Shock claim amid $890m World Cup reveal
August 18th, 2023 7:47 pm
Speaking at the FIFA Women’s Football Convention in Sydney on Friday, Infantino revealed the governing body was prepared to subsidise the tournament which was staged across Australia and New Zealand. Prize money however remains markedly different, with a prize pool of $170m for women and $680m for men.
“And our opinion was, ‘Well, if we have to subsidise, we will subsidise’, because we have to do that.FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the Women's World Cup semi-final “We didn’t lose any money and we generated the second-highest income of any sport, besides of course the men’s World Cup, at a global stage.
Infantino said the tournament also defied the critics who said it wouldn’t work in Australia and New Zealand. “We decided to increase the number of participating teams in the World Cup from 24 in France to 32 now,” Infantino said in his opening remarks of the convention. ”
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