Nepal to take part in 2024 WAFF Women's Championship

  • 2024-01-16

The national women's football team will take part in the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship in Saudi Arabia.

A meeting of the Emergency Committee of ANFA, chaired by President Pankaj Bikram Nembang, confirmed Nepal's participation in the biennial international women's football tournament in West Asia competed by the national teams in the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF).

Besides Nepal, Guam, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Syria have confirmed their intention to participate in the competition.

The meeting also confirmed the ticket rate for the upcoming friendly youth football match between Nepal's youth team and Qinghai Youth Football Team of China on February 10th. The normal tickets of the match will cost Rs 300 while VIP seats will cost Rs 500.

The friendly is being organised by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Nepal, National Sports Council and Nepal Tourism Board and is part of 2024 Chinese New Year Celebration in Nepal.

All Nepal Football Association and Nepal Overseas Chinese Association are the co-organizers of the friendly.

The match will be played at 3:00 p.m.

There will also be various shows from Nepal and China in the opening ceremony and half time interval of the friendly.

ANFA Senior Vice President Bir Bahadur Khadka, Vice Presidents Deepak Khatiwada and Dawa Lama, General Secretary Kiran Rai, Ex-Co members Purushottam Thapa and Maniraj Bista, Treasurer Rabindra Joshi and CEO Indraman Tuladhar attended the meet.

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