Gianni Infantino slams 2023 Women’s World Cup broadcasters

“The broadcasters are offering us 100 times less than what they are offering us for the Men’s World Cup.” It was with these words that FIFA boss Gianni Infantino slammed the broadcasters of the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (July 20 – August 20) ahead of the draw in Auckland on Saturday. . If he did not name specific broadcasters, Infantino generally deemed their offers “unacceptable”, accusing them in particular of not participating enough for gender equality, while pushing the world body to do more. He made a point of recalling that FIFA had invested a billion dollars in women’s football in recent years. Deficit World Cups If the last editions of the Women’s World Cup, in 2015 and 2019, had ended in financial losses for FIFA, Infantino announced that the body was seeking for 2023 to sell its commercial rights independently of the men’s tournament for the first time, always with a view to profitability. In France, the broadcaster of the next Women’s World Cup is not yet known, despite an initial call for tenders. If TF1 had broadcast the last edition in 2019, as well as the Euro in 2022, the location of the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, with matches at night or early in the morning, could cool the ardor chain and result in a downgraded proposal.