Football Athletic Games
The major origins of football games developed as modern sports competitions held in the stadiums are from Western Europe, especially in England.
In addition, there are sports and events, that kick the ball with the feet, developed independently from the ancient time around the world.
Football Athletic Games, which physically exercise in practice, include the following lists.
The codes of modern football:
Propulsive Football (PROBALL)
Association football (Soccer)
Association football is simply called Football in many countries while Soccer is more familiar in some countries.
History:
The rules of Association football were originally established by the Football Association in London, England in 1863.
The oldest competition is the FA Cup first held in England in 1872. The first official international game was also played in 1872. The encounter between Scotland and England in Glasgow ended with scoreless draw.
The first league was formed in Birmingham, England in 1888 with the initiative of William McGregor, the director of Aston Villa. 12 clubs from Midlands and Northern England participated in the league the and the first league champion team was the Preston North End FC, who also won the FA Cup in the same season. Women’s football became very popular toward early 1920’s and attracted over 50,000 audience in number of occasions in England, however saw the long decline later. Great Britain had the presences in many parts of the world during 19th and 20th centuries, and found that the Association football was accepted by local peoples while they enjoyed the game.
Organisations:
The global governing body of Association football, FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association; International Federation of Association Football) was established in 1904 and based in Zurich, Switzerland. Member associations were just 8 European countries at the beginning and have grown to more than 200 members.
There are 6 regional confederations under the umbrella of the FIFA across the world as follows.
AFC (Asian Football Confederation).
CAF (Confederation of African Football).
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations).
CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football).
OFC (Oceania Football Confederation).
CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; Confederação Sul-americana de Futebol; South American Football Confederation).
There are 211 national (regional)football associations affiliated with FIFA, which are more than the number of member states of the United Nations.
Competitions:
The World Cup is organised every 4 years by FIFA. The first world cup took place in Uruguay in 1930 and Uruguay became the first world champions after defeating Argentina in the final. Football is also played in Summer Olympic Games since 1900. Women’s football was first selected for the Olympic games in 1996.
The continental championships are organised by each continental confederation every 4 years namely
the Asian Cup (AFC),
the African Cup of Nations (CAF),
the European Championship (UEFA),
the CONCACAF Gold Cup (CONCACAF),
the OFC Nations Cup (OFC) and
the Copa América (CONMEBOL).
The winners of the 6 continental championships compete in the FIFA Confederations Cup.
There are club competitions in each continent.
The Asian Champions League (AFC),
the Africa Champions League (CAF),
the European Champions League (UEFA),
the CONCACAF Champions League (CONCACAF),
the Oceania Champions League (OFC) and
the Copa Libertadores (CONMEBOL)
take place annually. The winners of these continental club competitions participate in the FIFA Club World Cup.
Each national association organises domestic leagues respectively. Due to the high popularity of Association football and resources available, Europe is said to be the capital of club football acquiring many of the best footballers from all around the world. Particularly the 5 big leagues, Spanish league (La Liga), English league (Premiership), German league (Bundesliga), Italian league (Serie A) and French league (Ligue 1), are influential and attract many global audiences. Brazilian league (Campeonato Brasileiro Série A) is very competitive domestic league as well although clubs release many of their best players to European leagues every year.
Association football (Soccer) variants
Beach soccer (Beach football, Beasal)
Five-a-side football
Futsal (Footsal)
Futebol de salao
Minivoetbal
Papi fut (Papi futbol, Futbol 5)
Minifootball (Indoor soccer, Arena soccer, Floorball, Fast football=Futbol rapido, Showball=Showbol, Futbol indoor, Futbito)
5-a-side
Paralympic Games Football
Blind soccer
Cerebal palsy football (CP football)
Amputee football
Deaf football
Wheelchair soccer
Powerchair football (Power soccer)
Street football (Street soccer)
Rush goalie (Fly goalie, Fly keeper)
Header and volley
Walking football
Crab football (Crab soccer)
Swamp football (Swanp soccer)
Jorkyball
Bubble football (Bubble soccer, Bubbleball, Airball soccer)
Three sided football (3SF)
Wembley (Wembo, FA, knock-outs, Cuppy, Worldy, Knocky-outy, World Cup Willy, Wurly)
Keepie uppie (Keep-Ups, Kick-ups)
One bounce
Rugby football
Rugby, the name is after the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, where it was first played. A student at the Rugby School called William Webb Ellis picked up the ball in hands and started running. This popular story about the derivation of the modern Rugby football is said to have happened in 1823.
