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The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA; ; ) is the governing body of
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in the
Arab League The Arab League (, ' ), officially the League of Arab States (, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, ...
. Established in 1974, UAFA is an independent body comprising 22 member associations: twelve from
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and ten from
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. UAFA organises a number of competitions, most notably the
Arab Cup The FIFA Arab Cup (), or Arab Cup, is an international association football competition organized by FIFA. It is held every four years with the participation of senior men's national teams of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), ...
for national teams (which has been organised by FIFA since
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) and the
Arab Club Champions Cup The Arab Club Champions Cup (, ) is a club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from Asia and Africa. F ...
for club teams.


History

The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) was established on 27 January 1974 in
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. In 1976, a general assembly was held in
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, and the football association headquarters were transferred to their present seat in
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.


Presidents


Member associations

All UAFA members from the
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are also members of the
West Asian Football Federation The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; ) is a regional sub-confederation of association football, governed under the Asian Football Confederation. Founded in 2001, it governs football, futsal and beach football for nations in West Asia. The W ...
(WAFF). All WAFF and
Union of North African Football The Union of North African Football (UNAF; ; ) is an association football organising body. It was launched in 2005 by the North African members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The post ...
(UNAF) members are UAFA members.


Competitions

;Men's senior *
Arab Cup The FIFA Arab Cup (), or Arab Cup, is an international association football competition organized by FIFA. It is held every four years with the participation of senior men's national teams of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), ...
* Arab Games Football Tournament *
Arab Futsal Cup The Arab Futsal Cup () is a futsal competition for Arab nations. It was first held in 1998. Only three teams have won the cup since its foundation. Morocco national futsal team, Morocco is the most successful having won the title three times, foll ...
* Arab Beach Soccer Championship ;Men's youth *
Arab Cup U-20 The Arab Cup U-20 () is an association football, international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world. The teams come from Confederation of African Football ...
*
Arab Cup U-17 The Arab Cup Under 17 () is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the national teams under 17 in the Arab World The Arab world ( '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also k ...
* Arab Cup U-15 ;Women's senior and youth *
Arab Women's Cup The Arab Women's Cup () is an international football competition between the senior women's national teams of the members of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), the sport's governing body for countries in the Arab world. The compe ...
* Arab U-20 Women's Cup *
Arab U-17 Women's Cup The Arab Under 17 Women's Cup (Arabic: كأس العرب للفتيات تحت 17 سنة) is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the national women's teams under 17 in the Arab ...
;Clubs *
Arab Club Champions Cup The Arab Club Champions Cup (, ) is a club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from Asia and Africa. F ...
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Arab Cup Winners' Cup The Arab Cup Winners' Cup () was a football (soccer), football competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations. It started in 1989 and merged with the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Super Cup in 2002 to form th ...
(defunct)'' *''
Arab Super Cup The Arab Super Cup () was an Arab football (soccer), football competition, held between four teams (the winners and runners-up of both the Arab Champions Cup, Arab Club Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup) each year. History The Arab Supe ...
(defunct)''


Current title holders

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FIFA World Rankings

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Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by
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Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by
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International competitions participation

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FIFA World Cup

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

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1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

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1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

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1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

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1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

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1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

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1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2026 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone. * January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day. * February 5 – The New START Treat ...

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2030 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 – 1934 in literature, Books, 1934 in film, films and other works published in 1934 will enter the public domain. * February 1 – February 17 – The 2030 Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held ...

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FIFA Women's World Cup

{{main, FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" , - style="background:#ccc;" !colspan=12,
FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior list of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Footb ...
record , - !Team !
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

{{Flagicon, CHN
(12) !
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

{{Flagicon, SWE
(12) !
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

{{Flagicon, USA
(16) !
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

{{Flagicon, USA
(16) !
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

{{Flagicon, CHN
(16) !
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

{{Flagicon, GER
(16) !
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

{{Flagicon, CAN
(24) !
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

{{Flagicon, FRA
(24) !
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

{{flagicon, Australia
{{flagicon, New Zealand
(32) !
2027 Predicted and scheduled events * May – The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled; the location is typically determined by the previous year's winner. * May 15– August 15 – Expo 2027 is scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia. * ...

