2023-06-26 09:22:53
The German Football Association saves itself further negotiations about the women’s World Cup bonuses: the payments come directly from FIFA.
The DFB will not pay the German soccer players at the forthcoming World Cup any prize money in addition to the bonuses from FIFA.
This was confirmed by the German Football Association of the German Press Agency and referred to the payments from the world association. For the world title at the tournament from July 20th to August 20th in Australia and New Zealand, captain Alexandra Popp and Co. would each get $ 270,000 (252,000 euros). Last year, the DFB offered 400,000 euros to German men for a triumph in Qatar.
FIFA recently announced that at least $30,000 (around €28,000) will be paid out to each player for the first time. In the end, the 23 world champions will each receive $270,000 (€252,000) and thus more than $6.2 million (around €5.8 million).
Even Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who called for equal pay for women and men from the DFB, had been involved in the debate about equal pay since last year’s European Championships in England. The DFB can now save themselves further negotiations thanks to FIFA’s approach.
In the past, FIFA funds were only distributed to the respective national associations, which in turn determined their prize money for the teams themselves. Now the premiums are passed on directly to the World Cup players. The associations receive additional payments – the association of future world champions, for example, again over 4 million dollars (a good 3.7 million euros).
At the World Cup, FIFA is distributing a total of 110 million US dollars (around 103 million euros) – and thus still significantly less than last time for the men in Qatar: last year there was a total of 440 million dollars (411 million euros). (dpa)
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