Union of North African Football Federations

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association football organization football confederation sports governing body

The Union of North African Football Federations is a regional football governing body that oversees and coordinates the sport among national associations in North Africa under the umbrella of the Confederation of African Football.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Union of North African Football Federations canonical	10
Union of North African Football	3
Union of North African Football (UNAF)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5871709 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Union of North African Football Federations
Context triple: [Confederation of African Football, hasSubConfederation, Union of North African Football Federations]

A. Union of Arab Football Associations
The Union of Arab Football Associations is the regional governing body that organizes and oversees football activities and competitions among Arab national football associations across the Arab world.
B. West African Football Union
The West African Football Union is a regional governing body for association football in West Africa, organizing competitions and coordinating development among its member national teams.
C. Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the governing body of football in Africa, responsible for overseeing continental competitions, regulations, and development of the sport across its member nations.
D. Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou
Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou is the official football association responsible for organizing and overseeing football activities and competitions in Curaçao, including its national teams.
E. West Asian Football Federation
The West Asian Football Federation is the regional governing body responsible for organizing and promoting football competitions and development among member nations in West Asia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Union of North African Football Federations
Target entity description: The Union of North African Football Federations is a regional football governing body that oversees and coordinates the sport among national associations in North Africa under the umbrella of the Confederation of African Football.

A. Union of Arab Football Associations
The Union of Arab Football Associations is the regional governing body that organizes and oversees football activities and competitions among Arab national football associations across the Arab world.
B. West African Football Union
The West African Football Union is a regional governing body for association football in West Africa, organizing competitions and coordinating development among its member national teams.
C. Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the governing body of football in Africa, responsible for overseeing continental competitions, regulations, and development of the sport across its member nations.
D. Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou
Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou is the official football association responsible for organizing and overseeing football activities and competitions in Curaçao, including its national teams.
E. West Asian Football Federation
The West Asian Football Federation is the regional governing body responsible for organizing and promoting football competitions and development among member nations in West Asia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football organization ⓘ football confederation ⓘ sports governing body ⓘ
affiliation	FIFA (indirectly through CAF) ⓘ linked to: FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
continent	Africa ⓘ
field	football administration ⓘ
focus	coordination between North African football federations ⓘ development of football in North Africa ⓘ organization of women's football competitions ⓘ organization of youth football competitions ⓘ
governs	regional football in North Africa ⓘ
hasMember	Algerian Football Federation ⓘ Egyptian Football Association ⓘ Libyan Football Federation ⓘ Mauritanian Football Federation ⓘ linked to: Mauritania football federation Royal Moroccan Football Federation ⓘ Tunisian Football Federation ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ
memberOf	Confederation of African Football ⓘ
organizesCompetition	UNAF Club competitions ⓘ linked to: UNAF Club Cup UNAF U-17 Tournament ⓘ UNAF U-20 Tournament ⓘ UNAF U-23 Tournament ⓘ UNAF Women's Tournament ⓘ
parentOrganization	Confederation of African Football ⓘ
purpose	coordination of football activities among North African national associations ⓘ organization of regional football competitions in North Africa ⓘ
regionServed	North Africa ⓘ
scope	regional ⓘ
shortName	UNAF ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
subordinateTo	Confederation of African Football ⓘ
type	non-profit organization ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Confederation of African Football → hasSubConfederation → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Egyptian Football Association → affiliatedTo → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Algerian Football Federation → affiliation → Union of North African Football ⓘ

linked to: Union of North African Football Federations

North African Cup of Champions → organiser → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Tunisian Football Federation → memberOf → Union of North African Football ⓘ

linked to: Union of North African Football Federations

UNAF → fullName → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Libya national under-20 football team → subConfederation → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Libya national under-17 football team → subConfederation → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Libya national under-23 football team → subConfederation → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Libya women's national football team → subConfederation → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Confederation of African Football regional unions → hasPart → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Morocco national under-23 football team → subConfederation → Union of North African Football Federations ⓘ

Morocco national under-20 football team → regionAssociation → Union of North African Football (UNAF) ⓘ

linked to: Union of North African Football Federations

Morocco national under-17 football team → association → Union of North African Football ⓘ

linked to: Union of North African Football Federations

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