International Football Association Board

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football law-making body sports governing body

The International Football Association Board is the global body responsible for determining and overseeing the Laws of the Game in association football.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
IFAB 4
International Football Association Board (IFAB) via FIFA 1
International Football Association Board (via FIFA) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf football law-making body ⓘ
sports governing body ⓘ
authorityOver rules of association football ⓘ
BritishAssociationsVotes 1 each ⓘ
category association football governing bodies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
decisionRule three-quarters majority ⓘ
FIFAVotes 4 ⓘ
founded 1886 ⓘ
foundedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
foundingLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
foundingMembers Football Association of Wales ⓘ
Irish Football Association ⓘ
Scottish Football Association ⓘ
The Football Association ⓘ
hasAbbreviation International Football Association Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IFAB
headquartersCountry Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation Zurich ⓘ
holds Annual General Meeting ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm association under Swiss law ⓘ
mainFunction approve changes to Laws of the Game ⓘ
determine Laws of the Game ⓘ
oversee Laws of the Game ⓘ
meetingType Annual General Meeting ⓘ
meets annually ⓘ
member FIFA ⓘ
Football Association of Wales ⓘ
Irish Football Association ⓘ
Scottish Football Association ⓘ
The Football Association ⓘ
oversees experiments with football laws ⓘ
recognizedAs independent guardian of the Laws of the Game ⓘ
recognizedBy FIFA ⓘ
regulates goal-line technology in football ⓘ
use of VAR in football ⓘ
responsibleFor Laws of the Game of association football ⓘ
surface form: Laws of the Game
scope worldwide ⓘ
shortName International Football Association Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IFAB
sport association football ⓘ
totalVotes 8 ⓘ
votingMember FIFA ⓘ
Football Association of Wales ⓘ
Irish Football Association ⓘ
Scottish Football Association ⓘ
The Football Association ⓘ
website https://www.theifab.com ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laws of the Game of association football → abbreviation → International Football Association Board ⓘ
subject surface form: Laws of the Game (association football)
this entity surface form: IFAB
Laws of the Game of association football → administeredBy → International Football Association Board ⓘ
subject surface form: Laws of the Game (association football)
Scottish Football Association → affiliatedTo → International Football Association Board ⓘ
Scottish Football Association → coFounderOf → International Football Association Board ⓘ
FIFA → collaboratesWith → International Football Association Board ⓘ
Laws of the Game of association football → governingBody → International Football Association Board ⓘ
subject surface form: Laws of the Game (association football)
International Football Association Board → hasAbbreviation → International Football Association Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IFAB
CAF → memberOf → International Football Association Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Football Association Board (IFAB) via FIFA
Mexican Football Federation → memberOf → International Football Association Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Football Association Board (via FIFA)
The Football Association → memberOf → International Football Association Board ⓘ
Scottish Football Association → participatesIn → International Football Association Board ⓘ
Laws of the Game of association football → publisher → International Football Association Board ⓘ
subject surface form: Laws of the Game (association football)
this entity surface form: IFAB
International Football Association Board → shortName → International Football Association Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IFAB