The United States celebrate winning the 2019 Women's World Cup. This year's World Cup has not yet begun, but it is already breaking new ground. ne in every seven people on Earth watched some part of the 2019 Women’s Football World Cup, witnessing an event that changed the face of the women’s game.
Payouts for this tournament add up to $110 million, an increase of $80 million from four years ago. Each member federation is guaranteed a participation fee of $1.56 million and individual players will receive at least $30 000 each. That alone will push them to put their best foot forward in pursuit of the game’s ultimate prize.
Eventual champions South Africa handed Nigeria defeat in the group stage, while Morocco beat them in the semifinal and Zambia in the third place playoff. Morocco takes on Germany, Colombia and South Korea with a squad made up of players who come from footballing families, such as Ghizlane Chebbak, daughter of former men’s national team player Larbi, and young women who have had to fight for their place in the game. Rania Harrara is one example.She had to overcome cultural prejudices to play for her school’s boys’ team, where she faced so much discrimination that she started her own club.
That is also the mindset of South Africa, who will play a second successive World Cup, and are searching for their first tournament win. They are without talismanic former captain Janine van Wyk, who was ruled out of contention by a knee injury, but have been bolstered by the return of striker Thembi Kgatlana, who has recovered from a rupturedKgatlana was responsible for Banyana Banyana’s first World Cup goal, against Spain in 2019, and will doubtless be after a few more at this event.
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