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=== Other FIFA tournaments === [[File:Round of 16 Canada vs Switzerland (18852958960).jpg|thumb|[[BC Place]] in [[Vancouver]] hosting a [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup|2015 Women's World Cup]] match]] An equivalent tournament for [[Women's association football|women's football]], the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]], was first held in [[FIFA Women's World Cup 1991|1991]] in [[China]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703220738/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2008 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=22 December 2007}}</ref> The women's tournament is smaller in scale and profile than the men's, but is growing; the number of entrants for the 2007 tournament was 120, more than double that of 1991.<ref>[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/2010/06/30/262694/we-are.htm "We Are the World ... Cup"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005900/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/2010/06/30/262694/we-are.htm |date=9 September 2017}}. China Post. Retrieved 8 September 2017</ref> Men's football has been included in every [[Summer Olympic Games]] except 1896 and 1932. Unlike many other sports, the men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|football tournament at the Olympics]] is not a top-level tournament, and since 1992, an under-23 tournament with each team allowed three over-age players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/regulations_olympics_beijing_2008_en_6198.pdf |title=Regulations Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2008 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227032239/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/regulations_olympics_beijing_2008_en_6198.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2008}}</ref> Women's football made its [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Olympic debut in 1996]]. The [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationcup/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609165833/http://www.fifa.com/confederationcup/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2007 |title=FIFA Confederations Cup |work=FIFA.com |access-date=22 December 2007 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}</ref> The first edition took place in [[1992 FIFA Confederations Cup|1992]] and the last edition was played in [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup|2017]]. In March 2019, FIFA confirmed that the tournament would no longer be active owing to an expansion of the [[FIFA Club World Cup]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-votes-for-the-introduction-of-a-revamped-fifa-club-world-cup |title=FIFA Council votes for the introduction of a revamped FIFA Club World Cup |website=FIFA.com |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=17 June 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716174909/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-votes-for-the-introduction-of-a-revamped-fifa-club-world-cup |url-status=live}}</ref> FIFA also organises international tournaments for youth football ([[FIFA U-20 World Cup]], [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]], [[FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]], [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]]), club football (FIFA Club World Cup), and football variants such as [[futsal]] ([[FIFA Futsal World Cup]]) and [[beach soccer]] ([[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup]]). The latter three do not have a women's version, although a [[FIFA Women's Club World Cup]] has been proposed.<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Task Force for Women's Football proposes a FIFA Women's Club World Cup |url=https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2015/m=2/news=fifa-task-force-for-women-s-football-proposes-a-fifa-women-s-club-worl-2522725.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511230339/http://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2015/m=2/news=fifa-task-force-for-women-s-football-proposes-a-fifa-women-s-club-worl-2522725.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 May 2015 |publisher=fifa.com|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is held biannually, including the year before each Women's World Cup. Both tournaments were awarded in a single bidding process on three occasions, with the U-20 tournament serving as a dress rehearsal for the larger competition each time ([[2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2010]], [[2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2014]] and [[2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2018]]).<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/soccer/fifau20/fifa-women-s-world-cup-next-up-for-canada-in-2015-1.2745557 "FIFA Women's World Cup next up for Canada in 2015"]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916193432/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifau20/fifa-women-s-world-cup-next-up-for-canada-in-2015-1.2745557 |date=16 September 2020 }}. CBC Sports. Retrieved 8 September 2017</ref>
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