Women’s World Cup, momentous turning point: here’s how much female footballers committed to Australia and New Zealand will earn in the coming months
In Italy, professionalism for women’s football arrived last summer: yes, it was only a year ago that female footballers gained this status, which obviously changed the game
An important step to be able to also increase the appeal of this sport that day after day has managed to catalyse the eyes of many fans. And now there is the World Cup again, the one in Australia and New Zealand, an appointment that the Azzurri cannot miss in any way, especially after the disappointment of last year’s European Championship in England. Precisely the World Cup in France was the one that brought a huge public closer to women’s football, where the Azzurri led by Milena Bertolini went all the way to the quarter-finals. To be able to repeat the same path would be important. In the meantime, however, as explained by lfootball.it, FIFA has accepted the request of the players, who will thus be paid for the World Cup by the same international football association. And let’s see how much the girls will earn
Women’s World Cup, here are the earnings
Each individual female player participating in the group stage will earn $30,000, just under €30,000. So already a good starting point. Of course, the more you go on, the more the earnings will increase, and let’s find out in detail.
The women’s national team (Lapresse)
Each female player who makes it to the round of 16 will be paid $60,000. Instead, $90,000 will be paid in the event of reaching the quarter-finals, while in the event of access to the semi-finals – which would be for Italy, in this case, a truly historic but, unfortunately, almost impossible goal – $165,000 would be paid, while third place would guarantee $180,000. Finally, the two finalists: $195,000 for the runner-up, $270,000 for whoever manages to raise the trophy. Finally, we would say.