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UEFA announced on Monday that it will award $43 million in prize money for next year’s Women’s Euro in Switzerland, a 156% increase over the amount it gave out during the previous edition of the tournament in 2022.
Teams will be guaranteed $1.89 million for participating in the competition, while the eventual champion will earn up to $5.36 million. Clubs will also receive a collective total of $6.31 million in benefit payments for releasing participating players, while those players will be guaranteed between 30% and 40% of the prize money for the first time.
The increase in the award comes amid the rapid growth of women’s football in Europe and around the world, with the Women’s Euro 2022 setting attendance and viewership records in host nation England and across the continent. The announcement also comes hot on the heels of UEFA’s commitment in October to invest $1.08 billion in women’s football over the next six years to drive growth in the sport, including participation levels and the number of career opportunities.
However, the prize money for the women’s Euro 2025 is still well below the amount UEFA handed out for the men’s Euro in Germany last summer. The confederation awarded nearly $348 million to teams this year, with champion Spain earning $8.41 million.
UEFA made the prize money announcement shortly before the draw for the Women’s Euro in Lausanne, Switzerland. They also revealed the name of the women’s Europa Cup, a secondary club competition similar to the men’s Europa League. The competition will begin next season and will be a two-match consecutive knockout competition.
Women’s Euro 2025 groups
England, the reigning European champion, was included in the most competitive group of next summer’s tournament and will face the Netherlands, the 2017 champion, France, the regional heavyweight, and its neighbor Wales, one of the two debutant teams in the competition. . Meanwhile, world champions Spain were given a favorable draw, while the same was true for hosts Switzerland, who will face two-time Euro winners Norway in the opening match on June 2.
Here you have the complete group stage draw.
Group A
- Swiss
- Iceland
- Norway
- Finland
Group B
- Spain
- Italy
- Belgium
- Portugal
Group C
- Germany
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Poland
Group D
- France
- England
- Netherlands
- Welsh
