Women's football in Brunei

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Women's football in Brunei
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Princess Muneerah playing football in 2023
Country Brunei Darussalam
Governing body Football Association of Brunei Darussalam
National team(s)Women's national team
Nickname(s)n/a

Under the current Sharia law, women's football in Brunei Darussalam is prohibited. [1] Though women were banned from playing, football was the second most popular sport in the country for women. [2] There are no registered female players in the country. [2] While there is officially no support for women's football in the country, only foreign females at Berakas International School are allowed to play within the school campus. [3] There are also some women futsal teams set up as regional representatives on occasion. [4]

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History

As of 2019, the women's national team has not competed at the Women's World Cup. [5] In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Thailand, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Southeast Asian Games in Marikina in December. [6] As of 2006, there was no official senior a team or junior national team. [2] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA. [7]

In June 2023, former United States women's soccer internationals Lorrie Fair and Amy Griffin visited Brunei for a week-long series of meetings and lectures organised by the U.S. State Department under the Sports Envoy Programme. [8] The then Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (FABD) President Pengiran Haji Matusin stated at a news conference for the United States (US) Sports Envoy Program on 6 June that the FABD would continue to work toward the goal of growing women's football in the nation despite the difficulties encountered. [9]

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