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UEFA or the Union of European Football Associations is the administrative and controlling organization that represents all the European national football bodies. UEFA also represents several non-European nations, that should normally belong to the Asian football organizations: Israel,  Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia , Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. UEFA is the biggest football associations out of all 6, the most influential and the most wealthy. 14 spots were given to UEFA teams out of the 32 available for the 2006 World Cup.

UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954, in Basle, Switzerland, when FIFA was celebrating its own 50th anniversary. The association was originally made out of 25 national organizations, the number eventually increasing to 53. The newly founded organization started competitions, club championships and continued with staging the International Youth Tournament.

UEFA runs two club championships, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup, for national cup winners. There is also the UEFA Super Cup, that features games of the Champions League and the UEFA Cup winners. The UEFA Intertoto Cup is another summer competition which represents a qualifying competition for the UEFA cup. For more information on the upcoming UEFA events, please check the EURO 2008 page.