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The six continental confederations of FIFA are: AFC (Asian Football Confederation) - Covers Asia and parts of Oceania. CAF (Confederation of African Football) - Represents African nations. CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) - Includes countries in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) - Governs football in South America. OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) - Represents countries in Oceania. UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) - Covers European nations.
1) North America and Central America: Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football 2) South America: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol 3) Oceania: Oceania Football Confederation 4) Asia/Australia: Asian Football Confederation 5) Africa: Confédération Africaine de Football 6) Europe: Union Européenne de Football Association
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No, Australia is still called Australia, as it has been since 1824. There are no plans to rename Australia as Oceania. Oceania is a region comprising the nations of Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, as well as many nations and islands, each politically and culturally separate from the others.
Australia (although nowadays Australia is considered part of the Continent of Oceania or Australasia)
FIFA is the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football) - world-scale governing body for football, while the AFC is the Asian Football Confederation, a continental-scale governing body for Asia. There is also:UEFA (Union of European Football Associations);CONMEBOL (South-American Football Confederation);CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football)CAF (Confederation of African Football);OFC (Oceania Football Confederation).
It didn't. Australia and Oceania are two completely different things. Australia is a country and a continent. It lies within the political region known as Oceania, which comprises also the islands of New Guinea, New Zealand and various other island nations in the South Pacific. By geographical definition, Oceania is not a continent.
1 AfricaCAF (Confederation of African Football)2 AsiaAFC (Asian Football Confederation)3 EuropeUEFA (Union of European Football Association)4 North/Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football)5 OceaniaOFC (Oceania Football Confederation)6 South AmericaCONMEBOL (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL)
Oceania comprises several dozen nations. Westernised nations such as Australia and New Zealand have similar Christmas traditions to those of the rest of the western world, but there are many smaller island nations which have their own unique traditions.