ICC doubles prize money for Women's World Cup 2022 winners

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the prize money for the Women's World Cup with the winners all set to take home twice the amount that was awarded in the last edition. The winners of the women's World Cup will be awarded USD 1.32 million with the runners-up set to get USD 600,000.

The Women's World Cup will be played in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3.

"The overall prize money pot has also seen an increase of 75%, with the eight teams taking home a share of $3.5 million which is USD 1.5 million more than the



previous edition," the ICC said on Tuesday.

The runners-up will now be awarded a sum of USD 600,000, USD 270,000 more than India were rewarded in 2017 for finishing as runners-up to England in 2017 at Lord's.

The two losing semi-finalists will earn USD 300,000 each while the four teams who exit at the group stages will be awarded a sum of USD 70,000 - up from the USD 30,000 prize from the previous edition.

Every group stage win will also earn the teams a reward of USD 25,000 per victory from a total pot of USD 700,000.