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IV. CONFEDERATIONS1720 Confederations1. Members that belong to the same continent have formed the followingConfederations, which are recognised by FIFA:(a) Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol – CONMEBOL(b) Asian Football Confederation – AFC(c) Union des associations européennes de football – UEFA(d) Confédération Africaine de Football – CAF(e) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean AssociationFootball – CONCACAF(f) Oceania Football Confederation – OFC2. FIFA may, in exceptional circumstances, authorise a Confederation togrant membership to an Association that belongs geographically to anothercontinent and is not affiliated to the Confederation on that continent. Theopinion of the Confederation concerned geographically shall be obtained.3. Each Confederation shall have the following rights and obligations:(a) to comply with and enforce compliance with the Statutes, regulationsand decisions of FIFA;(b) to work closely with FIFA in every domain so as to achieve theobjectives stipulated in art. 2 and to organise international competitions;(c) to organise its own interclub competitions, in compliance with theinternational match calendar;