Megan Rapinoe and her USWNT teammates celebrate their 2019 World Cup win. Each player in the 2023 World Cup will receive at least $30,000 from FIFA. (Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)
Every player at the 2023 Women’s World Cup will receive at least $30,000 in prize money from FIFA.
The move comes as part of FIFA’s plans to distribute some prize money directly to players rather than to national federations, as FIFA president Gianni Infantino pledged in March. Players have never before received direct funds from the women’s tournament.
Each player on the winning team at the 2023 World Cup will take home $270,000. The total prize pool for the tournament, which kicks off in Australia and New Zealand on July 20, is $110 million, a significant increase from the $30 million prize pool for the 2019 tournament.
The player payments could represent a substantial raise for some of the players at the tournament. The $30,000 minimum in prize money is more than the $14,000 average salary for club players around the world.
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