England’s Lionesses could be in line for a huge payout if they win the Women's World Cup with FIFA having annouunced a massive financial boost to the prize pot.
The £88.5m pool is more than three times the £24m prize fund FIFA paid out at the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, and each player will receive at least £24,000 for participating. The prize money for the women's competition still lags behind the men's, with a $300million (£236m) difference in prize pots, but FIFA president Gianni Infantino revealed back in March that prize money will be equal by 2027.
The players' union FIFPRO had challenged FIFA to secure a "global guarantee ' that 30 per cent of the prize money would go to players. "Players are united behind simple yet concrete demands for greater professionalisation of the FIFA Women's World Cup," FIFPRO said in March.
