FIFA to award $2.3 million to winners of inaugural Women’s Champions Cup

The total fund detailed on Friday (January 23, 2026) by FIFA will share $3.9 million among the six continental champions. The final stages in London are a warmup for a planned full Women’s Club World Cup in 2028.

European champion Arsenal will play ASFAR of Morocco after Gotham from the United States plays Corinthians of Brazil in back-to-back semifinals on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) at the home of Premier League club Brentford. The final at Arsenal’s stadium on February 1 will follow a third-place game at the same venue.

The champion gets $2.3 million and the beaten finalist $1 million, with $200,000 paid to each of the losing semi-finalists.

Two continental champions already eliminated in earlier rounds — Auckland United from Oceania and Wuhan Chegu Jiangda representing Asia — each get $100,000.

“The prize money is a clear statement of the belief in women’s club football and the players, teams and competitions driving its continued rise,” FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafström said in a statement. Arsenal got more than 1.5 million euros ($1.8 million) in prize money for winning the UEFA Women’s Champions League last season.

FIFA paid $1 billion among 32 teams in the men’s 2025 Club World Cup. That tournament in the United States was backed by Saudi Arabian money to ensure influential European clubs got the prize money they sought to agree to take part.