FIFA has announced a record-breaking prize fund for the Women’s Champions Cup, marking the largest financial allocation ever for a single tournament in women’s club football.
The competition, which begins next week at Arsenal’s home stadium, will distribute a total of $3.9 million (approximately 473.4 million taka) among the six participating continental champions. The event is being staged as a key stepping stone toward the Women’s Club World Cup in London in 2028.
“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒔 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒔𝒕𝒓ö𝒎. “𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍.”
FIFA Prize Breakdown and Match Schedule Revealed
FIFA confirmed that the tournament winner will collect $2.3 million, while the runner-up will take home $1 million. The two losing semi-finalists will each receive $200,000, and the teams eliminated earlier — Auckland United of Oceania and Wuhan Chegu Jiangda of Asia — will be awarded $100,000 each.
On the pitch, European champions Arsenal will face Morocco’s ASFA, while Gotham FC of the United States takes on Brazil’s Corinthians in the semi-finals. Both matches will be played back-to-back at Brentford’s stadium, with the final and third-place playoff scheduled at Arsenal’s ground on February 1.
For context, Arsenal earned just over €1.5 million for winning last season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League, highlighting the scale of FIFA’s latest investment. Meanwhile, the men’s 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will feature a vastly larger $1 billion prize pool, underlining the growing but still evolving financial landscape of women’s football.
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