Gianni Infantino announces significant investment increase for FIFA Women’s World Cup™

Gianni Infantino has announced a significant increase in the funding for teams and players taking part in and contributing to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023™. “Today, (we are) embarking on a historic journey for women’s football and for equality,” said the FIFA President, after being re-elected for a new four-year term at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda.

The FIFA President said that a total package of USD 152 million would be on offer at this year’s tournament – three times more than at the previous FIFA Women’s World Cup in France four years ago and over 10 times more than the amount offered at the 2015 tournament in Canada.

This new approach to distribution of tournament funding will see basic prize money replaced with USD 110 million allocated to participant member associations, compared to USD 30 million in 2019 and USD 15 million in 2015. Now, for the first time ever, a dedicated proportion of this funding will be ringfenced for participating players that take part in the competition, ensuring that they are adequately compensated for their contribution and work, with the balance being retained by member associations for reinvestment in their footballing activities.

This increase stands alongside a doubling of preparation money allocated to participating member associations to assist them with the preparation of their team in advance of the tournament, which has risen to USD 31 million from USD 12 million when it was introduced for the first in 2019.

Additionally, the Club Benefits Programme, also introduced for the first time in 2019, will rise to USD 11 million from USD 8 million.

In another historic first, additional to this total investment of USD 152 million in the tournament, FIFA will also be investing the additional funds necessary to ensure that the players at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup enjoy equal conditions and services to those at the men’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Number of delegates per team, the level of international and domestic travel for the tournament, accommodation standards and rooms, team base camps and facilities, amongst other services extended by FIFA to participating teams will be delivered to the same level as those delivered to the men last year, and into the future.