The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European
football. It represents the national football associations of Europe, runs Europe-wide national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. Several national football associations which are geographically in
Asia or
mostly in Asia belong to UEFA rather than the
Asian Football Confederation. These nations are
Armenia,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan,
Turkey,
Israel,
Cyprus,
Russia and
Azerbaijan (Israel and Kazakhstan are former AFC members).
Cyprus chose to be classed as a European football nation — it had the choice of Europe, Asia and Africa.
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UNION OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS. UEFA