The FIFA World Cup is probably the most coveted prize within the footballing world – and the 32 groups at this 12 months’s match can be battling it out for a record-breaking money prize.
Over the 92-year historical past of the competitors, the World Cup has produced a number of the most memorable moments within the historical past of the game and it’s a stage the place legends are made. From Diego Maradona’s solo purpose in opposition to England in 1986 to Kylian Mbappe’s heroics at 2018 last, the World Cup by no means disappoints.
The prize cash could be particularly useful for smaller nations to assist enhance their infrastructure and developments pathways again house. FIFA haven’t held again relating to prize cash for World Cups in recent times, and 2022 isn’t any totally different — with record-breaking sums up for grabs.
Right here, FootTheBall breaks down the prize cash on supply in Qatar and the way a lot every group can win.
Whole prize cash at 2022 World Cup
Yearly the price range of the FIFA World Cup will increase because the contributors and variety of sponsors additionally improve concurrently. For Qatar 2022 World Cup, the price range is $700 million. The prize cash is distributed amongst all contributors and all groups obtain $2m to play within the FIFA World Cup.
Groups will receives a commission $10m to play within the group stage. The additional groups go within the match, the extra the prize cash will increase. The winner of the World Cup will obtain a whooping $50m in prize cash, which makes it $62m general. In additional price range breakdown, FIFA will even pay a formidable quantity of $210 to the golf equipment for permitting their gamers to take part on the Qatar2022 FIFA World Cup.
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How a lot does the 2022 World Cup winner get?
FIFA confirmed in April 2022 that the Qatar World Cup champions will obtain a document $42 million in prize cash. This is a rise of $4m in comparison with 2018 and continues a pattern that has seen the winners’ pay packets improve massively over the previous 40 years.
Previous to 2006, World Cup-winning groups by no means pocketed greater than $10m, with 1982 champions Italy strolling away with an estimated $2.2m for his or her efforts.
In 2002, there was an enormous push from nationwide groups for FIFA to extend the prize cash on supply, with rising World Cup income making certain such earnings have been handed all the way down to profitable sides since.
Along with the prize cash and the sought-after World Cup, the winner of the World Cup 2022 will even obtain a direct qualification to the following FIFA Confederation Cup.
