so fifa has 207 members and UN 192 members...where are the extra countries from?
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My guess is that some countries are administratively part of a larger unit. \n\nI'll give you the example I'm familiar with: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are all individual members of FIFA, however, they are all part of the United Kingdom and that is the body which has UN membership.\n\nI don't know which other countries this would apply to.
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it all began in September 2003, when all teams from South America including defending champions BRAZIL kick off their World Cup qualifiers. \n\nall other nations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania plus North & Central America kick off their matches after the world cup qualifying draw was made in December 2003. a total of 194 teams from 205 FIFA members participated in the qualifiers around the world.\n\n847 matches was played throughout the whole qualifiers from September 2003 up to 16 November 2005, where all 32 nations are known. \n\nThese are the breakdown of teams competing in this year's World Cup from their respective confederations:\n\nEurope (UEFA) - 14 including host nation\nGERMANY \nNETHERLANDS\nUKRAINE\nPORTUGAL\nFRANCE\nITALY\nENGLAND\nSERBIA & MONTENEGRO\nCROATIA\nSWEDEN \nPOLAND\nCZECH REPUBLIC\nSWITZERLAND\nSPAIN\n\nAfrica (CAF) - 5 \nTOGO\nGHANA\nCOTE D'IVOIRE\nANGOLA\nTUNISIA\n\nSouth America (CONMEBOL) - 4\nBRAZIL\nARGENTINA\nECUADOR\nPARAGUAY\n\nAsia (AFC) - 4\nSAUDI ARABIA\nJAPAN\nKOREA REPUBLIC\nIRAN\n\nNorth & Central America (CONCACAF) - 4\nUNITED STATES\nMEXICO\nCOSTA RICA\nTRINIDAD & TOBAGO\n\nOceania (OFC) - 1\nAUSTRALIA
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197 nations attempted to qualify for the 2006 edition, and all but three of the 207 FIFA member nations have previously entered the competition, with recent new members Comoros and East Timor not yet having the chance to do so, and Bhutan the only other current member never to have entered.
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FIFA's 100th nation was registered in 1961; at the turn of the 21st century, more than 200 nations were registered in FIFA!
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There are 32 in the final competition. \n\nAny country that is a member of fifa is allowed to compete in the qualifying rounds though.  Which is how only England is represented from Great Britain (Wales and Northern Ireland were eliminated in the qualifying group.  Scotland was in a different qualifying group, but were also eliminated before the finals.)\n\nCheck www.fifa.com for a full listing.
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there are 193 countries
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There is no way anyone can count them all. Every country has multiple professional leagues with many teams. Then you have 200 something countries all over the world. I would guess an average of 2 professional leagues per country with an average of 15 teams with around 150 countries with leagues gives you... 4500 professional clubs?
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fifa (federation internationale futball association )was founded in 21may of 1904 by robert guerin a journalist  frist member were:france hollande belgium switzerland sweden danmark and spain
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None, FIFA rules were explicit, only 23 players for team, no more and no less, thats why teams like Spain, Argentina, Netherlands, Mexico and others had some problems because they didnt called all of their players and they had to keep some good players at home
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there are 32 countries.\nthere was no worldcup held in 1992\nKanu is from nigeria \nRonaldo is a brazilian, but Christian Ronaldo is a Portugese
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Over 240 million people, according to a surveyconducted by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football's governing body, published in the spring of 2001, regularly play football (soccer) in more than 200 countries in every part of the world.
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4 from asia, 14 from europe, 5 from africa, 4 from south america and 4 from north america and central america also 1 from oceania (some teams consist of 2 countries making 32 total countries)
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6 confederations\n\nAFC (Asia)\nOFC (Oceania)\nUEFA (Europe)\nCONCACAF (North & Central America & the Carribbean)\nCAF (Africa)\nCONMEBOL (South America)
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The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, universally known by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer). Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland and its current president is Sepp Blatter
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There are presently 191 member States of the United Nations
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Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) \nSee in\nhttp://www.fifa.com/en/index.html
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Each of the four nations which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland has their own Football Association.  So for FIFA or UEFA sponsored events the individual nations represent themselves.