The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™

The FIFA Women’s World Cup™ heads to Australia and New Zealand in 2023, marking the first time the tournament will be played across two countries and will be expanded to 32 teams.

As one of the world’s most active sponsors of women’s football, Visa is the first Women’s Football Partner for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™. As the Exclusive Payment Service for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, Visa will implement its innovative payment technology at tournament venues and deliver exclusive experiences for fans and clients. At the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, Visa will enable similar one-of-a-kind experiences for football fans globally, activate the Visa Player of the Match award and incorporate its Team Visa program for women footballers.

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Team Visa: A Platform to Inspire

Visa is proud to support 33 women football players through the Team Visa program. This new group of Team Visa athletes – from 27 markets – represents the largest number of women footballers in Team Visa’s history. The program extends Visa’s commitment to connecting the world through sport and championing women athletes at a time when women’s football continues to reach new heights. Here in Canada, we’re proud to have Christine Sinclair back on the Team Visa Canada roster and are excited to welcome Ashley Lawrence to the team!

Since 2000, Team Visa has lent crucial support to more than 500 athletes around the globe providing them with a platform to tell their inspiring stories. To help athletes thrive personally and professionally, the program provides financial support, assistance with philanthropic endeavors, financial literacy tools, and mental health and wellness resources. Team Visa athletes are selected for the program based on their personal journeys, athletic achievements, community involvement, and alignment with Visa’s core values of equality, access, and inclusion.

Visa Player of The Match at FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

The Visa Player of the Match trophy is awarded at each of the 64 matches to the player whom fans vote to be the most outstanding of the match. At FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, audiences watching at home will once again have the opportunity to celebrate the women on the pitch and for the first time, help elevate women in business at the same time.

Building up to the final match, Visa will award 64 grants to women-owned small businesses from the same country as the national team represented by the winning footballer. Whether a player from first-time entrant Panama or a veteran from the defending champion U.S. team, a woman small business owner in the Player of the Match country the athlete represents will receive a grant to help towards her own goals. The funding ranges in value from $5,000 USD for the 48 group-stage matches up to $50,000 USD for the final. The winning small businesses will be announced live at the athlete trophy presentation. When a member of Canada’s National Women’s Team is awarded the Visa Player of the Match trophy throughout the tournament, funds will be granted to Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) to support Indigenous women entrepreneurs.