Associations in action: October 2024

All year round, FIFA works closely with its 211 Member Associations and supports them humanly and financially in the development of their footballing potential and their infrastructures.

Each month, Inside FIFA highlights the work accomplished by its Member Associations, which contribute to the development of the sport and make football truly global.

The FIFA Talent Development Program continued its deployment across the four corners of the world during the month of October. Designed to improve the level of national team football, both for men and women, and motivated by FIFA’s desire to make a long-term commitment to the development of global talent, several programs were launched in Ugandahas Bahrainau Ghanaau Malawiau Japan or even at Vanuatu.

The Dominican Republic hosts its first-ever global football event this month with the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup™. Four newcomers made their debut in the tournament, namely theEcuadorthe Kenyathe Poland and the host countrywho have each invested in the development of women’s football with the help of world football’s governing body.

At the beginning of October, we witnessed the outcome of the FIFA Futsal World Cup™ in Uzbekistanwith the sixth coronation (a record) of Brazil. This first FIFA competition organized in Central Asia was a great success and, here too, allowed the emergence of newcomers on the world scene: theAfghanistanthe Francethe New Zealand and the Tajikistan. For this great first, the Blues even had the luxury of reaching the semi-final.

For its part, the French women’s Futsal team negotiated well the first round of European qualifications for the very first Women’s Futsal World Cup, which will kick off on November 21 in the Philippines. This brand new competition will give tremendous momentum to the discipline and allow each participating nation to gain visibility and accelerate its development.

The Namibia hosted a FIFA refereeing course in the capital, Windhoek, this month, as did the Guinea which brought together the country’s elite men in black for a week-long development course.

Au GhanaFIFA brought together representatives from the Ghana Football Federation and officials concerned with the implementation of VAR in Ghana’s domestic leagues. This workshop took place over two days in Accra, the capital. It marks a decisive step before the implementation of video arbitration in the country.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation has joined the initiative to make matches accessible to all by offering audio description commentary. This first took place during the Spain-Serbia match played as part of the UEFA Nations League. FIFA launched this initiative during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™, where fans who were blind or visually impaired were able to follow matches with detailed descriptions of what was happening on the pitch. the land.