MADRID 16 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The UEFA Executive Committee approved this Monday at its meeting in Lausanne (Switzerland) a series of measures ranging from increasing the financial envelope for the 2025 Women’s Euro Cup, a new redistribution of money from the , or the headquarters of the Next year’s European Super Cup, the final of the Nations League or the ‘Final Four’ of the Futsal Champions League.
As detailed by the organization in a statement, a prize money of 41 million euros has been approved for next year’s EURO in Switzerland, which represents an increase of 156 percent compared to the figure for the tournament held in 2022 in England. .
In addition, participating national associations, including Spain, will also distribute a guaranteed percentage of rewards (between 30 and 40 percent) to their players for the first time, while benefit payments to clubs will increase to 6 million, compensating Europeans who release players for the tournament, “thus making it the highest benefit program for women’s soccer clubs in the world.”
Without leaving aside economic issues, also the new financial distribution system for UEFA women’s club competitions for the period 2025-2030, marked by the change in the Champions League format, which will consist of an initial phase of a centralized league of 18 teams, and the introduction of a second competition to be called the European Cup.
Centralized media and sponsorship rights for the Champions League phase “will improve the visibility of the competition and attract more revenue, guaranteeing greater rewards for participating clubs based on their performance, while ensuring constant solidarity throughout the ecosystem of the Champions League.” women’s football”, they clarified from UEFA, which projects for the first two campaigns a total of 37.7 million euros available for distribution per season, while for the last three, it would be 46.7.
As for the final venues, the Spanish team already knows that if it overcomes its quarterfinal match against the Netherlands in the Nations League, it will play the final in Italy or Germany, with a prize for the winner of its tie. The ‘F4’ of the tournament will be held from June 4 to 8, 2025 and the chosen stadiums would be the two in Turin, if Italy is the host, and those in Munich and Stuttgart, if it is Germany.
The Friuli Stadium in the Italian town of Udine has been designated as the venue for the next European Super Cup to be held on August 13, 2025 and the French town of Le Mans will host the ‘Final Four’ of the football Champions League room that will bring together Islas Baleares Palma Futsal, current champion, with Jimbee Cartagena Costa Cálida, Kazakh Kairat Almaty and Portuguese Sporting Portugal.