[...]... and Acronyms AAA AFA AFC AIAW ALFC AWSA CAAWS CAF CFA China ’91 CONCACAF CONMEBOL FACA FA FAI FAW FAWPL FFA FIFA FIFA U-17 WC FIFA U 19 WC FIFA U 20 WC FSFI HOF HK$ IAPESGW IOC ISF LFAI Korea DPR Korea Republic Amateur Athletic Association Australian Football Association Asian Football Confederation Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Asian Ladies’ Football Confederation Australian Women’s. .. Association Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport Confédération Africaine de Football Chinese Football Association FIFA Women’s World Championship 1991 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol Football Association Coaching Association Football Association (English) Football Association of Ireland Football Association... of constituent members (national football associations), which are grouped by region into affiliated confederations (the six are the Asian Football Confederation (AFC); Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF); Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL); Oceania Football Confederation (OFC); and Union des Associations... Football Association State General Administration of Sports in PR China Scottish Women’s Football Association Union des Associations Européennes de Football United States Soccer Federation United States Dollar Women’s Cricket Association Women’s Football Association Women’s Football Association of Ireland Women’s National Basketball Association Women’s National Soccer League Women’s Rugby Football Union... Lawn Tennis Association Major League Soccer National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Collegiate Athletic Association National Olympic Committees Australian National Soccer League New South Wales Women’s Federation Oceania Football Confederation Professional Football Association China Yuan Renminbi Republic of China (Taipei) Republic of China Football Association (Taipei) Scottish Football. .. Association of Wales Football Association Women’s Premier League Football Federation Australia Ltd Federation International Football Association FIFA Under Seventeen World Championship for Men FIFA Under Nineteen World Cup for Women FIFA Under Twenty World Cup for Women Federation Sportive Feminine Internationale Australian Soccer Association Hall of Fame Hong Kong Dollar International Association for... when UEFA felt obligated to raise the questions again because, ironically, international tournaments in Europe, Asia and North America had proven so popular with women’s teams from a range of nations National associations were repeatedly asked to restrict participation to FIFA- and UEFA-approved tournaments, which in turn had to be recognized and approved by the relevant national association UEFA then... Chinese Taipei Football Association: The Policy of FIFA is to encourage the development and progress of Women’s Football throughout the World The National Associations affiliated to FIFA, have been directed to ensure that Women’s football organisations come within their jurisdiction and also, that they are given all possible assistance Already the Confederations of FIFA have organised International competitions... for Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women International Olympic Committee International Sports Federations Ladies’ Football Association of Ireland Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) Republic of Korea (South Korea) – xi – xii • Abbreviations and Acronyms LTA MLS NAIA NCAA NOC NSL NSWWF OFC PFA RMB ROC ROCFA SFA SGAS SWFA UEFA USSF US$ WCA WFA WFAI WNBA WNSL WRFU WUSA WWC ’99... expression of disdain is not changeless Those who defended a manly image in 1921 with a ban on women’s teams playing on Football League and Football Association-affiliated grounds were as much of their age as those who see media hype as a means of sports development in an era of the ‘celeb diet’, size zero and the ‘instant’ make-over in the West Questions about women’s participation on an international scale . Association AFA Australian Football Association AFC Asian Football Confederation AIAW Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ALFC Asian Ladies’. and Caribbean Association Football CONMEBOL Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol FACA Football Association Coaching Association FA Football Association