Australia and Japan, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has reportedly ignored an invitation from the Asian football Confederation (AFC) to address gender pay inequality before the record-breaking Women's Asian Cup. The 12 nations competing in the Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, competed for a prize pool of $1.8m, which was the lowest among women's continental competitions. The teams also called on FIFA to meet its equal prizemoney target for the men's and women's World Cups. Despite the success of the tournament, it remains the lowest-paying continental tournament in the world and inequality between the men’s and women’'s game remains, they said. The FIFA president has set a target for gender parity in prize money at the next World Cups in 2023.