All players at Women’s World Cup to receive at least $30k for the first time

Switzerland, July 11 (BNA): A group of players around the world asked FIFA late last year to increase prize money for this summer’s Women’s World Cup. There have been pleas from women to increase this money before, but this time it was different.

Not only did the players want a prize equal to the men’s World Cup, they also sought to ensure that a percentage of the prize money would go directly to the players themselves.

Although it wasn’t really a real fairness to the men’s World Cup, FIFA did indeed raise the women’s prize pool by more than three times but more than that, the Football Association Board agreed in June to pay a large portion of that money directly to players each. 732 of them.

Each player will earn at least $30,000, with the amount increasing as teams advance in the tournament. Each of the 23 players on the title-winning team will receive $270,000, and this is significant for many players, who in some cases do not have club teams paying their salaries, and are semi-professionals or even amateurs. FIFA released a report last year that said the average salary for female players is $14,000 annually.

$152 million has been earmarked for the first 32-team Women’s World Cup tournament. The total covers prize money, squad setup and payments to players’ clubs. This is a big boost from the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France, which had a $40 million fund, with $30 million in prize money, Associated Press (AP) reported.

The United States has negotiated equal pay with their male counterparts in a groundbreaking agreement reached last year that would split tournament profits equally among all players.

The prize money pool flows to all participating teams. The 16 nations that are knocked out in the group stage will receive a total of $2.25 million from FIFA – $690,000 for player-sharing and $1,560,000 from the Confederation.

FIFA will pay $10.5 million to the winning country. The bulk of that amount, $6.21 million, will be distributed to the players with the remaining $4.29 million going to the federation.

This is important for many players, who in some cases have no paying club teams, semi-professionals or even amateurs. FIFA released a report last year that said the average salary for female players is $14,000 annually.

$152 million has been earmarked for the first 32-team Women’s World Cup tournament. The total covers prize money, squad setup and payments to players’ clubs. This is a big boost from the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France, which had a $40 million fund, with $30 million in prize money.

The United States has negotiated equal salaries with their male counterparts in a groundbreaking agreement reached last year that splits tournament profits equally among all players. The 16 nations that are knocked out in the group stage will receive a total of $2.25 million from FIFA – $690,000 for player-sharing and $1,560,000 from the Confederation.

FIFA will pay $10.5 million to the winning country. The bulk of that amount, $6.21 million, will be distributed to the players with the remaining $4.29 million going to the federation. In addition to helping pay players’ salaries, teams and federations that often haven’t seen the big stage will also benefit. Each team receives approximately $1 million in readiness funding.

RM