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association football

vr.tr.association-football · ACT.ACT

Let an agent handle association football by rules, competitions, clubs, participation, safety and governance, with sourced data.

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A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle association football by rules, competitions, clubs, participation, safety and governance, with sourced data.

A team sport played between two teams of eleven players who try to score by getting a ball into the opposing goal, mainly using the feet, governed by the IFAB Laws of the Game and FIFA; also played in variants such as futsal, street, beach and walking football.

What it is for: Sport, recreation, community and professional competition.

It can be explain the Laws of the Game; find competitions, clubs and results; find places to play, including walking football; report abuse and safeguarding concerns.

Distinguishing features

Played mainly with the feet

Most popular sport worldwide

Governed by IFAB and FIFA

Many variants

What it looks like

Players on a rectangular pitch with goals, a ball and referees.

Physical character

match length: 90 minutes - two halves of 45

How it is recognised

Eleven-a-side teams

Goals and penalty areas

American and Australian football are different codes

Related models

is a kind of - category

ball game

is governed by - bodies

FIFA and IFAB

includes - competitions

La Liga and FIFA World Cup

is officiated by - role

referee

In practice

Families and kinds

eleven-a-side football

futsal

beach football

street football

walking football

Standards and regulation

IFAB Laws of the Game

FIFA and confederation regulations

Safeguarding rules in youth football

Failure modes and hazards

Head injuries and concussion

Discriminatory abuse

Ticket scams

Also called

Olympic Games official match ballwalking footballstreet footballinternational association footballassociation football in Oceaniaassociation football in Europemen's beach soccermen's blind soccermen's association footballfootball in Africafootball in South AmericaCP footballpara association footballwomen's U22 association footballwomen's beach soccerwomen's association footballSunday footballSaturday footballelephant footballamateur association footballseven-a-side footballyouth association footballcalcio storico fiorentinobeach soccerprofessional footballfive-a-side footballfootball 5-a-side at the Summer ParalympicsEuropean club footballJorkyballNon-FIFA international footballcollege soccerblind soccerAssociation football during World War Iassociation football during World War IIcompetition football in FinlandChampagne footballeight-a-side footballFUNiñowheelchair soccerminifootball

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Rules Laws of the Game.

Rules decide play.

Laws

IFAB.

Laws

Laws of the Game.

  1. What does the Law of the Game say about this situation? provenance
  2. Has the law changed recently? provenance

VAR

Video review.

VAR

Video assistant referee.

  1. When can VAR intervene, according to the protocol? provenance
  2. Is it used in this competition? provenance
Competition Leagues and cups.

Data need sources.

Results

Official data.

Results

Results.

  1. What are the official results and standings? provenance
  2. Which body publishes them? provenance

Tickets

Official sales.

Tickets

Tickets.

  1. Where are official tickets sold? provenance
  2. How can scams be avoided? action
Playing Participation.

Everyone can play.

Clubs

Local football.

Clubs

Local clubs.

  1. Where can someone play locally, including walking or disability football? provenance
  2. How can they join? action

Health

Concussion.

Health

Head injuries.

  1. What do concussion guidelines advise after a head injury? provenance
  2. When should medical help be sought? boundary
Integrity Respect.

Abuse must be reported.

Abuse

Discrimination.

Abuse

Discriminatory abuse.

  1. How can racist or discriminatory abuse be reported to the club, league or police? action
  2. Is anyone at immediate risk? boundary

Safeguarding

Youth football.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding.

  1. How can a safeguarding concern in youth football be reported? action
  2. Which body handles it? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should variants be separate entries?
  • How should competitions be linked?
  • How should regional names such as soccer be handled?
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