09-24-2021, 04:29 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58655047
Uefa has doubled the prize money available to teams for the women's European Championship in 2022.
England will host the tournament at 10 stadiums from 6-31 July next year.
The 16 qualified teams will now share 16m euros (£13.73m), double the 8m euros (£6.86m) that was distributed at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.
Uefa has made the change as part of its women's football strategy, Time For Action, intended to ensure more money is distributed across the women's game.
The total prize money at the men's Euro 2020 tournament was 371m euros (£317m), distributed between 24 teams.
While the prize increase is certainly welcome, I have to say, €16m split between 16 teams is still surprisingly small for a major international event (and, given the recent surge in popularity of women's football, I think it's now entirely fair to call the Women's Euros a "major international event". It used to be that the Women's World Cup and Euros were obscure tournaments that few people followed or took seriously - but that's not the case any more)
Still, I hope the women's game will continue to grow, and as it does, I hope the prize money increases to match!
Uefa has doubled the prize money available to teams for the women's European Championship in 2022.
England will host the tournament at 10 stadiums from 6-31 July next year.
The 16 qualified teams will now share 16m euros (£13.73m), double the 8m euros (£6.86m) that was distributed at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.
Uefa has made the change as part of its women's football strategy, Time For Action, intended to ensure more money is distributed across the women's game.
The total prize money at the men's Euro 2020 tournament was 371m euros (£317m), distributed between 24 teams.
While the prize increase is certainly welcome, I have to say, €16m split between 16 teams is still surprisingly small for a major international event (and, given the recent surge in popularity of women's football, I think it's now entirely fair to call the Women's Euros a "major international event". It used to be that the Women's World Cup and Euros were obscure tournaments that few people followed or took seriously - but that's not the case any more)
Still, I hope the women's game will continue to grow, and as it does, I hope the prize money increases to match!
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