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Pay Up: FIFA Women’s World Cup Record $110M Purse For ’23 Tournament

Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 09:43PM

By Barry Janoff

June 8, 2023: With just six weeks to go until the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand, the sport’s global overseeing body has unveiled a Member Association distribution model “with a financial contribution specifically earmarked for all players at the tournament.”

According to FIFA, “Under this ground-breaking new model, Participating Member Associations will receive record distributions to support football development in their countries, while all participating players will receive guaranteed remuneration for their achievements at the tournament.”

The total purse is $110 million, with $4.290 million for the champion club vs. the $30 million total purse for the 2019 Women’s World Cup, where the U.S. champions took in $4 million total.

Total prize money at the FIFA 2015 Women’s World Cup was $15 million.

By comparison, total prize money awarded at the 32-team FIFA 2022 Men's World Cup in Qatar was $440 million.

FIFA said its total investment in the Women’s World Cup 2023 is budgeted to exceed $500 million.

“Under this unprecedented new distribution model, each individual player at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 can now fully rely on remuneration for their efforts as they progress through the Tournament,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said via the organization.

“The captain that ultimately lifts the iconic FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy on Aug. 20 in Sydney will receive $270,000, as will each of her 22 teammates.”

FIFA has set a target of equal prize money for men and women at the next World Cups: the 2026 Men’s World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada; and the 2027 Women’s World Cup, with a host site to be named in 2024.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand (July 20-Aug. 20) will have 32 teams (up from 24) in the competition for the first time.

The bigger payouts are also being seen across the 2023 Tournament.

Participating Member Association Allocation includes $4.290 million for the champion, $3.015 million for second place (vs. $2.6 million in 2019), $2.610 million for third (vs. $2 million), $2.455 million for fourth place (vs. $1.6 million), $2.180 million for reaching the Quarter-Finals, $1.870 million for reaching the Round of 16 and $1.560 million for the Group Stage.

Per player, the World Cup champs will each get $270,000, runners-up $195,000, $180,000 for third place team players and $165,000 each for the fourth place squad.

“The global salary of women’s professional footballers is approximately $14,000 (US) annually, so the amounts allocated under this unprecedented new distribution model will have a real and meaningful impact on the lives and careers of these players,” said Infantino.

“Beyond this, all member associations will also receive a record financial distribution based on their performance, which they can use to reinvest back into football in their countries and which we believe will help to propel the women’s game even further.”

David Aganzo, president of FIFPro, the sport’s overseeing union, said ensuring all players at the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be supported with guaranteed remuneration was a major milestone for football and women’s sport.

“FIFPRO is very pleased with the steps taken by FIFA in establishing this guaranteed player payment mechanism,” Aganzo said via the organization.

“The key behind the success of this model is that it is universally applied, and it is fair, which is what female footballers tell us they want above all else. We see this is as only the beginning of what will be a transformational journey for the women’s professional football landscape together with FIFA”.

In addition to the introduction of the player payment model, FIFA has already confirmed the provision of the same conditions and service levels as were provided to the PMAs at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.