#FootballFever | World Cup champions to get US$42 million in prize money
Published:Sunday | December 18, 2022 | 1:23 PM
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup champions Argentina will earn US$42 million in prize money for their football federation.
France, the losing team in Sunday's final will get US$30 million from a FIFA prize fund of $440 million.
When France won the World Cup in 2018, the country's federation got US$38 million from FIFA's US$400 million prize fund.
Not all the money goes to players, but they are expected to get a good chunk of it.
Every national football federation gets at least US$9 million in prize money for playing at this year's World Cup, plus US$1.5 million for each toward costs of preparing for the tournament.
Third-place team Croatia earned US$27 million in prize money. Morocco, which ended up in fourth, will be paid US$25 million.
FIFA's total revenue for the past four years was $7.5 billion, with most from broadcast and sponsorship deals, plus ticket and hospitality sales.
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