Spain rejoice with the trophy after profitable the world cup. — Reuters/File
Fifa is concentrating on $1 billion in income from the Ladies’s World Cup, international soccer governing physique’s president Gianni Infantino stated on Tuesday on the Saudi Arabia-US Funding Discussion board 2025 in Riyadh.
The 2023 Ladies’s World Cup, hosted by Australia and New Zealand, broke even after producing greater than $570 million in income.
“Women’s football and women in football are crucially important…,” stated Infantino.
“It’s growing as well, and exponentially, and we are targeting that as well to have $1 billion revenue just with the Women’s World Cup to reinvest in the women’s game.”
The following girls’s World Cup in 2027 will probably be hosted by Brazil, making it the primary version to be held in South America. America is poised to be named host of the 2031 version, which will probably be expanded to 48 groups from 32.
Infantino additionally stated there was large potential for soccer to generate extra income outdoors Europe.
“If the rest of the world, in particular Saudi Arabia or the United States of America, would do just 20% of what Europe does in soccer, we (could reach an amount of over) half a trillion (dollars) or more of GDP impact (with our sport),” he added.
“Saudi Arabia, by the way, is doing exceptionally good, as well, by creating a women’s league, a women’s national team. Women’s football is really the only team sport for women that has such a huge audience and impact as well.”
