Canada's Early Exit At FIFA WWC 2023 Nets Them $1.56m Payout
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By Ava Tremblay
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Summary
- FIFA will pay Canada Soccer $1.56 million in prize money
- This is the minimum amount that a team gets for qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup
- Canada Soccer will determine how much each player receives
Canada suffered a humiliating 4-0 loss to Australia at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on 31 July. It was a must win game for Canada and the loss effectively ended their push to make it past the group stages.
Canada Soccer Will Get $1.56 Million Payment
Canada Soccer, the governing body for soccer in Canada will now get a payment of $1.56 million from FIFA. The $1.56 million is a flat payment that FIFA will give all participating countries that did not make it past the group stage as part of FIFA’s efforts to help football develop in their respective countries.
Canada came into the 2023 Women’s World Cup with a lot of expectations as the 2020 Olympic Champions were determined to prove their win at the Olympics was not a fluke and they could replicate their success, especially as they were hoping more exposure would help their Pro League cause. Canada Soccer will be disappointed with their team’s overall performance as the prize money would have increased if they progressed past each stage.
FIFA is set to pay out countries that qualify for the round of 16, a total of $1.87 million and teams that make it to the quarter-finals will get $2.18 million. The team that finishes in 4th place will get $2.455 million, the 3rd place finisher will receive $2.61 million. The runner-up for the 2023 Women’s World Cup will take $3.015 million while the winner will receive $4.29 million.
Canada Soccer has also benefitted from a $960,000 payment from FIFA that was given as preparation money ahead of the World Cup.
Canada Soccer Will Determine Player Payouts
It is important to note that FIFA will make these payments to the member associations and not directly to the players. FIFA does have a recommended payment structure in place suggesting that countries that were eliminated during the group stage should give their players $30,000 while the country that wins the 2023 Women’s World Cup should pay their players $270,000 each.
However, it will be up to each member federation to make the final decision as to what they think each player should get. Canada Soccer has an interim payment contract in place for 2023 with the women’s team and has so far not disclosed what are the terms and conditions of the agreement.
