Euro 2025: Women’s Players To Earn Prize Money Shares For The First Time

UEFA announced on Monday that players participating in the Women’s Euro 2025 will receive a percentage of the prize money for the first time.

The UEFA Executive Committee has approved a prize pool of 41 million euros for the tournament in Switzerland, marking a 156% increase from the 2022 event.

Participating national associations will ensure that players receive a guaranteed percentage of the rewards, which will range between 30% and 40%.

Compensation payments to European clubs who release players for the tournament will increase to six million euros, it was also announced at Monday’s meeting in Lausanne.

All 16 teams will receive 1.8 million euros for qualifying, which constitutes 70% of the total prize money. The remaining 30% will be comprised of performance bonuses, awarded for victories in both the group and knockout stages.

The maximum prize money achievable for the tournament winners, if they also win their three group stage matches, is 5.1 million euros.

UEFA said the rise in prize money reflects their commitment to growing the women’s game across Europe, with one billion euros committed to development over the next six years.

For the first time, players received a percentage of the prize money at the Women’s World Cup during the 2023 tournament held in Australia and New Zealand.