The FIFA administration will propose at least doubling the Women's World Cup prize money for the 2027 tournament in Brazil, a source confirmed to ESPN.
The proposal is set to be presented at the next FIFA meeting in December and requires approval by the full FIFA Council.
However, the proposed increase would still fall short of the total awarded in the men's tournament, despite FIFA president Gianni Infantino's stated ambitions.
"Our ambition would be, of course, to be able to have equality in payments for the 2026 men's and 2027 Women's World Cup," FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in 2023.
"This is the objective we set to ourselves. FIFA is stepping up, but unfortunately this is not the case for everyone across the industry. Broadcasters and sponsors have to do more in this respect, for FIFA, for the confederations, for the member associations, for everyone. FIFA is receiving between 10 and 100 times inferior offers for the (FIFA) Women's World Cup than for the men's World Cup."
The 2023 Women's World Cup awarded a record $150 million total financial package, a 300% increase over the 2019 tournament, including $110 million in direct prize money, with the remainder allocated toward preparation funds and club benefits.
FIFA did confirm that there will be an increase to the preparation money available to all participating countries of the 2027 Women's World Cup. Each association will receive 2.5 million, matching what the participating countries received during the 2026 Men's World Cup.
The funds will be provided by December 2026, according to FIFA.
The United States women's and men's national teams share World Cup prize money equally under the terms of collective bargaining agreements ratified by U.S. Soccer in 2022.
