 The match is played for 40 minutes in two twenty-minute halves.Touch unlike many other football variants always uses three referees and this is the same in the Touch football world cup.Touch football and therefore the Touch World Cup are seen as competitors to its Rugby Union equivalent, Tag rugby and the Tag rugby world cup, which is held every three years, the Touch Rugby World Cup is instead held every four years much like the football and rugby (league and union) world cups.