FIFA is targeting $ 1 billion in revenue from the woman’s World Cup, the global football registration organization President Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday at the Saudi Arabia-US-Ice Investment Forum 2025 in Riyadh.

The Women’s World Cup in 2023, hosting Australia and New Zealand, broke even after generating more than $ 570 million in revenue.

“Women’s Football and Women in Football are crucial …” said Infantino.

“It is also growing and exponentially, and we are targeting that to have $ 1 billion turnover just with the women’s World Cup to reinvest in women’s games.”

The next woman’s World Cup in 2027 will be held by Brazil, making it the first edition held in South America. The United States are ready to be appointed host of the 2031 edition, which will be expanded to 48 teams from 32.

Infantino also said there was a massive potential for football to generate more revenue outside Europe.

“If the rest of the world, especially Saudi Arabia or the United States of America, would do only 20% of what Europe is doing in football, we could (could reach a number of over) half a trillion (dollars) or more of GDP influence (with our sport),” he added.

“Saudi -Arabia is also doing unusually well by creating a woman’s league, a woman’s national team. Women’s football is really the only team sport for women who also have such a large audience and influence.”