{{Flagicon, BRA
(32) !Apps. , - , align=left, {{fbw, MAR , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , R2
{{small, 12th, , ! 1/9 , - !align=left, Total (1 team), , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , !1


Olympic Games

{{Main, Football at the Summer Olympics {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" ! Nation , , {{flagicon, France
00 , , colspan=2, {{flagicon, United States, 1896
04 , , {{flagicon, United Kingdom
08 , , {{flagicon, Sweden
12 , , {{flagicon, Belgium
20 , , {{flagicon, France
24 , , {{flagicon, Netherlands
28 , , {{flagicon, Germany, Nazi
36 , , {{flagicon, United Kingdom
48 , , {{flagicon, Finland
52 , , {{flagicon, Australia
56 , , {{flagicon, Italy
60 , , {{flagicon, Japan
64 , , {{flagicon, Mexico
68 , , {{flagicon, West Germany
72 , , {{flagicon, Canada
76 , , {{flagicon, Soviet Union, 1955
80 , , {{flagicon, United States
84 , , {{flagicon, South Korea
88 , , {{flagicon, Spain
92 , , {{flagicon, United States
96 , , {{flagicon, Australia
00 , , {{flagicon, Greece
04 , , {{flagicon, China
08 , , {{flagicon, United Kingdom
12 , , {{flagicon, Brazil
16 , , {{flagicon, Japan
20 , , {{flagicon, France
24 , , Years , - , align=left bgcolor=#DCDCDC, {{flagIOC, ALG , , colspan=13, ''{{small, Part of France'' , , – , , – , , – , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , 8 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 14 , , – , , – ! 2 , - , align=left bgcolor=#DCDCDC, {{flagIOC, EGYEgypt team represented the
United Arab Republic The United Arab Republic (UAR; ) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 to 1971. It was initially a short-lived political union between Republic of Egypt (1953–1958), Egypt (including Occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United Ara ...
with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.
, , colspan=4 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , 8 , , 8 , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4 , , =9 , , =11 , , =9 , , bgcolor=black, ''{{small, {{white, {{Tooltip, w/o, Qualfied but withdrew '' , , 12 , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4 , , – , , – , , – , , bgcolor=black, ''{{small, {{white, {{Tooltip, w/o, Qualfied but withdrew '' , , 8 , , – , , 12 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 8 , , – , , 8 , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4 ! 13 , - , align=left bgcolor=#FAFAD2, {{flagIOC, IRQ , , colspan=9 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , – , , – , , colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef, , , 5 , , 14 , , 9 , , – , , – , , – , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4 , , – , , – , , 12 , , – , , 10 ! 6 , - , align=left bgcolor=#FAFAD2, {{flagIOC, KUW , , colspan=14 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , – , , – , , 6 , , – , , – , , 16 , , – , , 12 , , – , , – , , – , , ''{{small, {{Tooltip, IOA, Part of the Independent Olympic Athletes '' , , – , , – ! 3 , - , align=left bgcolor=#DCDCDC, {{flagIOC, MAR , , colspan=4 bgcolor=#efefef, , , colspan=7, ''{{small, Part of France'' , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , 13 , , bgcolor=black, ''{{small, {{white, {{Tooltip, w/o, Qualfied but withdrew '' , , 8 , , – , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , 12 , , – , , 15 , , – , , 16 , , =10 , , – , , 11 , , – , , – , , style="background:#c96;", 3 ! 8 , - , align=left bgcolor=#FAFAD2, {{flagIOC, QAT , , colspan=18 bgcolor=#efefef, , , 15 , , – , , 8 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 2 , - , align=left bgcolor=#FAFAD2, {{flagIOC, KSA , , colspan=15 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , – , , bgcolor=black, ''{{small, {{white, {{Tooltip, w/o, Qualfied but withdrew '' , , 16 , , – , , – , , 15 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 15 , , – ! 3 , - , align=left bgcolor=#DCDCDC, {{flagIOC, SUD , , colspan=12, ''{{small, Part of the United Kingdom'' , , – , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , 15 , , colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 1 , - , align=left bgcolor=#FAFAD2, {{flagIOC, SYR , , colspan=9 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef, , , ''{{small, {{Tooltip, UAR, Part of United Arab Republic '' , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , – , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , 14 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 1 , - , align=left bgcolor=#DCDCDC, {{flagIOC, TUN , , colspan=11, ''{{small, Part of France'' , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , 15 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , 13 , , – , , 14 , , – , , 12 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 4 , - , align=left bgcolor=#FAFAD2, {{flagIOC, UAE , , colspan=18 bgcolor=#efefef, , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 15 , , – , , – , , – ! 1 , - !align=left, Total nations , , 0 , , colspan=2, 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2 , , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , , 0 , , 4 , , 5 , , 2 , , 4 , , 2 , , 2 , , 3 , , 0 , , 3 , , 2 , , 2 , , 3 , , 44


