Vietnamese women receive at least 1.5 million USD at the 2023 World Cup
When the previous Women's World Cup took place in France in 2019, the total bonus fund was 30 million. The US - the champion then - was awarded $4 million, while the eight teams that stopped in the group stage received $750,000 each.
With the threefold increase in prize money, the 2023 Women's World Cup teams are forecast to receive 100 to 150% higher bonuses. Therefore, even if they stop from the group stage in Australia and New Zealand this summer, Vietnamese women will also receive about 1.5 to 1.875 million USD (about 44.3 billion VND).
In addition to the bonus fund, FIFA will spend about 42 million USD to pay for the preparation of the teams participating in the tournament and the benefits of the club with the players participating. This amount in 2019 is 20 million USD.
The threefold increase in prize money compared to 2019 stems from the fact that the 2023 Women's World Cup increased the number of teams from 24 to 32. In addition, many organizations and individuals have spoken out to fight to close the bonus gap with the World Cup. Men's Cup. In the tournament in Qatar, FIFA paid $ 440 million, of which the Argentine champion and the French runner-up earned $ 42 million and $ 30 million respectively.
Asked why the prize gap between men and women is still large, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the problem lies with broadcasters and sponsors. Women's World Cup television royalties are 100 times lower than men's, though viewership is sometimes about the same, and if lower, only about 20%.
"If broadcasters pay the men's World Cup 100 million, then only pay the women's one million," Infantino said on March 15. "The women's league deserves more and we're here to fight for it, but we have to fight together."
The FIFA President aims to bring the men's and women's World Cup bonuses to be equal between 2026 and 2027. However, this is a difficult task when the prize money in the 2022 World Cup is already $440 million, and the number The men's team will increase from 32 to 48.
