According to a report by reporter Ma Dexing on March 18, the prize money for this year's Women's World Cup has nearly quadrupled compared to the previous edition. If the Chinese women's soccer team performs well, the prize money they receive is expected to increase significantly.
The 73rd FIFA Congress was held on March 16 in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. FIFA President Gianni Infantino revealed that it will be held on July 16 this year. , August, at the ninth World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the total prize money for the 32 teams will reach 110 million U.S. dollars, nearly four times more than the total prize money of 30 million U.S. dollars at the Women's World Cup in France four years ago. China's women's soccer team finished in the top 16 at the last Women's World Cup in France and was awarded $1 million in prize money.
In just four years, the growth rate of FIFA's prize money at the Women's World Cup has been considerable. Furthermore, in addition to this total prize money, each of the 30 visiting teams participating in the World Cup will receive an additional $1 million in preparation funds (counted separately for the two hosts) for a total of $30 million. In addition, FIFA will provide $11 million in direct compensation to clubs that provide players for the Women's World Cup, encouraging women's soccer clubs to continue to develop more talented players.
Of course, FIFA has not yet announced the exact rules for distributing the total prize money. Four years ago, the U.S. women's soccer team, which won the championship, received $4 million in prize money. In this World Cup, the final winning team is estimated to be more than 10 million dollars, but even so, I'm afraid it is still not as much as Argentina, which won the World Cup in Qatar last year, and the amount of prize money when the latter won the championship is about 1/10 of the total prize money of FIFA.
During the current FIFA Congress, Fantino made it clear that he hoped FIFA would be able to achieve the goal of "equal pay for men and women" at the next Women's World Cup in 2027, that is, the prize money for the women's World Cup teams will be exactly the same as the men's World Cup, and that FIFA had already formulated a "trilogy plan" and announced the prize money for this year's Women's World Cup. FIFA has developed a "trilogy program" and announced the amount of prize money for this year's Women's World Cup.