FIFA Arab Cup

{{Main, FIFA Arab Cup {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" , - !Team !
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

{{flagicon, Lebanon
(5) !
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

{{flagicon, Kuwait
(5) !
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

{{flagicon, Iraq, 1963
(10) !
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

{{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
(6) !
1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

{{flagicon, Jordan
(10) !
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

{{flagicon, Syria
(6) !
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

{{flagicon, Qatar
(12) !
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

{{flagicon, Kuwait
(10) !
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

{{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
(11) !
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

{{flagicon, Qatar
(16) !
2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

{{flagicon, Qatar
(...) !Total , - , id="ALG" align=left, {{fb, ALG , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , GS, , ×, , GS, , ×, , ×, , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , ''Q'' !3 , - , id="BHR" align=left, {{fb, BHR , ×, , ×, , GS, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , GS, , ×, , ×, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , GS, , GS, , !6 , - , id="EGY" align=left, {{fb, EGY , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , style="background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , GS, , ×, , GS, , style="background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , ''Q'' !5 , - , id="IRQ" align=left, {{fb, IRQ , ×, , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:gold;", 1st, , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , ×, , ×, , ×, , style="background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , GS, , ''Q'' !6 , - , id="JOR" align=left, {{fb, JOR , GS, , GS, , GS, , GS, , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , GS, , GS, , style="background-color:#81c846;", SF, , ×, , QF, , ''Q'' !9 , - , id="KUW" align=left, {{fb, KUW , style="background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , GS, , ×, , GS, , style="background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , style="background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , style="border: 3px solid red", GS, , GS, , •, , !8 , - , id="LBN" align=left, {{fb, LBN , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , style="background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , style="background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , ×, , GS, , ×, , GS, , GS, , GS, , GS, , !8 , - , id="LBY" align=left, {{fb, LBY , ×, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , style="background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , ×, , ×, , ×, , GS, , ×, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , •, , !4 , - , id="MTN" align=left, {{fb, MTN , ×, , ×, , ×, , GS, , •, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , GS, , !2 , - , id="MAR" align=left, {{fb, MAR , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , GS, , style="background-color:#81c846;", SF, , style="background-color:gold;" , 1st, , QF, , ''Q'' !4 , - , id="OMA" align=left, {{fb, OMA , ×, , ×, , GS, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , QF, , !2 , - , id="PLE" align=left, {{fb, PLE , ×, , ×, , GS, , ×, , ×, , GS, , •, , GS, , GS, , GS, , !5 , - , id="QAT" align=left, {{fb, QAT , ×, , ×, , ×, , style="background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , ×, , ×, , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:silver;", 2nd, , ×, , ×, , style="border: 3px solid red; background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , style="border: 3px solid red;, ''Q'' !4 , - , id="KSA" align=left, {{fb, KSA , ×, , ×, , ×, , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:#cc9966;", 3rd, , GS, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , GS, , ''Q'' !7 , - , id="SUD" align=left, {{fb, SUD , ×, , ×, , ×, , •, , ×, , ×, , GS, , GS, , GS, , GS, , !4 , - , id="SYR" align=left, {{fb, SYR, 1932 , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , ×, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , ×, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , style="border: 3px solid red;background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , GS, , GS, , ×, , GS, , !7 , - , id="TUN" align=left, {{fb, TUN , style="background-color:gold;", 1st, , ×, , ×, , ×, , GS, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , style="background-color:silver;", 2nd, , ''Q'' !3 , - , id="UAE" align=left, {{fb, UAE , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , style="background-color:#9acdff;", 4th, , ×, , ×, , QF, , ''Q'' !2 , - , id="YEM" align=left, {{fb, YEM , ×, , ×, , GS, , ×, , ×, , ×, , ×, , GS, , GS, , •, , !3


