Fifa will guarantee $30,000 to each player

The 736 participants in the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will receive at least 30,000 dollars each (28,000 euros), an unprecedented guarantee welcomed by the players’ union FIFPro, FIFA announced on Thursday. The world football body has confirmed the tripling of the overall prize money for the tournament (July 20-August 20) compared to the 2019 edition in France, with 152 million dollars (141.8 million euros) distributed in total , ten times more than for the 2015 World Cup in Canada.

But the novelty lies in the fact of reserving part of this envelope for the remuneration of each player, rather than letting the participating federations use the endowment – at least 1.56 million dollars (1.46 million euros) guaranteed to each of the 32 qualifying nations – entirely as they see fit.

The players eliminated during the group stage will receive 30,000 dollars, an amount increased to 60,000 for the eighth finalists, 90,000 for the quarter-finalists, 165,000 for the losers of the small final, 180,000 for the third, 195,000 for the finalists and 270,000 for future world champions.

By comparison, Fifa recalls that in its 2022 study on the salaries of professional players, the average annual remuneration was 14,000 dollars (13,000 euros). “They listened to the voices of the players, and we took a step towards greater gender equality at the highest level of our sport.“, rejoiced the FIFPro union in a press release, recalling the mobilization last fall of more than 150 internationals so that at least 30% of the allocation to the federations is directly granted to the players.

Beside the “performance-based fund» (110 million dollars) intended for the participating nations – federations and players -, Fifa will distribute 30.7 million dollars for the preparation of the tournament and 11.5 million dollars for the clubs which release their internationals.