The first FIFA Women’s Champions Cup Final is this Sunday, but what is this new competition flying under the footballing radar?
The tournament pits the six champion clubs from each of the continental confederations against each other. The teams will then compete annually, excluding World Cup years, to find out who really is the best team in the world.
Not only does this tournament crown the victor ‘world champion’, it also comes with a £1.7m prize – the biggest single payout in women’s club football ever.
Credit: FIFA
After a 6-0 semi-final demolition of Moroccan side AS FAR last night, Arsenal Women’s head to their home, The Emirates, to await a besieging SC Corinthians side in the final.
Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium was Arsenal’s amphitheatre of annihilation, where Renée Sleger’s side devastatingly dismantled the CAF champions, with Alessia Russo bagging a brace.
In the earlier semi-final, also at Brentford’s ground, South American champions SC Corinthians gritted out for a 1-0 victory against Gotham FC. Though the New York-based side were strong favourites, it was 40-year-old Captain Gabi Zanotti’s edge-of-the-box effort that stamped Corinthian’s ticket to the final.
Corinthian’s Gabi Zanotti, right, celebrates with teammates after the Women’s Champions Cup semifinal soccer match between Gotham FC and Corinthians in London, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
This Sunday, the two sides will go head-to-head in the battle for the single biggest payout in women’s club football history.
However, this tournament has seemingly passed many by, with conversation surrounding it muted online.
Though attention has been limited, another new competition has raised more concerns over an increasingly busy footballing calendar.
Last week Fifa announced another new global competition, designed to replicate the men’s Club World Cup, which will occur in the middle of the 2027-28 WSL season.
A WSL spokesperson warned it could be “catastrophic for the game in this country, our commercial programme and more importantly the welfare of our players”.
The saturation of football is an increasing worry for players and fans alike, but for footballing bodies, it appears to be lining their pockets.
Expanding tournaments and chocker-blocked calendars could induce fan fatigue and risk player welfare.
Football is an ever-evolving commercial beast, but many fans have urged governing bodies to remember it is a game first, not a business.
Sunday 1st February, Emirates Stadium:
14:45 GMT: AS FAR vs Gotham FC
18:00 GMT: Arsenal vs SC Corinthians
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The first FIFA Women’s Champions Cup Final is this Sunday, but what is this new competition flying under the footballing radar?
The tournament pits the six champion clubs from each of the continental confederations against each other. The teams will then compete annually, excluding World Cup years, to find out who really is the best team in the world.
Not only does this tournament crown the victor ‘world champion’, it also comes with a £1.7m prize – the biggest single payout in women’s club football ever.
Credit: FIFA
After a 6-0 semi-final demolition of Moroccan side AS FAR last night, Arsenal Women’s head to their home, The Emirates, to await a besieging SC Corinthians side in the final.
Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium was Arsenal’s amphitheatre of annihilation, where Renée Sleger’s side devastatingly dismantled the CAF champions, with Alessia Russo bagging a brace.
In the earlier semi-final, also at Brentford’s ground, South American champions SC Corinthians gritted out for a 1-0 victory against Gotham FC. Though the New York-based side were strong favourites, it was 40-year-old Captain Gabi Zanotti’s edge-of-the-box effort that stamped Corinthian’s ticket to the final.
Corinthian’s Gabi Zanotti, right, celebrates with teammates after the Women’s Champions Cup semifinal soccer match between Gotham FC and Corinthians in London, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
This Sunday, the two sides will go head-to-head in the battle for the single biggest payout in women’s club football history.
However, this tournament has seemingly passed many by, with conversation surrounding it muted online.
Though attention has been limited, another new competition has raised more concerns over an increasingly busy footballing calendar.
Last week Fifa announced another new global competition, designed to replicate the men’s Club World Cup, which will occur in the middle of the 2027-28 WSL season.
A WSL spokesperson warned it could be “catastrophic for the game in this country, our commercial programme and more importantly the welfare of our players”.
The saturation of football is an increasing worry for players and fans alike, but for footballing bodies, it appears to be lining their pockets.
Expanding tournaments and chocker-blocked calendars could induce fan fatigue and risk player welfare.
Football is an ever-evolving commercial beast, but many fans have urged governing bodies to remember it is a game first, not a business.
