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All 23 members of the winning team will take
home $270,000, part of a $110 million total prize pool that is
roughly 300% higher than what FIFA offered for the 2019
tournament.
The $30,000 minimum directed prize money is more than twice the
average salary of $14,000 for paid players surveyed in FIFA's
2022 benchmarking report.
In March, FIFA President Gianni Infantino pledged at the FIFA
Congress that organisers would direct prize money toward the
players, a first for the women's tournament, which kicks off on
July 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
For the upcoming Women's World Cup, member associations will
also receive increased funding based on performance, with
winners taking $4.29 million home and delegations earning $1.56
million for participating in the group stage.
The total performance-based prize funds still significantly
trail what was the on the offer at the men's tournament last
year, where $440 million total prize fund was awarded.
FIFA has made it clear to national federations that it expects
that the amount retained by member associations will be
reinvested in their footballing activities, including coaching
staff, grassroots projects, youth national teams and women’s
football capacity-building programmes.
FIFPRO said the news "represents not only the outcome of
tremendous global collective action by 150 national team
players... but a constructive negotiation with FIFA over the
past months."
"The have listened to the voice of the players and we have taken
steps toward greater gender equity in our game at the highest
levels," the global soccer players union said in a statement.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York and Lori Ewing; Editing by
Lisa Shumaker)
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