(Reuters) – Spain beat England 1-0 on Sunday in a Women’s World Cup final that pitted the two European countries with the strongest domestic leagues against each other.
The Women’s World Cup, which began in 1991, has had nine tournaments to date. Meanwhile, men’s world cup, started in 1930, has had 22 tournaments so far.
Here is a comparison between men’s and women’s soccer over the years:
MEN WOMEN
$440 million for Qatar $152 million for
HIGHEST WORLD World Cup 2022. Australia-New Zealand
CUP PRIZE World Cup 2023.
PURSE
$42 million for $10.5 million for
BIGGEST PRIZE Argentina in 2022 Spain in 2023 World
MONEY FOR World Cup Cup
WORLD CUP
WINNERS
The 1950 Uruguay vs The 2023 decider at
LARGEST Brazil title clash at Stadium Australia
IN-PERSON Maracana Stadium, Rio between Spain and
ATTENDANCE TO de Janeiro, with England with a crowd
A WORLD CUP estimated attendance of 75,784.
FINAL of 199,000-205,000.
Also, the record
turnout for any soccer
match.
Portuguese striker U.S. national team
HIGHEST PAID Cristiano Ronaldo made players Alex Morgan
SOCCER PLAYER over $130 million in and Megan Rapinoe
IN TOTAL 2023 to become the reached $7 million in
EARNINGS highest-paid athlete earnings, according to
in the world, Forbes.
according to Forbes.
Manchester City, with FC Barcelona women’s
HIGHEST 731 million euros team clocked revenues
REVENUE ($795.8 million) in of 7.7 million euros
GENERATING revenues in the in the 2021/22 season.
SOCCER TEAM 2021/22 season.
Brazilian winger English midfielder
HIGHEST Neymar was sold by FC Keira Walsh was sold
TRANSFER FEE Barcelona to Paris St by Manchester City to
Germain for $222 Barcelona in 2022 for
million in 2017. $446,110.
($1 = 0.7846 pounds)
($1 = 0.9185 euros)
(SOURCE: Reuters stories, FIFA, Forbes, Deloitte, Wells Fargo)
(Reporting by Eva Mathews, Yadarisa Shabong and Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru)
