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Title: | Soccer (Amateur) Worldwide | Contributor(s): | Biron, Dean Leonard (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5838 | Abstract: | Soccer is the most popular of the many versions of football and the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is principally termed soccer in both North America and Australasia. In most other parts of the world, it is referred to simply as football, an abbreviation of its full title, Association Football. Versions of football have been played for over two millennia, though the institutionalization of the game of soccer as it is known today did not take place until the mid-19th century. Since that time, the sport has continued to flourish at both amateur and professional levels. According to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, the worldwide governing body, with over 200 member nations), in the vicinity of 270 million people are now actively involved in team soccer as players or officials. It is impossible to guess how many more play the game on an informal basis. In 2006, the final of the most recent FIFA World Cup tournament, the pinnacle of the professional game, attracted a global television audience in excess of 700 million. Soccer's widespread appeal has led to it being referred to as both "the world game" and "the beautiful game." | Publication Type: | Entry In Reference Work | Source of Publication: | Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society, v.2, p. 651-656 | Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc | Place of Publication: | Thousand Oaks, United States of America | ISBN: | 9781412966702 1412966701 9781412971935 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200105 Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950102 Organised Sports | HERDC Category Description: | N Entry In Reference Work | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34974464 http://www.uk.sagepub.com/refbooksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232868 |
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