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By Ernest Victor

The world football governing body, FIFA, has reportedly changed the payment method for the 2023 Women’s World Cup prize money for the benefit of the Super Falcons of Nigeria.

Based on this development, once a team ends its campaign at the ongoing 2023 Women’s World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, their prize money will be paid directly into the players’ bank accounts. This is to prevent the stakeholders in the players’ country from embezzling or tampering with the players’ entitlement.

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, a video surfaced online showing the FIFA Secretary-General, Fatma Samoura confirming this development to the Super Falcons.

Samoura said the world football governing body had to change the payment method due to the unpaid allowances the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is owing the Super Falcons.

She acknowledged how tough things have been for the Nigerian team and promised to monitor that all their match bonuses get to them directly.

The FIFA secretary-general said, “I know that things have been tough. We have to face the realities of Nigeria. It pains me a lot. It is because of you (the Super Falcons) that, for the first time, the prize money has been ring-fenced in the history of FIFA to ensure that it goes to you”.

This means that the $30,000 the Super Falcons earned in the group stage, and the additional $30,000 the players earned for qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup round of 16 will be paid directly to each player’s bank account.

If the Nigerian team managed to scale through England in the quarter-finals on Monday, August 7, they will earn an additional $30,000 each which will take their total earnings in the tournament to $90,000 per player.

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Super Falcons advance to 2023 Women's World Cup knock-out stage after draw with Ireland

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons are through to the round of 16 of the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand after playing out to a goalless draw against Ireland on Monday.

The result meant Africa’s most successful national team of all-time finished the group stage unbeaten for the first time ever.

The Super Falcons had held Canada to a goalless draw in their first game before edging Australia 3-2.

It is the third time that the Super Falcons – an ever present at the FIFA Women’s World Cup since its inception in 1991 – will be advancing to the knockout rounds of the Women’s World Cup.

The only other times that Nigeria progressed to the knockout rounds were in 1999 and 2003.

But they will be heading into the round of 16 as Group B’s second-placed team after Australia, who lost to the Super Falcons last Thursday, thrashed Canada 4-0 on Monday.

The Aussies had earlier beaten Ireland 1-0 before losing to the Super Falcons.