This is a list of variants of football, including most variations of gridiron, rugby and association football.
Association football variants
Association football, also known as "soccer". 3v3 Soccer Five-a-side football – played under various rules, including: Futsal - the FIFA-approved five-a-side indoor game. Beach soccer – played on sand, governed by FIFA. Indoor soccer – six-a-side indoor game played in North America. Seven-a-side football – a variation of minifootball. Sevens football – a version played in India. Paralympic football – modified for disabled competitors. Amputee football Blind football (5-a-side) Cerebral palsy football (7-a-side) Powerchair football and wheelchair soccer Crab football Jorkyball Keepie uppie – the art of juggling a football using feet, knees, chest, shoulders, and head. Footbag or hacky sack – using a small bean bag or sand bag as a ball. Freestyle football – a modern take on keepie uppie where freestylers are graded for their entertainment value and expression of skill. Rush goalie – the role of the goalkeeper is more flexible than normal. Street football – a number of informal varieties. Swamp football Three-sided football Omegaball (three 5-a-side teams in simultaneous competition with each other on a circular field) Walking football
With elements of other sports Motoball Roller soccer Football tennis Footvolley Teqball Bandy hockey game partly based on association football, sometimes nicknamed "winter football".
Rugby football variants
Rugby football – the game which split into rugby union and rugby league. Rugby league Rugby league sevens Rugby league nines Touch football – a form of rugby league without tackles. Tag rugby – a form of rugby league, but a velcro tag must be taken to indicate a tackle. Wheelchair rugby league Rugby union Rugby sevens Beach rugby – rugby played on sand. Wheelchair rugby or quad rugby
Gridiron football American football – called "football" in the United States, and "gridiron" or "gridiron football" in Australia. Arena football – indoor American football. Touch football (American) – non-tackle American football. Flag football – non-tackle American football, like touch football but a token must be taken to indicate a tackle. Canadian football – called "football" in Canada. Canadian flag football – non-tackle Canadian football.
Gaelic and Australian rules
Gaelic football – called "football" in Ireland. Australian rules football – called "football" in much of Australia. Auskick – a version of Australian rules designed for young children.
International rules football – a compromise code used for games between Gaelic and Australian rules players.
Austus – a compromise between Australian rules and American football, invented in Melbourne during World War II.
Surviving English public school games Eton field game Eton wall game Harrow football Winchester College football
Surviving medieval ball games Traditional Shrove Tuesday matches in the United Kingdom – annual town- or village-wide football games with their own rules are played at: Alnwick in Northumberland Ashbourne in Derbyshire (known as Royal Shrovetide Football) Atherstone in Warwickshire Corfe Castle in Dorset (The Shrove Tuesday Football Ceremony of the Purbeck Marblers) Haxey in North Lincolnshire (the Haxey Hood, actually played on Epiphany) St Columb Major in Cornwall (Hurling the Silver Ball) Sedgefield in County Durham In Scotland, the Ba game is still popular around Christmas and Hogmanay at: Duns in Berwickshire Scone in Perthshire Kirkwall in Orkney
Calcio fiorentino – a modern revival of Renaissance football from 16th century Florence. La soule in Normandy and Brittany
Tabletop games and other recreations Based on association football: Blow football Bubble football Button football Elephant football Foosball – also known as table football/soccer, babyfoot, bar football or gettone. Ice football Subbuteo Based on rugby: Penny rugby Based on American football: Blood Bowl Paper football Others: Paper soccer – paper and pencil game. Penny football – also known as coin football. Phutball – board game.
See also
List of football video games (disambiguation) Table football (disambiguation) List of association football competitions Episkyros and harpastum – precursors of medieval football. Cuju, kemari and sepak takraw – traditional Asian sports that share a few similarities with modern association football.
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