Variants of Association Football

There are many variants of association football played around the world, these use widely differing rules and some have a more formal structure than others. Games such as Indoor soccer were created to provide year-round play, others such as Paralympic football were created to allow those with disabilities to compete. Some games, such as Footballtennis, are not related to association football but use a football to produce a variant of another game. There are also motorsport variations of the game.

  • Futsal
  • Five-a-side football
  • Futebol de Salão
  • Indoor soccer
  • Beach soccer
  • Paralympic football
  • Powerchair football
  • Street football
  • Crab football
  • Swamp football
  • Jorkyball
  • Rushball
Interdependent team sports
  • Sport
  • Governing bodies
  • Sportspeople
  • National sport
Basket sports
  • Basketball
    • beach
    • deaf
    • 3x3
    • water
    • wheelchair
  • Cestoball
  • Korfball
  • Netball
    • Fast5
    • indoor
    • wheelchair
  • Slamball
  • Zoneball
Football codes
  • Association football
    • beach
    • futsal
    • indoor
    • Paralympic
    • amputee
    • Powerchair
    • street
  • Australian rules football
    • lightning football
    • metro footy
    • mini footy
    • nine-a-side
    • rec footy
  • Circle rules football
  • Gaelic football
    • ladies'
Gridiron codes
  • American football
    • eight-man
    • flag
    • nine-man
    • six-man
    • sprint
    • touch
    • wheelchair
  • Canadian football
  • Indoor football
    • arena
Hybrid codes
  • Austus
  • International rules football
  • Kronum
  • Samoa rules
  • Universal football
  • Volata
Medieval football codes
  • Ba game
  • Caid
  • Calcio fiorentino
  • Camping
  • Cnapan
  • Cornish hurling
  • Cuju
  • Harpastum
  • Kemari
  • Ki-o-rahi
  • La soule
  • Lelo burti
  • Marn grook
  • Mob football
  • Royal Shrovetide
  • Uppies and downies
  • Yubi lakpi
Rugby codes
  • Beach
  • Rugby league
    • masters
    • mini
    • mod
    • nines
    • sevens
    • tag
    • touch
    • wheelchair
  • Rugby union
    • American flag
    • mini
    • sevens
    • snow
    • tag
    • touch
    • tens
Handball sports
  • Czech
  • Goalball
  • Handball
    • beach
  • Field
  • Frisian handball
  • Torball
  • Zone ball
Safe haven sports
  • Baseball
    • Extreme
  • Brännboll
  • British baseball
  • Cricket
    • One Day
    • Test
    • Twenty20
  • Danish longball
  • Kickball
  • Lapta
  • Matball
  • Oină
  • Over-the-line
  • Pesäpallo
  • Polish palant
  • Rounders
  • Softball
    • Fastpitch
  • Stoolball
  • Town ball
  • Vigoro
Stick and ball sports
  • Cammag
  • Composite rules shinty–hurling
  • Hurling
    • camogie
  • Knattleikr
  • Knotty
  • Lacrosse
    • box/indoor
    • field
    • intercrosse
    • women's
  • Polocrosse
  • Shinty
Hockey sports
  • Ball hockey
  • Bandy
    • rink
  • Broomball
    • Moscow
  • Field hockey
    • indoor
  • Floor hockey
  • Floorball
  • Ice hockey
    • power
  • Inline hockey
  • Ringette
  • Roller hockey
  • Rossall hockey
  • Skater hockey
  • Sledge hockey
  • Street hockey
  • Underwater hockey
  • Underwater ice hockey
  • Unicycle hockey
Polo sports
  • Auto polo
  • Canoe polo
  • Cowboy polo
  • Cycle polo
  • Elephant polo
  • Horseball
  • Pato
  • Polo
  • Segway polo
  • Yak polo
Ball-over-net sports
  • Biribol
  • Bossaball
  • Fistball
  • Football tennis
  • Footvolley
  • Jianzi
  • Footbag net
  • Peteca
  • Sepak takraw
  • Throwball
  • Volleyball
    • beach
    • paralympic
  • Ball badminton
  • Jokgu
Other sports
  • Airsoft
  • Barres (sport)
  • Basque pelota
    • frontenis
    • jai alai
    • xare
  • Buzkashi
  • Curling
  • Cycle ball
  • Dodgeball
  • Gateball
  • Ice stock sport
  • Jereed
  • Kabaddi
  • Kho kho
  • Kin-Ball
  • Lagori
  • Mesoamerican ballgame
  • Muggle Quidditch
  • Paintball
  • Pétanque
    • Bocce
    • Boccia
    • Boule de bois
    • Bowls
    • Jeu Provençal
  • Rollball
  • Roller derby
  • Socci multi sport games
    • Socci football, basketball, hockey, roller socci, shandball ua.
  • Tamburello
  • Tejo
  • Tchoukball
  • Tug of war
  • Ulama
  • Ultimate
  • Underwater rugby
  • Valencian pilota
  • Water polo
    • inner tube
  • Wheelchair rugby
  • Underwater football
  • Whirlyball
  • Yukigassen
Association football terminology
Terms
  • Formations
  • Laws
  • Media
  • Positions
  • Tactics and skills
  • Variants
Nicknames
  • Clubs
  • National teams
  • People

Famous quotes containing the words variants of, variants, association and/or football:

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