also, there are six regional confederations recognized by fifa which take care of the game in the seven different continents of the world. national associations must be members of both fifa and their regional confederation in order for their teams to compete in fifa's competitions. the six confederations are afc (asian football confederation in asia and australia), caf (confédération africaine de football in africa), concacaf (confederation of north, central american and caribbean association football in north america and central america), conmebol (confederación sudamericana de fútbol in south america), ofc (oceania football confederation in oceania) and uefa (union européenne de football association in europe).