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Socca

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Socca
Highest governing bodyInternational Socca Federation
Characteristics
ContactYes
Team members6 per side (including goalkeeper)
Mixed-sexNo
TypeTeam sport, Football
Presence
OlympicNo
ParalympicNo

Socca is a team sports variant of football, best known in 6-a-side 40-minute format.[1][2]

The International Socca Federation (ISF) is a governing body for socca.[3]

History and rules

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Socca mainly differs from minifootball in larger size of the field, game durations, penalty kick style, focusing of semi and fully professional, in addition to futsal and retired football players.[4]

Matches are played in 2 halves of 20 (sometimes 25) minutes each. Teams consist of a goalkeeper and five outfield players.[5][6][7]

Matches are played on both natural and synthetic turf. The size of the field is 30x50 m, the size of the goal is 2x5 m.[8][9][10]

Competitions

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Socca EuroCup 2024, Serbia - Georgia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Socca Rules – Socca".
  2. ^ Keogh, Frank (9 October 2019). "Sun, sea and six-a-side - football's other world cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  3. ^ "News – Socca".
  4. ^ "Что такое Socca". СПОРТ.UA.
  5. ^ https://www.soccamexico.com/
  6. ^ https://www.soccamexico.com/ireland-championships-latest/
  7. ^ https://dailysports.net/news/ukraine-lost-to-kazakhstan-in-the-world-cup-final/
  8. ^ https://eng.obozrevatel.com/section-sport/news-for-the-first-time-in-history-ukraine-became-the-vice-world-champion-in-socca-12-06-2023.html
  9. ^ https://www.essen2023.com/soccaworldcup/
  10. ^ https://www.soccatours.com/