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| Highest governing body | IFA7 FIF7 FIFO7S |
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| Nicknames | Football 7 |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | Yes |
| Team members | 7 per side |
| Type | Team sport, ball game |
| Equipment | Football Football boots Shin guards Kits Gloves (for goalkeepers) |
| Venue | Football pitch |
| Presence | |
| Country or region | Worldwide |
| Olympic | No |
Seven-a-side football or Football 7 is one of the minifootball variations of football, which is played among seven players in each team. In the game consists of one goalkeeper and six outfield players. The pitch of seven-a-side football is bigger than that of five-a-side football, ranging from 50-65 yards in length and 25-50 yards in width respectively. [1]
Contents
- International competitions
- National teams
- Clubs
- Domestic competitions
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- England
- France
- Germany
- Guatemala
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Malta
- Mexico
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Singapore
- Spain
- Thailand
- United States
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
- Wales
- External links
- References
Internationally, seven-a-side football is governed by several sub-continental governing bodies, including the IFA7 [2] , FIF7 [3] , and FIFO7S [4] , with the versions sanctioned by these governing bodies have a similar set of rules. Other versions of seven-a-side football are sanctioned by multiple organisations and competitions, including Kings League and its women's counterpart Queens League, which uses additional rules such as tiebreaker penalty shootouts and secret weapons [5] ,The Soccer Tournament, a competition with additional rules, notably the Elam Ending, and a winner-take-all $1 million prize, and World Sevens Football, a women's international tournament.
