International Body ….. Federation of International Touch.

The Federation of International Touch is the governino body for the sport of Touch.

The Federation has four objectives:

• To develop standardised, administrative systems, policies, and procedures.
• To build formal partnerships with relevant Member Associations to facilitate effective global touch development activities.
• To facilitate quality and sustainable events for Members worldwide.
• To facilitate effective and frequent communications to, from and between Member Associations and other stakeholders.

50+ countries across the world play Touch Football, also called Touch Rugby.

Many world and regional cups are played each year around the world…… International Events.

Australia: States, Regions, Associations …………………

Australia: Organisational charts

In Australia, the sport is broken down firstly to states, then to regions. Then within each region local associations organise and mange competitions.

Representative competitions are organised across many levels – within regions, between regions, and between states (State of Origin).

Australia also has what is known as the NTL – the National Touch league. Due to the major strength of touch football being in only 3 states, in the 1990s a national league was created which split QLD and NSW into regions (known as permits), and grouped other regions into combined permits. Since then, the NTL has expanded to introduce elite divisions. Refer: National Touch League (NTL)