On January 13, Beijing time, according to the news of Australian media, the 2022 Women's Asian Cup will set up a prize money for the first time, and the champion can receive 1 million US dollars, equivalent to 6.4 million yuan. There is also a $150,000 bonus to enter the top 4, and the opportunity for The Chinese women's football team to make money has come.
The Women's Asian Cup, which began in 1975 and ended at the 19th in 2018, did not have a prize money. After 47 years of waiting, now the Women's Asian Cup finally has a bonus. According to Australian media sources, the women's Asian Cup champion can get $1 million, the runner-up can get $500,000, and the top 4 can get $150,000.
Although it is said that it lost badly in the Olympic Games, the Chinese women's football team is still first-class in Asia. The Chinese women's football team has participated in the Women's Asian Cup 14 times, guaranteed to be in the top 4, 10 times into the finals, 8 champions and 2 runners-up, and 3 times third place and 1 time 4th place. If there is no accident, the Chinese women's football team can get at least 150,000 US dollars in prize money, and it will have 950,000 yuan in hand.
Of course, the prize money of the women's football team can never be compared with the men's football team. It is understood that the 2019 Men's Asian Cup championship prize money is 5 million US dollars, the runner-up is 3 million US dollars, and the participating teams can get 200,000 US dollars.
The Chinese women's football team's draw for the Asian Cup this time is a good draw, as the second team we avoided the last champions and runners-up Japan and Australia, drew the host India, the other two opponents are Chinese Taipei and Iran. The final list of 23 people of the Chinese women's football team has also been released, led by Wang Shuang, Li Ying, Lou Jiahui, Ma Jun and Tang Jiali returned at the same time, but Wu Haiyan, the rear defense of the sea god needle, was not selected.
Of course, the current Chinese women's football team is no longer the hegemon of Asia, and it is no longer the same as the previous Batch of Sun Wen, and we must also recognize the reality. In terms of FIFA rankings, the Chinese women's football team is now only ranked 5th in Asia, the last time it won the Asian Cup was 16 years ago, and the recent asian cup has not reached the final for three consecutive Asian Cups.