The prize money for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will skyrocket to $110 million, FIFA confirmed this on Thursday. Most of the income will surely go to the players, this is a big difference from the income of $30 million awarded in 2019 and $15 million divided among participants in 2015.
While the figure is nearly double the $60 million initially planned for this year’s tournament, it’s still a far cry from
the $440 million paid out in the 2022 men’s tournament in Qatar.
At the FIFA Congress Thursday morning, president Gianni Infantino said the organization hopes to distribute equal prize money between the Men and Women world cup by 2027. FIFA also affirmed that players will be met with the same conditions this summer in Australia and New Zealand as men’s teams were at last year’s World Cup.
The total payout at this year’s Women’s World Cup will hit $150 million, with $40 million allocated to preparation and club benefits. This year’s tournament will be the first to feature 32 teams, expanding from the 24-team format used in 2019 and 2015. The tournament allowed just 16 teams in 2011.
Fifpro, the global professional players’ union that represents 65,000 men’s and women’s soccer players worldwide, sent a letter to FIFA last fall calling for equal prize money at the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup. The letter talks about the tournament conditions and guaranteed redistribution of the FIFA prize money to players.
Twenty-five women’s national teams were represented in the letter, according to The Wall Street Journal, including the U.S. Women’s National Team, winner of four World Cups.
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