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Confederation of North, Central American
and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF)
Homepage: http://www.concacaf.com/
Rules and regulations URL: http://www.concacaf.com/stats_regs.aspx
History:
Founded in 1961, CONCACAF
is one of six continental confederations
of FIFA and serves as governing body of
football in the North and Central America
and the Caribbean basin. It is composed
of 38 national associations, from Canada
in the north to Suriname in the south.
Along with organizing competitions
for national teams and clubs within the
region, CONCACAF also offers training courses
in technical and administrative aspects
of football. It also conducts qualifying
tournaments for the FIFA World Cup, the
FIFA Women's World Cup, and FIFA world championships
at in youth and beach football as well as
futsal.
CONCACAF takes pride in
being one of only three confederations to
host three or more World Cups, together
with Europe and South America, in 1994.
In line with the increasing attention CONCACAF
has been experiencing, it has streamlined
its administration, improved its marketing
efforts, and established a new communications
department to enable it to deliver better
services to its members.
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