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World championships in association football
- FIFA U-17 World CupThe Lion City Cup began in Singapore during 1977 as the first under-16 football tournament ever created. Football Association of Singapore organizers…
- FIFA U-20 World CupThe first edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship opened in Tunisia during 1977. Twenty-four teams competed for the title that year, though only sixteen…
- FIFA Women's World CupIn July 1970, a tournament called the Women's World Cup took place in Italy. Denmark won that first unofficial competition.
- FIFA Futsal World CupThe first international futsal confederation, the South American Futsal Confederation, formed in 1965 with five nations: Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina…
- FIFA U-17 Women's World CupIn 2003, FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls after the success of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada.
- FIFA Women's Club World CupThe first edition of the International Women's Club Championship took place in 2012. Four teams competed that year including Canberra United from Australia…
- FIFA World CupThe first international football match took place in Glasgow on the 13th of July 1872. Scotland and England faced each other in a challenge that set the…
- FIFA Beach Soccer World CupThe first world cup of beach soccer was held in Brazil, in 1995. It took place under the title Beach Soccer World Championships and ran every year for a…
- FIFA U-20 Women's World CupThe first women's world championship at the youth level opened in 2002 with an upper age limit of 19. Canada hosted this inaugural event, which drew a…
- FIFA Club World CupThe first attempt to create a global club football tournament appeared in 1909. Italian host city Turin welcomed the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy that year.