The first-ever champions of the OFC Women’s Champions League are set to be crowned on Saturday in what will be a landmark moment for women’s football in the Pacific. Partly FIFA-funded, the tournament in Papua New Guinea is another example of the world governing body’s broad-ranging commitment to women’s football. It is also follows Australia and New Zealand’s plan to aid women’s football in the region as part of their respective legacy programs before, and after, co-hosting the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup™. This year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup is the first to be held in the region, and follows Papua New Guinea’s historic hosting of the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Women’s football is also high on the agenda for FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura on this week’s trip to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, ahead of an extensive visit to Australia and New Zealand prior to next month’s tournament.