Tag: FIFA

  • Media accreditation launch for FIFA World Cup™

    Zurich, Dec 11, 2013: FIFA is pleased to announce that the media accreditation process for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ has been launched via the FIFA Media Channel. The deadline for submitting accreditation requests is 31 January 2014. Media accreditation via the FIFA Media Channel is only for the written press, websites and photographers…

  • Asian MAs will be excellent hosts: AFC President

    Kuala Lumpur, Dec 5, 2013: Asian MAs will be excellent hosts: AFC President Kuala Lumpur: AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has expressed confidence that AFC Member Associations will prove to be magnificent hosts of the FIFA age-group competitions and FIFA Congress. The FIFA Executive Committee awarded the hosting rights of the FIFA…

  • LOC holds 3rd Board Meeting for 2018 FIFA World Cup

    Kazan – Russia, Oct 30, 2013: The third session of the Board that brings together Local Organising Committee (LOC) and representatives of FIFA took place in Kazan on 29 October. In keeping with tradition, during the meeting the two sides reviewed the LOC’s work and discussed what will be done over the coming year to…

  • Club World Cup welcome tour kicks off in Yokohama

    Zurich, Oct 19, 2013: The Welcome Tour for the FIFA Club World Cup presented by TOYOTA will start on (today) 20 October in Yokohama, the city where the trophy was handed over to current champions Corinthians of Brazil in 2012. Over the coming weeks, the trophy will travel around the world, a trip that will…

  • Zimbabwean player suspended for prohibited

    Zurich, Oct 15, 2013: Substance, The FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided on 10 October to sanction the Zimbabwean international player Chafa Devon Taitamba, who had been provisionally suspended in August for an anti-doping rule violation following a doping control conducted after the match of the preliminary competition of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ played in…

  • GoalControl confirmed as GLT provider

    Zurich, Oct 11, 2013: Following the successful implementation of goal-line technology (GLT) at the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013, FIFA can confirm that GoalControl GmbH will be the official GLT provider for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. The Germany-based company won a tender process in April that incorporated both tournaments, but with confirmation for…

  • Sanctions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee against Ukraine and Peru

    Sanctions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee against Ukraine and Peru

    Zurich, Oct 4, 2013: The FIFA Disciplinary Committee, 27 September 2013, notified the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) of sanctions imposed at the meeting held earlier today. In the preliminary competition match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ between Ukraine and San Marino, played in Lviv, Ukraine on 6 September 2013, both the referee…

  • Official Draw FIFA Club World Cup Morocco

    Zurich, Oct 01, 2013: The Official Draw for the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 will take place at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakech on Wednesday, 9 October. Five of the seven teams who will take part in the competition are already known: Atlético Mineiro from Brazil, Auckland City FC from New Zealand, FC…

  • Media accreditation for Final Draw FIFA World Cup™

    Zurich – Switzerland, Sept 23, 2013: FIFA is pleased to announce that the accreditation process for media representatives wishing to cover the Final Draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ will take place via the FIFA Media Channel from 23 September until 18 October 2013. The draw ceremony will be conducted at an event…

  • Media accreditation FIFA U-17 World Cup

    FIFA is pleased to announce that the media accreditation process for media representatives wishing to cover the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 (17 October – 8 November 2013) will take place via the FIFA Media Channel from 2 September until 1 October 2013. Media accreditation via the FIFA Media Channel is only for written…