Australia & Japan Equal Prize Money Request Ignored

Asian Cup finalists Australia and Japan opportunity organisers "ignored" their pre-tournament petition to reside nan inequality successful prize money betwixt nan men's and women's events.

The prize money for nan Asian Cup was reported to beryllium $1.8m (£936,630), compared to $14.8m (£7.7m) for nan men's equivalent.

Japan hit Australia 1-0 successful Sydney successful beforehand of 74,397 spectators - nan biggest crowd successful nan competition's history.

"Despite nan occurrence of this tourney it remains nan lowest-paying continental tourney successful nan world and inequality betwixt nan men's and women's crippled remains," Australia and Japan said successful a associated connection posted by world players' national Fifpro.

"Our pre-tournament invitation to nan Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to activity together connected adjacent prize money, a guaranteed stock to each players, and to co-develop a lasting bequest has truthful acold been ignored.

"Equal prize money would beryllium transformational for each players and shot communities crossed Asia and thief raise standards astatine each levels of nan crippled crossed our region.

"Equality benefits players successful nan short term, but shot successful nan agelong term."

BBC Sport has contacted nan AFC for comment.