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title: "What is meant by UEFA ?"  
description: "What is meant by UEFA ?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-07-22  
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# What is meant by UEFA ?

What is meant by UEFA ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

The **Union of European Football Associations** ([**UEFA**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47405/why-uefa-cup-was-instituted)) is the governing body for **football, futsal, and beach soccer throughout Europe**, as well as **Armenia, Cyprus, Israel, and several transcontinental countries' Asian regions**. The governing body of world football, **FIFA, has six continental confederations**. The United Nations Football Association (UEFA) is made up of **55 different national associations.**

UEFA represents European national football associations, organizes national and club competitions such as the **UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, and UEFA Super Cup**, and manages prize money, regulations, and media rights. \
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The **first general secretary was Henri Delaunay, and the first president was Ebbe Schwartz**. **Aleksander eferin, a former president of the Football Association of Slovenia**, was chosen as UEFA's seventh president in September 2016 during the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens, and automatically became a vice-president of FIFA. \
**UEFA was created in Basel, Switzerland, on June 15, 1954**.


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