2006/01/01 by Heidrun Homburg, Homburg, Heidrun
Social Sciences · #China #Fußball #Mitgliedschaft #Repräsentation #Sport and Mega-Event Impacts #Sportpolitik #Sports, Gender, and Society #Sportverband #Taiwan #historical development #historische Entwicklung #membership #representation #soccer #sports association #sports policy
paper · doi:10.12759/hsr.31.2006.1.69-72
openalex publication_date 2006/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Mainly concentrating on FIFA internal documentsthe article analyses how the world football federationreacted to the People's Republic of China’s claim to exclusiverepresentation; this claim was a problem because thefootball association of the Republic of China (Taiwan) hadbeen affiliated to FIFA in 1954. How did FIFA, despite its"one country – one association" rule, succeed to integratepermanently both Chinese football associations into its constituency?It is argued that both FIFA's statutes and the vicissitudes inthe global political setting contributed to this success. Aftermuch debate and a contemporary withdrawal in 1958 thePeople's Republic rejoined FIFA in 1979/80 although theyhad failed in ousting Taiwan from membership.