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The FIFA World Cup , often simply called the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the senior men ' s national teams ___MASK37___ the members ___MASK37___ "" ( FIFA ), the sport ' s global governing body . The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930 , except in ___MASK84___ and 1946 when it was not held because ___MASK37___ the Second World War . The current champion is Germany , which won its fourth title at the 2014 tournament in Brazil . The Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) is the governing body ___MASK37___ association football in Asia and Australia . It has 47 member countries , mostly located on the Asian and Australian continent , but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia  Azerbaijan , Georgia , ___MASK19___ , Russia , and Turkey  which are instead members ___MASK37___ UEFA . Three other states located along the western fringe ___MASK37___ Asia  Cyprus , Armenia and Israel  are also UEFA members . On the other hand , Australia , formerly in the OFC , joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006 , and the Oceanian island ___MASK37___ Guam , a territory ___MASK37___ the United States , is also a member ___MASK37___ AFC , in addition to Northern Mariana Islands , one ___MASK37___ the Two Commonwealths ___MASK37___ the United States . Hong Kong and Macau , although not independent countries ( both are Special administrative regions ___MASK37___ ___MASK36___ ), are also members ___MASK37___ the AFC . ___MASK56___ or Saïda (, ""; Phoenician :  , " dn "; Biblical Hebrew : , " n "; ) is the third - largest city in ___MASK2___ . It is located in the South Governorate ___MASK37___ ___MASK2___ , on the Mediterranean coast , about north ___MASK37___ Tyre and south ___MASK37___ the capital , ___MASK9___ . In Genesis , ___MASK56___ is a son ___MASK37___ Canaan , a grandson ___MASK37___ Noah . Its name coincides with the modern Arabic word for ' fishery '. Two castles there were cleaned and restored by the French in the early 20th century . Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium is a multi - purpose stadium with a capacity ___MASK37___ 47 , 799 seats , located in the Beer Hasan area ___MASK37___ ___MASK9___ , Lebanon . It is the largest stadium in Lebanon . The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities . ___MASK2___ , officially known as the Lebanese Republic , is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south , while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea . ___MASK2___ ' s location at the crossroads ___MASK37___ the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity ___MASK37___ religious and ethnic diversity . At just 10 , 452 km ( 4 , 036 sq . mi .), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent . Liga 1 ( English : " League One ") is the highest professional level competition for football clubs in ___MASK94___ . In January 2017 , PSSI announced that ISL will be renamed as Liga 1 . ___MASK64___ ("[ land ] between rivers "; from Ancient Armenian  ( Mijagetq ); " bild ar - rfidayn " " miyn rodn "; " Beth Nahrain " " land ___MASK37___ rivers ") is a name for the area ___MASK37___ the Tigris  Euphrates river system , in modern days roughly corresponding to most ___MASK37___ Iraq plus Kuwait , the eastern parts ___MASK37___ Syria , Southeastern Turkey , and regions along the Turkish - Syrian and Iran  Iraq borders . Persatuan Sepak Bola ___MASK94___ Bantul , commonly known as Persiba Bantul , is a professional Indonesian football club based in Bantul , Yogyakarta . They currently compete in the Liga ___MASK94___ Premier Division . Arabs are a people inhabiting the Arab world . They primarily live in the Arab states in Western Asia , North ___MASK74___ , the ___MASK99___ of ___MASK74___ , and western Indian Ocean islands . The ( FIFA ; " International Federation ___MASK37___ Association Football ") is the international governing body ___MASK37___ association football , futsal , and beach soccer . FIFA is responsible for the organisation ___MASK37___ football ' s major international tournaments , notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and the Women ' s World Cup which commenced in 1991 . The WAFF Championship or West Asian Football Federation Championship is a football competition consisting mainly ___MASK37___ West Asian countries and territories . The event is organized by West Asian Football Federation . It is usually held every two years , but at occasionally longer intervals . Persatuan Sepak Bola ___MASK94___ Balikpapan , commonly known as Persiba Balikpapan , or Persiba , is an Indonesian football club based in Balikpapan , East Kalimantan . In media , the tautology is often used and to distinguish the club with another club with the same acronym , Persiba Bantul . Saida International Stadium is a 22 , 600 capacity multi - purpose stadium in Saida ( ___MASK56___ , Zidon ), ___MASK2___ . The stadium was built on the expanded grounds ___MASK37___ the old Saida Municipal Stadium , as one ___MASK37___ the venues to host matches during the 2000 AFC Asian Cup that was held in ___MASK2___ . It is currently mostly used for local and international football matches . The stadium also has athletics facilities . Arabic (' or ' ) is a ___MASK83___ Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the " lingua franca " ___MASK37___ the Arab world . Arabic also is a liturgical language ___MASK37___ 1 . 