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Introduced for the first time ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™, the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Club Benefits Programme is a dedicated fund designed to reward eligible clubs for developing and releasing players who have played at a FIFA Women’s World Cup™.

In line with FIFA’s Women’s Football Strategy, which was launched in October 2018, this additional investment aims to encourage and incentivise football clubs to continue developing female talent, which in turn strengthens the pathways to the national teams as well as the domestic leagues in each country.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Club Benefits Programme was introduced for the first time ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™. In the first edition (2019), 822 clubs from 39 member associations received funds to reward their role in releasing and training the stars of the tournament. In the second edition (2023), 1,041 clubs from 48 member associations have been identified as eligible to receive payments.

For the second edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Club Benefits Programme, a total of USD 11.3 million has been made available to clubs. This amount was part of FIFA’s overall financial contribution of USD 152 million for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ - an investment three times more compared to 2019.

One pot (50% of the total amount) is distributed to the eligible releasing clubs that released at least one of their registered players to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. Each eligible releasing club receives an equal amount per player per day at the tournament, counting from the beginning of the release period (10 July 2023) and finishing the day following the last match of the player’s representative team at the tournament.

The second pot (50% of the total amount) is distributed to the eligible training clubs based on: 

The player training history information is provided by member associations, and after receiving all the data, an equal amount per day per training period is distributed to the eligible training clubs.

The number of minutes played by a player in any given match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is irrelevant. All players are treated equally based on the number of days that they were at the tournament.

This innovative model ensures funds to be used for the continued development of female footballers are made available to clubs at many levels of the global football ecosystem, from the grassroots of the game to professional.

Any payment a club is entitled to receive through the programme will be distributed via the member association where the eligible club is affiliated.

The payments are to be used to further the development of girls and women’s football programmes.