 of Ireland do not object", and was never availed of.At FIFA's 1953 congress, its Rule 3 was amended so that an international team must use "that title ... recognised politically and geographically of the countries or territories".The FAI initially claimed Rule 3 gave them the right to the name "Ireland" (see names of the Irish state), but FIFA subsequently ruled neither team could be referred to as "Ireland", decreeing that the FAI team be officially designated as the "Republic of Ireland", while the IFA team was to become "Northern Ireland".