The 2023 Women’s World Cup will award each of the 732 registered soccer players a minimum prize of US$30,000 (approximately €27,200) and a maximum of US$270,000 (€245,000) for each of the future champions.
Although still far from the prizes awarded at the men’s world championships, the players managed to raise three times more than the money they were entitled to at the 2019 World Cup.
In fact, FIFA agreed in June that part of the money will go directly to football players, in a context where many of them do not receive a salary, even with semi-professional or amateur status.
Last year, the world football organization released a report that showed that the average annual salary of football players was around 14,000 dollars (about 12,700 euros).
“We still have a long way to go, but securing direct payment to players is huge – it changes the lives of many players participating in the World Cup,” explained US international Alex Morgan.
FIFA has a budget of 152 million dollars (138 ME) for the 32 teams of the World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, in which Portugal is part of Group E on its absolute debut, with the two-time world champions of the United States, the Netherlands and Vietnam.
An amount that covers the prizes, the preparation of the teams and the payments to the players’ clubs and which has grown significantly compared to the only 40 million dollars (36.3 ME) handed out during the 2019 World Cup.
The budget for the 2022 Men’s World Cup, held in Qatar, was $440 million (399.7 million), with each team eliminated in the group stage entitled to $9 million (8.1 million).
The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFpro) supported the efforts of 150 players from 25 countries, including the United States, Japan and Germany, to ‘force’ FIFA to put gender equality into practice.
At the beginning of the year, FIFA President Gianni Infantino admitted that the ultimate goal is gender equality at the 2026 Men’s World Cups and the 2027 Women’s World Cups, a scenario that the North Americans have already managed to implement in their federation. to guarantee.
At the 2023 World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, which will take place between July 20 and August 20, the Portuguese team will face the Netherlands (match on July 23, in Dunedin), followed by Vietnam (27, in Hamilton) and the United States ( August 1 in Auckland).
Source: DN
