Women's World Cup 2023 prize money: How much Lionesses could earn after FIFA boost

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.

The exact amount of prize-money each player will receive depends on what stage their team reaches in the tournament, as reported by the Mirror (all money amounts are in U.S. dollars):

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Group stage: $30,000

Round of 16: $60,000

Quarterfinal: $90,000

Fourth place: $165,000

Third place: $180,000

Second place: $195,000

Winners: $270,000

The 2023 Women's World Cup takes place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20 this year and is the first ever edition to include 32 teams, using the same format that has been employed at recent men's World Cups.

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