{"id":65523,"date":"2025-12-21T15:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/afcon-prize-money-increased-by-43-announced-by-motsepe"},"modified":"2025-12-21T15:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:48:43","slug":"afcon-prize-money-increased-by-43-announced-by-motsepe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/afcon-prize-money-increased-by-43-announced-by-motsepe","title":{"rendered":"AFCON Prize Money Increased by 43% Announced by Motsepe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span>The Confe\u0301de\u0301ration Africaine de Football (CAF) President Dr Patrice Motsepe has announced the winner of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (\u201cAFCON\u201d) Morocco 2025 will receive USD 10 million in Prize Money<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on Saturday following a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee (EXCO) in Rabat, Morocco, a day before the kick-off of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Prize Money for the winner represents a 43% increase from the 2023 edition, when hosts Cote d\u2019Ivoire pocketed USD 7 million.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Cameroon 2021 received USD 5 million<b> <\/b>and with the figure having doubled to <b>USD 10 million<\/b> in 2025, it marks an astonishing <b>100%<\/b> increase over a four-year period.<\/p>\n<p><b>Historic increase in AFCON Prize Money<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AFCON Cameroon 2021: USD 5 Million<\/p>\n<p>AFCON Cote d\u2019Ivoire 2023: USD 7 Million<\/p>\n<p>AFCON Morocco 2025: USD 10 Million<\/p>\n<p>The runners-up at the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 will receive <b>USD 4 million<\/b>, while the two semi-finalists each receive <b>USD 2.5 million<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. 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