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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong> <\/span>The winner of the 2026 World Cup will receive a record jackpot of $50 million, FIFA said Wednesday.<\/b>
\nThat figure is up from $42 million in 2022 and $38 million in 2018. But it is still less than half of what was on offer at the much less-hyped Club World Cup earlier this year.<\/b><\/p>\n

World soccer\u2019s governing body said the total prize fund for the World Cup, staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico, was $655 million – a 50% increase on the previous edition in Qatar.<\/p>\n

By comparison, the Club World Cup, which was controversially expanded from seven teams to 32 and shoehorned into the soccer calendar, had a total prize fund of $1 billion. The top prize for the winning team was worth up to $125 million for a tournament that faced fierce resistance from players and leagues and drew sparse crowds for some matches.<\/p>\n

The Club World Cup, also staged in the U.S., was won by Chelsea.<\/p>\n

FIFA has a different distribution model for the two tournaments, with the disparity in prize money reflecting factors such as clubs overseeing much higher costs through wages than national teams.<\/p>\n

Beyond prize money, further funds are put toward development of soccer globally.<\/p>\n

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the World Cup would be \u201cgroundbreaking in terms of its financial contribution to the global football community.\u201d<\/p>\n

World soccer’s governing body approved the prize money for every stage of the World Cup at a meeting of its council in Doha.<\/p>\n

The runner-up will receive $33 million, with $29 million and $27 million going to the third and fourth place teams respectively.<\/p>\n

The lowest prize money will be $9 million and all 48 participating nations will get $1.5 million to cover what FIFA describes as \u201cpreparation costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

FIFA said, in all, $727 million would be distributed to the soccer federations participating.<\/p>\n

It is not known how each nation will distribute the money, but at the last World Cup, French sports daily L\u2019Equipe reported France players were in line for a bonus of $586,000 by their federation if they won the trophy. France was ultimately beaten by Argentina in the final.<\/p>\n

Find more news and analyses on Mauritius<\/span> on the Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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