English clubs established the RFU (Rugby Football Union) in 1871. The formation of the NU (Northern Rugby Football Union) was followed in 1892 to introduce the professionalism. This historical incident made Rugby football into 2 major codes, namely Rugby union and Rugby league.
Rugby football uses the prolate spheroid shaped ball and disallow forward passing while allow running with the ball in hands. These are the common characteristics of Rugby football.
The ancient Roman ball game Harpastum, possibly inspired by the Greek ball games Episkyros and Phaininda, is said to appear similar to Rugby football.
Rugby union
Rugby union variants
Rugby sevens
Rugby tens (Ten-a-side, Xs)
Mini rugby (New Image Rugby, Dragon rugby, Walla rugby)
Rugby league
Rugby league variants
Rugby league sevens
Rugby league nines
Beach rugby
Force back (Forcing back, Forcemanback, Force ’em backs)
Touch rugby (Touch football, Touch footy, Touch, Six down, Sixes)
League tag
Tag rugby (Flag rugby)
OzTag
Mini tag
Wheelchair rugby league
Universal football
Gridiron football (North American football)
Gridiron football, namely American and Canadian football are the derivatives of Rugby football and Association football and evolved in their own directions over the long period of time in the North America.
American football fields 11 players per team while 1 team is 12 players in Canadian football. The Canadian football had more unique features before. But it’s becoming more similar to the American football since it imported some of the rules from the USA.
The common features include the use of the hard body protections such as a helmet and pads. Forward passing and downs were also invented. The Gridiron football uses smaller oval shaped ball with both ends pointed. This makes the long distance 1 hand passing possible. The Rectangular field with lines looks like the grid.
The international sporting body is the IFAF (International Federation of American Football) and organises IFAF World Championship of American Football.
American football
American football variants
Nine-man football
Eight-man football
Six-man football
Flag football
Beach flag football
Touch football
Arena football (Indoor football)
Street football (Backyard football, Sandlot football)
Austus
Canadian football
Canadian Nine-man football
Canadian flag football
Gaelic football
Gaelic Football is the contact sport. Shoulder charge to the ball carrier and the ball slapping are possible. However, the body contacts allowed are less than some of the football codes such as Australian football.
The All-Ireland Senior Championship and the National Football League are competed by counties. All-Ireland Club Championship is competed by clubs. All-Ireland Senior Championship is the biggest competition.
History:
Gaelic Football is originated in Ireland. The description made in year 1308 about Football of Ireland can be found. The game played between Louth and Meath at Slane in 1712 is the earliest recorded inter-county game. 6-a-side football was often played around the beginning of 18th century.
Today’s form of Gaelic Football was established during the 1880’s. GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association), the sporting body that organises major Gaelic games, codified Gaelic Football in 1887. GAA governs the Gaelic Football till date. Gaelic Football strictly maintains amateurism under the regulation of the GAA. Players of all levels are prohibited to receive any form of payment toward the commitments although high profile games attract large audiences.
Ladies’ Gaelic football
Ladies’ Gaelic football is the version of Gaelic football made more suitable for female players and body contacts are minimal. The Ladies’ Gaelic Football Association is in charge of managing Ladies’ Gaelic football. Ladies’ Gaelic football is played in different places around the world.
International rules football
The International rules football is the hybrid sport invented in order to make the international games playable between the Australian football team and the Gaelic Football team. The national team for Ireland is selected by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association).
