Monday, September 27, 2010

How much will the female World Cup winners be financially rewarded?

Citizens and football fans have been curious about how much the young female football players will receive in cash rewards for winning the championship title at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago last Sunday, local time.

“No precise details have been discussed concerning the monetary rewards for winning the championship. The amount will be decided to commensurate with their achievements,” said an official of the Korea Football Association.

The national team, which placed third at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in July, received a combined 247 million won, which was broke down to 20 million won for Director Choi In-cheol, 15 million won each for the three trainers, 10 million won to each for the 14 A-class players and 6 million won awarded to the seven B-class players.

The rewards are much less than the amounts awarded to the players of the national men’s team, which advanced to the final 16 at the World Cup in South Africa in June (a minimum 90 million won to 170 million won) but higher than the U-20 and U-17 members, which both advanced to the quarterfinals (5 million won).

Yet due to the nation’s historic winning of the title, the U-17 women’s team is expected to receive more than the U-20 squad. However, given the fact that they are still high school students, the rewards are expected to be translated into scholarships, observers said.

The young female players were given MP3 players instead of cash on the grounds that they were still students, when they advanced to the quarterfinals at the U-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand in 2008.


Credits :Koreatimes

Korean Language Service

사상 첫 FIFA 우승에 포상금 얼마나 될까

한국축구 사상 처음으로 국제축구연맹(FIFA) 주관 대회 정상에 오른 U-17 여자대표팀의 포상금 규모는 얼마나 될까.

대한축구협회 관계자는 “협회 내부에서 포상금에 대한 구체적인 논의가 아직 없었다. 대회 후 합당한 수준에서 결정될 것이다”고 밝혔지만 전례에 비춰보면 어느 정도 예측은 가능하다.

7월 U-20 여자월드컵 3위에 올랐던 대표팀은 모두 2억4700만원의 격려금을 받았다. 최인철 감독에게 2000만원, 황인선 코치 등 3명의 코치에게는 각 1500만원이 주어졌다. 선수들은 A, B 등급으로 나눠 A등급(14명) 1000만원, B등급(7명) 600만원을 받았다.

이는 6월 남아공월드컵 본선 16강을 이뤄낸 성인 남자대표팀 멤버(최소 9000만원, 최대 1억7000만원)보다 낮지만 작년 나란히 8강에 오른 U-20, U-17 남자대표팀 멤버(500만원)보다는 높은 금액이다.

U-17 여자대표팀이 역사적인 첫 우승을 차지한 것을 고려할 때 U-20 여자대표팀 이상의 포상금 지급이 전망된다. 다만 선수 전원이 고등학생 신분이라는 점을 감안해 포상금은 장학금 형식으로 지급될 것으로 보인다.

2008년 뉴질랜드 U-17 여자월드컵 8강에 올랐던 선수들은 학생 신분이라는 점 때문에 당시 현금이 아닌 mp3플레이어를 부상으로 받았다...`

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