Arab Games

{{main, Football at the Arab Games {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! width=150, Team ! {{flagicon, EGY, 1922
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
! {{flagicon, LIB
1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
! {{flagicon, MAR
1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
! {{flagicon, UAR
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
! {{flagicon, SYR, 1972
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
! {{flagicon, MAR
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
! {{flagicon, SYR
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
! {{flagicon, LIB
1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...
! {{flagicon, JOR
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
! {{flagicon, EGY
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
! {{flagicon, QAT
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
! {{flagicon, ALG
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
! {{flagicon, KSA
2027 Predicted and scheduled events * May – The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled; the location is typically determined by the previous year's winner. * May 15– August 15 – Expo 2027 is scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia. * ...
!! Years , - , align=left, {{fb, ALG, size=20px , , , , , , , , , , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , , , , , , , , , , , style="border: 3px solid red", 4th, , ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fb, BHR, size=20px , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , GS , , , , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fb, EGY, size=20px , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , , , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , , , ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fb, IRQ, size=20px , , , GS , , , , GS , , , , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , , , GS , , , , ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fb, JOR, size=20px , 4th , , GS , , , , , , GS , , , , GS , , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , , , ! 7 , - , align=left, {{fb, KUW, size=20px , , , , , GS , , , , , , , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , 4th , , , , , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , , , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, LIB, size=20px , GS , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , 4th , , GS , , , , , , , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , GS , , , , , , GS , , ! 7 , - , align=left, {{fb, LBY, size=20px , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , GS , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , , , GS , , , , GS , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , GS , , , , ! 9 , - , align=left, {{fb, MTN, size=20px , , , , , , , , , GS , , GS , , , , GS , , , , , , , , GS , , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, MAR, size=20px , , , 4th , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, OMA, size=20px , , , , , , , GS , , , , , , , , GS , , GS , , , , GS , , GS , , ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fb, PLE, size=20px , GS , , , , , , 4th , , GS , , , , GS , , , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , , , 4th , , GS , , ! 7 , - , align=left, {{fb, QAT, size=20px , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , GS , , , , style="border: 3px solid red", GS , , , , ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fb, KSA, size=20px , , , GS , , GS , , , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , 4th , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , , , GS , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , GS , , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , style="border: 3px solid red", ''Q'' ! 9 , - , align=left, {{fb, SOM, size=20px , , , , , , , , , , , GS , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, SUD, size=20px , , , , , , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , , , , , , , , , , , GS , , GS , , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, SYR, 1932, size=20px , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , , , , GS , , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , , GS , , style="border: 3px solid red", 4th , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , GS , , , , , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , ! 9 , - , align=left, {{fb, TUN, size=20px , , , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , , , , , , , , GS , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fb, UAE, size=20px , , , , , , , , , , , GS , , , , GS , , GS , , 4th , , , , , , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, YEM, size=20px , , , , , , , GS , , 4th , , GS , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 3 , - ! Total , , 6 , , 8 , , 6 , , 9 , , 7 , , 11 , , 6 , , 8 , , 11 , , 5 , , 10 , , 8 , , , ,


Defunct competitions


FIFA Confederations Cup

{{Main, FIFA Confederations Cup {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" ! Team ! {{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

(4) ! {{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

(6) ! {{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

(8) ! {{flagicon, Mexico
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

(8) ! {{flagicon, South Korea
{{flagicon, Japan
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

(8) ! {{flagicon, France
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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See also

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FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
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Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ...
(AFC) **
Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan. At the FIFA Co ...
(CAF)


References

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