FIFA

[fee-fuh]

noun

1. Fédération Internationale de Football Association: the federation, founded in 1904, that is the governing body for many international soccer tournaments, most notably the World Cup.

FIFA

/ ˈfiːfə /

acronym

1. Fédération Internationale de Football Association: the international governing body of association football

Word History and Origins

Origin of FIFA¹

from French

Example Sentences

According to the Fifa rankings, this is the hardest draw Northern Ireland could have faced.

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The bad news is prices are eye-watering and Fifa's early ticket draw has already been and gone.

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In 2005, it fell to 88th in FIFA’s world rankings, below Estonia and Burkina Faso.

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Nearly a decade ago, FIFA, soccer’s Zurich-based governing body, elected to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from 32, starting in 2026, to give more countries a realistic chance of qualifying.

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The first Fifa Peace Prize will also be awarded by the organisation's president, Gianni Infantino, on the day of the draw.

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