FIFA to pay winning club $2.3 million at first Women’s Champions Cup

By: The Associated Press Posted: 12:07 PM CST Friday, Jan. 23, 2026

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA will pay $2.3 million in prize money to the club that wins the first Women’s Champions Cup at Arsenal’s stadium next week.

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ZURICH (AP) — FIFA will pay $2.3 million in prize money to the club that wins the first Women’s Champions Cup at Arsenal’s stadium next week.

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ZURICH (AP) — FIFA will pay $2.3 million in prize money to the club that wins the first Women’s Champions Cup at Arsenal’s stadium next week.

The total fund detailed on Friday 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 at the home of Premier League club Brentford.

Arsenal's Alessia Russo and Manchester United's Dominique Janssen vie for the ball, during the Women's Super League soccer match between Arsenal Women and Manchester United Women, at the Emirates Stadium, London, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

The final at Arsenal’s stadium on Feb. 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 semifinalists.

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.

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