Seven-a-side football or Football 7 is one of the small-sided variations of football, played among seven players in each team. In the game consists of one goalkeeper and six outfield players. The pitch of seven-a-side football is bigger than that of five-a-side football, ranging from 50-65 yards in length and 25-50 yards in width respectively.
Like other minifootball variations including five-a-side football, seven-a-side football is commonly played informally with flexible rules in contrast to association football and futsal, for which official laws are maintained by the IFAB and FIFA respectively. However, there have been many official and more formal seven-a-side matches in which the laws are often determined by the officiators and pre-existing rules.
Internationally, seven-a-side football is governed by several sub-continental governing bodies, including the IFA7 (recognized by FIFA), FIF7, and FIFO7S, with the versions sanctioned by these governing bodies have a similar set of rules. Other versions of seven-a-side football are sanctioned by multiple organisations and competitions, including the World Minifootball Federation and International Socca Federation, in which the variations of seven-a-side football are played as a part of WMF-sanctioned minifootball and ISF-sanctioned socca, Kings League and its women's counterpart Queens League, which uses additional rules such as tiebreaker penalty shootouts and secret weapons, The Soccer Tournament, a competition with additional rules, notably the Elam Ending, and a winner-take-all $1 million prize, and World Sevens Football, a women's international tournament.
International competitions National teams Worldwide Kings World Cup Nations FIF7 World Cup IFA7 World Championship IFA7 Nations Cup F7 National Teams World Cup by F7IC
Intercontinental League of the Americas Recopa Sudamericana
Invitational tournaments IFA7 International Challenge
Central America Central America Cup
South America Copa América Copa Sudamericana IFA7 Copa America Pacific Cup
Clubs Worldwide Football 7 World Club Championship IFA7 World Clubs Championship Kings World Cup Clubs Kings League Queens League
Intercontinental Kings League MENA
Invitational tournaments World Sevens Football
Asia Asia 7s
Domestic competitions Argentina Super Liga F7 Argentina
Brazil Kings League Brazil Futebol 7 Nordeste Liga Futebol 7 Brasil NATIONAL FUT7 LEAGUE RW Futebol 7 Super League 7 Brazil Super Liga Alagoana Fut 7
Bulgaria Bulgaria Mini Football League / Мини Футболна Лига
Canada Soccer League F7 Canada
Costa Rica Costa Rica Campeonato Nacional Costa Rica Liga Nacional Liga Fút7 Costa Rica
England London 7-a-side Dream League PowerLeague 7-a-side Football League
France Kings League France
Germany Kings League Germany
Guatemala Liga Fut7 Guatemala
India Indian Football 7 League All India Sevens Football
Ireland F7 Spark Energy Soccer League - Dublin
Italy Kings League Italy
Japan Football 7 Society League
Malta Seven-a-side Football Alliance League (SFAL)
Mexico Kings League Mexico Liga Fut 7 MX Liga Futbol 7 Corpus Christi Liga Futbol 7 Soccer Tlalpan Super League 7 Mexico
Peru Super Liga Fútbol 7 Iquitos Torneo Nacional IFA7
Philippines 7's Football League
Portugal Superliga Nacional Futebol 7
Singapore SCC Soccer 7s
Spain Kings League Spain Ligas Fútbol 7 Para Todos Madrid Madrid Fútbol 7 Ligas Queens League Spain
Thailand Channel 7 Football Champion Cup
United States The Soccer Tournament
United Arab Emirates KEFA Sevens UAE
Uruguay Liga Uruguaya Fútbol 7
Vietnam Hanoi Premier League S7(HPL) (northern teams) Saigon Premier League S7(SPL) (southeast teams) Can Tho Premier League S7(CPL) (Mekong Delta teams) Dak Lak Premier League(DPL) (Central Highlands and Central Coast teams) Vietnam Premier League (VPL) (National Finals)
Wales Cardiff Minifootball League
External links Seven-a-side football game rules - FIFOS Seven-a-side football game rules - IFA7 Futseven video: Madureira EC 5 x 5 CR Flamengo - 2013
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