The International Federation of Professional Footballers, better known as FIFPRO, the global soccer player’s union, is working with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to ensure that the player payments promised for the Women’s World Cup 2023, reach them in full. The quadrennial football event in the women’s game is scheduled to start in Australia and New Zealand on July 20, while the final will be played on August 20 of this year.
It was last week when FIFA confirmed that there will be 732 players participating in the Women’s World Cup from 32 teams, who will be paid prize money of at least $30,000 each, while the amount may rise up to $270,000 for the winning team. The decision came after FIFPRO had written a letter to the governing body of football last October on behalf of 25 teams, asking for equitable conditions and prize money for the women’s footballing spectacle.
As per FIFA's statement, the 16 nations participating in the Women’s World Cup, who won’t be making it past the group stage, will receive a sum of $2.25 million, divided into $1,560,000 for the federations and $690,000 among the players.
Notably, the winner of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will receive prize money of $10.5 million, including $6.21 million divided among the players and the rest $4.39 million going to the federation.
Overall, a $110 million fund from FIFA, the half of prize money for the Women’s World Cup, will be paid to the players of 32 nations participating in the tournament in Australia and New Zealand this year. In comparison, during the last FIFA Women’s World Cup in France in 2019, the prize money fund was $30 million.
