and Princeton played a game they called football but it was more like soccer. Students at Harvard, 1871, started to combine the soccer-like game with some rules from rugby. Different colleges played under different rules until 1876 when the Intercollegiate Football Association was formed. They made the rules the same for all colleges and even set up the field size of 140 by 70 yards. P.T.O
- 4. Portugal The first organized game of football in Portugal took place in 1875 in Camacha, Madeira. Organized by the Madeira born Harry Hinton. The oldest surviving team in Portugal is Acad辿mica, which was founded in 1876. United States The first association football club in the United States was the Oneida Football Club of Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1862. It is often said that this was the first club to play association football outside Britain P.T.O.
- 5. FIFA The need for a single body to oversee the worldwide game became apparent at the beginning of the 20th century with the increasing popularity of international fixtures. The English Football Association had chaired many discussions on setting up an international body, but was perceived as making no progress. It fell to seven other European countries to band together to form this association. FIFA (F辿d辿ration Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris on 21 May 1904 . FIFA Men's World Cup The first football world cup was played in Uruguay in 1930. In the first championship match between Argentina and Uruguay, both teams couldn't decide on a ball so they used Argentina's ball the first half and Uruguay's in the second. P.T.O
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- 7. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS FIFA World Cup This is the biggest achievement (competition) in football internationally. It takes place every four years and 32 teams play this major event. The qualifying rounds take place for each confederation three years before the World Cup. The next World Cup will be held in 2014 in Brazil. The bidding for the next World Cup is held before the nearest World Cup. For example, the bid for 2010 World Cup was held before the 2006 World Cup. Brazil is the only team to win 5World Cups creating the record for winning the most World Cups. FIFA Confederations This is the collection of the teams where the winners of the confederation tournaments, the hosts and the world cup winners qualify for a single tournament. It also takes place every four years like the World Cup. The most number of winning this cup is 2 both done by Brazil and France. The next Confederations Cup will be held in 2013 in Brazil. P.T.O
- 8. UEFA European Football Championship Also known as Euro, this championship is most watched in Europe (internationally). It is held every four years (two years before the next world cup to happen). The qualification of this round consists of 10 groups with top two teams from each group going to the next main four-group phase and so on. Germany has won the most titles, 3. The most recent championship was won by Spain in 2012, with a score of 4-0 over Italy. CAF Africa Cup of Nations This is the main competition for the CAF (African) countries. It is held every two years in January/February in the same year of UEFA European Championship Finals and Summer Olympics between 16 teams of Africa. It is the biggest international African teams' achievement. The latest cup, held during January 2010 in Angola, was won by Egypt for the third successive time. CONMEBOL Copa Am辿rica This is the main competition for the CONMEBOL internationally. It consists of all the teams in the CONMEBOL. There is no fixed interval, so it changes frequently as to when it is going to take place. The most recent champion was Brazil in 2007, beating Argentina 3-0. CONCACAF Gold Cup This is the main competition in the CONCACAF region. The Mexicans and Americans split the honors to win the most of these. There is no fixed interval also for this. P.T.O
- 9. TOURNAMENTS 1. FIFA Cup (World cup) 2. International Nehru Gold cup 3. Asia cup 4. Merdeka Cup 5. Durand Cup 6. Rovers Cup 7. I.F.A. Shield 8. Santosh Trophy (National) 9. Federation Cup 10.DCM Cup 11. Subroto Cup 12. Kopa cup 13. Scissor cup 14. Kalinga Cup 15. Women Fedration Cup 16. Begum Hajrat Mahal Cup 17. Air lines Gold Cup 18. European Champions Cup 19. UEFA Cup 20.Lal Bahadur Shastri Trophy 21. Colombo Cup 22. Sanjay Gold Cup 23. Africa Cup 24. Rajiv Gandhi Cup 25. Euro Cup 26. Pacific Cup 27. Fair Play Trophy P.T.O