FIFA increases Women’s World Cup prize from US$30 million to US$110 million

FIFA increases Women’s World Cup prize from US$30 million to US$110 million

In a bid to promote equal pay in men and women football, FIFA has announced that the 2023 women’s World Cup prize pool money will be US$110m.

Despite the prize being far less than the US$ 440 million that last year’s Qatar Men’s World Cup prize attracted.

The increased prize is more than three times, the prize which was allocated to the previous women’s international competition in 2019 of US$ 30 million.

This year’s Women’s World Cup being co hosted by Australia and New Zealand for the first time is scheduled to kick off on July 20 in Auckland and end after a month in Sydney.

The tournament will have 32 teams including Zambia’s Copper Queens competing for a stake of that US$110 prize money.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said at the FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda that the World Football governing body will likely have equal pay for women and men during next Women’s World Cup in 2027.

Infantino attributed the lower prize money to the low amount of money large broadcasters are willing to pay for Television rights to broadcast the Women’s World Cup matches as compared to the Men’s World Cup.

Kalemba March 17, 2023