7 billion Muslims . It is one ___MASK37___ six official languages ___MASK37___ the United Nations . It is named after the Arabs , a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti - Lebanon mountains in the west , and from northwestern Arabia to the Sinai in the south . The Lebanese Football Association is the governing body ___MASK37___ football in Lebanon . ___MASK32___ is a seaport city on the east coast ___MASK37___ the island ___MASK37___ Borneo , in the Indonesian province ___MASK37___ East Kalimantan . Two harbors , Semayang and Kariangau ( a ferry harbour ), and Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport are the main transportation ports to the city . The city has a population ___MASK37___ 701 , 066 , making it the second - largest city in East Kalimantan , after Samarinda . The West Asian Football Federation ( WAFF ), founded in 2001 , is an association ___MASK37___ the football playing nations in Western Asia . Its founding members are Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , ___MASK17___ and Syria . In 2009 , three more associations joined the federation : Qatar , United Arab Emirates and Yemen . Four other nations ___MASK37___ Western Asia : Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman and Saudi Arabia joined in 2010 . Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation ___MASK37___ Central Asian Football Federation . Mahmoud El - Ali ( Arabic pronunciation   ) born on March 4 , 1984 is a Lebanese footballer who last played for Persiba ___MASK32___ in the ___MASK94___ Super League . He is representing the ___MASK2___ national football team at the international level as a striker in the scorer position . On February 26 , 2013 Mahmoud was accused ___MASK37___ illegal betting on several national and continental games concerning Lebanese teams and the national team . He was banned for life and fined $ 15 , 000 . ___MASK9___ ("") is the capital and largest city of Lebanon . No recent population census has been done but in 2007 estimates ranged from slightly more than 1 million to slightly less than 2 million as part of Greater ___MASK9___ . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon ' s Mediterranean coast , ___MASK9___ is the country ' s largest and main seaport . The Arab world ('; formally : '), also known as the Arab nation (""), consists ___MASK37___ the 22 Arabic - speaking countries ___MASK37___ the Arab League . These Arab states occupy an area stretching from the ___MASK58___ in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east , and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the ___MASK99___ ___MASK37___ Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast . The contemporary Arab world has a combined population ___MASK37___ around 422 million people , over half ___MASK37___ whom are under 25 years ___MASK37___ age . ___MASK94___ ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic ___MASK37___ ___MASK94___ , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , ___MASK94___ is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms ___MASK37___ land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms ___MASK37___ combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population ___MASK37___ over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island ___MASK37___ Java contains more than half ___MASK37___ the country ' s population . The AFC Asian Cup is an international association football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ). It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa ___MASK39___ . The winning team becomes the champion ___MASK37___ Asia and automatically qualifies for the FIFA Confederations Cup . ___MASK7___ ( Indonesian : ) is a province ___MASK37___ Indonesia . Its territory comprises the eastern portion ___MASK37___ Borneo . It has a population ___MASK37___ about 3 . 5 million , and its capital is Samarinda . The Lebanese national football team ( Arabic :      French : " Équipe du Liban de football ") represents the Lebanese ___MASK72___ in international association football competitions . Their official nickname is the " The Cedars ". The team is controlled by the ___MASK2___ Football Association ( LFA ), which is currently a member ___MASK37___ the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) and also the West Asian Football Federation ( WAFF ). They reached their highest placed FIFA ranking to 85th place in December 1998 . ___MASK2___ ' s home stadium is the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in ___MASK9___ and the Saida International Stadium in Sidon . ___MASK2___ has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup . In 2000 , they hosted their confederation AFC Asian Cup where they finished in last place ___MASK37___ their respective group . They have only participated once in 1998 at the Asian Games and where knocked out at the second round . They are regular participants at their sub - confederation WAFF Championship . ___MASK2___ also participates in the UAFA Arab Nations Cup and hosted the 1963 tournament and finished in third place and claimed fourth place at the 1964 and 1966 editions . ___MASK2___ claimed third places as hosts at the UAFA Pan Arab Games tournaments in 1957 and 1997 and managed fourth place at the 1961 edition .