Women's World Cup prize money
FIFA pays £82.7m to the 32 teams at the 2023 Women's World Cup, and all of it is settled by how far a team gets: £7,894,748 for winning it, £1,691,720 for going out in the group stage. Part of every band goes straight to the players: £203,008 to each of the 23 in the winning squad.
A team is paid once, for where it finished. The band is the whole of it rather than a step on the way to it, so a team beaten in the quarter-finals collects £3,195,485 and not that plus every band below it.
What each finishing place pays
The seven bands the 32 teams are divided into
| FINISHING PLACE | TEAMS | EACH | THE BAND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning it | 1 | £7,894,748£7.9m | £7,894,748£7.9m |
| Runners-up | 1 | £5,639,108£5.6m | £5,639,108£5.6m |
| Third | 1 | £5,075,180£5.1m | £5,075,180£5.1m |
| Fourth | 1 | £4,699,245£4.7m | £4,699,245£4.7m |
| 5th to 8th | 4 | £3,195,485£3.2m | £12,781,940£12.8m |
| 9th to 16th | 8 | £2,443,614£2.4m | £19,548,912£19.5m |
| 17th to 32nd | 16 | £1,691,720£1.7m | £27,067,520£27.1m |
| Played for on the pitch | 32 | - | £82,706,653£82.7m |
What each band pays out between its teams
How far each band got
Winning it pays 4.7 times what the bottom band pays. Inside a band nothing separates one team from another: the 16 teams going out in the group stage are paid the same £1,691,720 whether they lost all three group matches or missed out on goal difference. It is also why the largest single line in the table is not the champions. The 16 teams in the 17th to 32nd band take £27,067,520 between them, more than the four teams that reached the semi-finals take between them at £23,308,281.
Who collected it
Where all 32 teams finished, and the band that paid them
| TEAM | BAND | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | Winning it | £7,894,748£7.9m |
| England | Runners-up | £5,639,108£5.6m |
| Sweden | Third | £5,075,180£5.1m |
| Australia | Fourth | £4,699,245£4.7m |
| Colombia | 5th to 8th | £3,195,485£3.2m |
| France | 5th to 8th | £3,195,485£3.2m |
| Japan | 5th to 8th | £3,195,485£3.2m |
| Netherlands | 5th to 8th | £3,195,485£3.2m |
| Denmark | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| Jamaica | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| Morocco | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| Nigeria | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| Norway | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| South Africa | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| Switzerland | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| United States | 9th to 16th | £2,443,614£2.4m |
| Argentina | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Brazil | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Canada | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| China | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Costa Rica | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Germany | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Haiti | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Italy | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| New Zealand | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Panama | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Philippines | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Portugal | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Republic of Ireland | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| South Korea | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Vietnam | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
| Zambia | 17th to 32nd | £1,691,720£1.7m |
The band is the whole of it. Spain are paid £7,894,748 for winning it rather than that on top of every band below, which is what makes the seven bands add up to the £82,706,653 played for.
What reached the players
Every band, split between the association and each of the 23 players
| FINISHING PLACE | ASSOCIATION | EACH PLAYER | THE SQUAD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning it | £3,225,564£3.2m | £203,008 | £4,669,184£4.7m |
| Runners-up | £2,266,917£2.3m | £146,617 | £3,372,191£3.4m |
| Third | £1,962,406£2.0m | £135,338 | £3,112,774£3.1m |
| Fourth | £1,845,865£1.8m | £124,060 | £2,853,380£2.9m |
| 5th to 8th | £1,639,098£1.6m | £67,669 | £1,556,387£1.6m |
| 9th to 16th | £1,406,015£1.4m | £45,113 | £1,037,599£1.0m |
| 17th to 32nd | £1,172,932£1.2m | £22,556 | £518,788 |
A player in the winning squad was paid £203,008, 9 times what a player in a squad going out in the group stage was paid at £22,556. The players' share comes to £36,834,477 across the tournament, against £45,872,176 to the associations.
The whole distribution
What went to the associations, and what went to the players
| PART OF THE POT | SHARE | THE 2023 POT |
|---|---|---|
| Paid to the associations | 55.5% | £45,872,176£45.9m |
| Paid to the players | 44.5% | £36,834,477£36.8m |
| The whole pot | 100% | £82,706,653£82.7m |
The most and the least a team leaves with
Frequently asked questions
How much do the Women's World Cup winners get?
£7,894,748, and it is the whole of what the champions are paid: there is no separate payment for each round on the way to it. £3,225,564 of it went to the association and £203,008 to each of the 23 players in the squad.
Who won the 2023 Women's World Cup, and what were they paid?
Spain, who were paid £7,894,748 for winning it. England were beaten in the final, a place that paid £5,639,108.
What is the Women's World Cup prize money in total?
£82,706,653 across the 32 teams, all of it split into seven bands by finishing place. There is no separate payment for taking part: the least any team collects is the bottom band. £36,834,477 of it was paid to the players and £45,872,176 to the associations.
How much does a team get for reaching the Women's World Cup?
£1,691,720, and no team at the tournament collects less. It is the bottom band, which covers the 16 teams going out in the group stage.
Does Women's World Cup prize money add up round by round?
No. A team is paid once, for where it finished, and the band is the whole of it. A team beaten in the quarter-finals collects £3,195,485 and not that plus every band under it. It is the opposite of the Champions League, where a club is paid again for each round it reaches.
How much do the losing Women's World Cup finalists get?
£5,639,108. Third place is worth £5,075,180 and fourth £4,699,245, so the third-place play-off is worth £375,935 to the teams that lose the semi-finals.
How much did each player get at the 2023 Women's World Cup?
£203,008 for each of the 23 players in the winning squad, down to £22,556 each for a squad going out in the group stage. It is paid through the association and comes to £36,834,477 across the tournament.
Where to next
The rest of the money in the game
Where a competition pays again at every round rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, Club World Cup prize money, Europa League prize money and Conference League prize money. The domestic cups work the same way: DFB-Pokal prize money, FA Cup prize money, Carabao Cup prize money, FA Trophy prize money and FA Vase prize money. For what a league pays its clubs across a season, see Premier League prize money, La Liga prize money and La Liga 2 prize money, and for a league that publishes a percentage against every finishing position, Bundesliga prize money. Where a league publishes the shares and not the payments, see Serie A prize money. For what a relegated club is paid after it leaves, see Championship parachute payments. For another competition that pays by finishing place, see World Cup prize money, Copa América prize money, Africa Cup of Nations prize money, CAF Champions League prize money and CAF Confederation Cup prize money.