Gianni Infantino has visited Port Moresby where he opened the new headquarters of the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) and discussed ways of developing football in the country with its leaders, including Prime Minister James Marape.

Mr Infantino also stressed that the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia&New Zealand 2023™ belonged to the whole region.

During his visit, Mr Infantino also met the Minister for Sports and National Gaming Don Polye and Mr Kapi Natto. The FIFA delegation included FIFA Vice-President and Oceania Football Association (OFC) President Lambert Maltock, FIFA Deputy Secretary General – Football Mattias Grafström, FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina, Senior Football Advisor Youri Djorkaeff and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup™- winning coach Jill Ellis, who is also FIFA Technical Advisory Group leader for women’s football.

The new PNGFA headquarters was built with support from the FIFA Forward (https://apo-opa.info/3T9Q1s0) programme, which has also helped finance several other football projects in the country including costs for the Papua New Guinea women’s team. With the increase in funding for the current cycle of FIFA Forward, further projects are in the pipeline.

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