The Chinese Football Association (CFA) is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China. The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams and administers the country's professional leagues as well as organizing the national knockout cup competition Chinese FA Cup. As members of East Asian Football Federation its national teams are eligible for the East Asian Football Championship and the country's membership in AFC allows teams to participate in that organizations club and national team competitions. China is also a member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to play in the World Cup.
The Chinese Taipei national football team represents Taiwan in international football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association. Despite never qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Chinese Taipei, then known as Republic of China, reached the semi-finals of the 1960 and 1968 AFC Asian Cups, finishing third in the former. The side also won gold at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games, although the players in the team originated from British Hong Kong.
Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) is the governing body for football in the Republic of China. Its official name in Chinese is the Republic of China Football Association, but due to the political status of Taiwan it is billed abroad as the "Chinese Taipei Football Association" and uses the English initials TPE on its badge.
The Chinese Taipei women's national football team represents Taiwan in international women's football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association, the governing body for football in Taiwan.
National Sports Training Center is a football team based in Tainan, and is the football club for Taiwan's National Sports Training Center. It was merged in 2003 with the Lukuang football team, Taiwan's land army football team, after the option of alternate service in the Taiwanese militia. It participated in Taiwan Football Premier League.
In Taiwan, some of the most popular sports include baseball, basketball, badminton, football, softball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Martial arts such as tai chi and taekwondo are also practiced by many people. International-known athletes include Jeremy Lin, Tai Tzu-ying, Kuo Hsing-chun, Yu Chang, Chien-Ming Wang, Lin Yun-ju, Yang Chuan-kwang, Chou Tien-chen, Hsieh Su-wei, and Yani Tseng among others.
Chou Tai-ying is a Taiwanese female association football coach and former player. She is considered the most successful Taiwanese footballer so far.
The 2017 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade and commonly called Taipei 2017, was a multi-sport event, sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), held in the city of Taipei, Taiwan. It took place from August 19 to August 30, 2017.
Tainan City F.C., for sponsorship reasons currently known as Taiwan Steel, is a Taiwanese professional football club which currently competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League.
Wang Ruei is a Taiwanese professional footballer who currently plays for Taiwan Football Premier League club Taiwan Steel.
Hong Li-chyn is a Taiwanese women's footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Chinese Taipei women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the club level she played for Taiwan PE College in Taiwan.
Chen Hsiu-lin is a Taiwanese footballer who played as a defender for the Chinese Taipei women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level she played for Jinwen College in Taiwan.
Wu Su-ching is a Taiwanese footballer who played as a midfielder for the Chinese Taipei women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level she played for Taiwan PE College in Taiwan.
Lin Chao-chun is a Taiwanese footballer who played as a forward for the Chinese Taipei women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level she played for Taiwan PE College in Taiwan.
The Chinese Taipei women's national futsal team is the official name given by FIFA to the women's national futsal team of Taiwan.
The CTFA International Tournament was a tier 1 international football competition held in Taipei, Taiwan from 1-5 December 2017, organized by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA). Results involving the Philippines national football team led to strong reactions by Filipino football fans, and disputes between football administrators. The six games in the tournament were authorized by FIFA as International “A” Matches.
The Chinese Taipei women's national football team has represented Taiwan at the FIFA Women's World Cup on one occasion, in 1991.
Tsai Ming-jung is a Taiwanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Chinese Taipei women's national team.
Zhuo Li-ping is a Taiwanese footballer who plays as a defender for Taiwan Mulan Football League club Hualien FC and the Chinese Taipei women's national team.
Lin Ya-han is a Taiwanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Taiwan Mulan Football League club Taipei Bravo, where she serves as its captain, and the Chinese Taipei women's national team.
