Women's World Cup Prize Money​

Women's World Cup 2025 Prize Money (Source: AFP)

With the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 approaching, fans have started discussing the prize money for the winners and other teams in the coveted tournament. It is important to mention that the this year’s championship marks the return of ICC Cricket World Cup in India after 12 hiatus years. 

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 is set to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The tournament features eight top teams from around the world. These include Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies. The competition will be held from September 30 to November 2.

Having said that, let’s take a detailed look at the prize money for the winners and the runner-up will receive.

Women's World Cup prize money for the winners

Women's World Cup prize money for the winners (Source: AFP)

Under Jay Shah’s leadership, the International Cricket Council announced a prize money of a total of $13.88 million for the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. With an aim to encourage pay parity in women’s cricket, the tournament’s prize for the winning USD 4.48 million, approximately 39.75 crore in Indian rupees. 

The total prize pursue set for the tournament is catching eyeballs for the 297% increase in the total prize pool compared to the USD 3.5 million announced for the 2022 edition.

Women's World Cup prize money​ for runners up

Women's World Cup prize money​ for runners up (Source: AFP)

This year’s tournament will follow a round-robin format, with all eight teams playing each other once. The top four teams will then advance to the knockout stage, consisting of two semi-finals and the final.

Moreover, the runner-up will receive a hefty $2.24 million, approximately 19.86 crore Indian Rupees. The increase in prize money is a significant step towards achieving pay parity in cricket and is expected to further boost the growth and popularity of the women's game globally.

Semifinalist's prize money in Women's World Cup

Talking about the semifinalists, the two losing semi-finalists will take home $1.12 million (up from $300,000 in 2022) each. Moreover, each group stage participant is guaranteed to earn $250,000, while each group-stage win will get the winners $34,314. In the second half of the final table, the teams finishing fifth and sixth will take home $700,000 each, and those in seventh and eighth place will earn $280,000.

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup total prize money

FAQs: Women's World Cup prize money

Q.1. What is the prize money for the Women's World Cup?

Ans. The winners of the 13th edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup will receive prize money of $4.48 million, which is a 239% increase from the $1.32 million awarded to Australia in 2022.

Q.2. What is the prize money for the World Cup in rupees?

Ans. The prize money for the Women’s World Cup 2025 in rupees is approximately 39.75 crore.

Q.3. Has India won any World Cup in women's cricket?

Ans. Despite reaching the Women’s World Cup final twice, the Indian team hasn’t yet won a trophy.