The Brazilian Football Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil.It was founded on 8 June 1914, as Federação Brasileira de Sports [], and renamed to Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September …

The North German Confederation (German: Norddeutscher Bund) was a German federation that existed from July 1867 to December 1870. It is the first period of the German nation state, which is known today as the Federal Republic of Germany. The Confederation came into existence after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 over the lordship of two small Danish duchies …