Women's football in Nepal has outperformed the men's game for years. Funding has not followed
Regional titles and a loyal crowd. Salaries, pitches and a league season remain promises.
The women's national team has reached regional finals repeatedly and sits well above the men's side in the world ranking. (FIFA, 2025)
The players train around jobs and studies, because there is no professional league to pay them, and the domestic season has been as short as a few weeks.
What a league would change
Everywhere the women's game has grown, a regular domestic season came first and sponsorship followed the audience. Coverage of the sport's growth abroad makes the sequence clear. (BBC Sport, 2025)
References
BBC Sport (2025). Sport. https://www.bbc.com/sport
FIFA (2025). FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking
Cite this story
Dispatch Report (2026) ‘Women's football in Nepal has outperformed the men's game for years. Funding has not followed’, 22 March. Available at: https://thedispatchreport.com/article/womens-football-in-nepal-has-outperformed-the-mens-game-for-years-funding-has-no (Accessed: 5 October 2026).
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