How does World Cup 2022 prize money compare to the 2023 Women's World Cup?
How does World Cup 2022 prize money compare to the 2023 Women's World Cup?
Joshua Thomas, The Sporting News
FIFA have previously announced that $60 million in total prize money will be up for grabs at the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
While more than seven times less than what will be offered at Qatar 2022, it is double the estimated $30m that was provided to women's teams at the 2019 tournament.
That World Cup offering was itself a doubling of the $15m that was apparently contributed by FIFA at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.
The ABC reported in July that FIFA could further increase the prize money on offer at the 2023 Women's World Cup, with a figure of $100m mentioned.
How much prize money will the 2022 World Cup winners get?
FIFA confirmed in April 2022 that the Qatar World Cup champions will receive a record $42 million in prize money.
This is an increase of $4m compared to 2018 and continues a trend that has seen the winners' pay packets increase massively over the past 40 years.
Prior to 2006, World Cup-winning teams never pocketed more than $10m, with 1982 champions Italy walking away with an estimated $2.2m for their efforts.
In 2002, there was a big push from national teams for FIFA to increase the prize money on offer, with growing World Cup revenue ensuring such profits have been handed down to successful sides since.
How much money do players make at the World Cup?
As the key part of any successful team, players also benefit financially from featuring at a World Cup.
While base salaries differ between national teams and for different players, they do get a share of whatever prize money their team walks away with.
FIFA allows each team to decide what share players receive, and Germany promised to give each of their players a near $400,000 bonus had they lifted the title on home soil in 2006.
In 2022, it's been reported that Australia will pay each of its players AU$226,000 with an extra $290,000 to be paid if they reach the knockout stages.
Other nations are likely to offer a bit more or less than this amount to their players, depending on each federation's financial situation.