Australian football (Australian rules football, Aussie rules)
Australian football is said to be the most popular sport in Australia and the Australian Football League (AFL) is the biggest competition, which is professional. The AFL Grand Final is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground every year, attracting the large crowd. The AFL Grand Final is the highest attended club championship in the world. The largest attendance record of the AFL Grand Final is 121,696 when the game between Collingwood and Carlton was played in 1970.
History:
The Football game was held in Melbourne, Victoria in 1858, which was influenced by the English school game. The modification of rules was made after the event and Melbourne Football Club announced the first laws of Australian football in 1859, which is said to be the first written code among the modern football games presently flourishing in the world.
The Australasian Football Council was formed in 1890. The IAFC (International Australian Football Council) was established in 1995 as the global governing body and organised events such as The Australian Football International Cup. It functioned until 2002. Later the organisation name was changed to the Aussie Rules International and operates only for development and promotion purposes. The AFL (Australian Football League) governs Australian football globally today.
Australian football (Aussie rules) variants
Lightning football
Nine-a-side footy
Rec footy (Recreational football, Recreational footy)
Samoa rules
Metro footy (Metro rules footy)
AFL Masters (Masters Australian football, Superules)
Touch Aussie rules
Auskick (Vickick, Kiwikick, Footywild)
Kick-to-kick
Longest-kick competition
Handball competition
Universal football
Austus
International rules football
The International rules football is the hybrid sport invented in order to make the international games playable between the Australian football team and the Gaelic Football team. The national team for Ireland is selected by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association).
Hybrid football games:
Wheelchair rugby (Murderball, Quad rugby)
Cycle ball (Radball)
Motorsports football
Motorcycle football (Motorball, Motorcycle soccer)
Car football
Speedball
Freestyle football (Freestyle soccer)
Footbag (Hacky sack)
Footbag net
Bossaball
Footvolley
Football tennis (Futnet)
Jokgu
Kickball (Kick baseball, Soccer baseball)
Footgolf
Codeball (Codeball-on-the-green)
Codeball-on-the-court
Volata
Bandy
Universal football
Austus
International rules football
Old football games:
Classic football games, leading to the modern football:
Cambridge rules
Sheffield rules
UK school games existing till date:
Eton field game
Eton wall game
Harrow football (Footer)
Winchester College football (Winkies, WinCoFo)
Ancient and medieval football games existing till date:
UK
Haxey Hood
Bottle-kicking
Shrove Tuesday games
Royal Shrovetide Football (Ashbourne game, Hugball)
Scoring the Hales (The Alnwick Shrovetide Football Match)
Sedgefield Ball Game
Atherstone Ball Game
Uppies and Downies
Shrove Tuesday Football Ceremony of the Purbeck Marblers (Masonic ceremonial)
Cnapan
Hurling the Silver Ball (Hurling, Cornish hurling)
Saint Columb Major hurling
Saint Ives hurling
Bodmin hurling
Kirkwall Ba Game
Scottish Borders Ba Game
Duns Ba Game
Jedburgh Ba Game
Scone Ba Game
Carterhaugh Ba Game
Hobkirk Handba Game
Italy
Calcio Fiorentino
France
La Soule (Choule)
Georgia
Lelo burti
Mesoamerica
Ulama
Norway
Basse
New Zealand
Ki-o-rahi
India
Yubi lakpi
Southeast Asia
Sepak takraw (Kick volleyball, Sepak raga,Takraw, Kataw)
Myanmar
Chinlone (Caneball)
Korea
Jegichagi
China
Jianzi
China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam
Cuju (Kemari)
Football games of prehistoric, ancient, medieval and early modern periods:
UK, Europe
Mob football (Shrovetide football, Folk football, Medieval football)
Greece
Episkyros
Phaininda
Italy
Harpastum (Harpustum)
USA
Old division football
Pahsaheman
Greenland, Canada
Aqsaqtuk
Iceland
Knattleikr
Ireland
Caid
Australia
Marn Grook
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