{"id":351295,"date":"2025-12-17T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/351295\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:02:19","slug":"world-cup-winner-to-get-record-50m-in-prize-money-fifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/351295\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup winner to get record $50m in prize money – FIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Cup<\/a> glory will be worth $50 million in prize money to the national association of the winning team at next year’s tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA confirmed a financial pot of $727m will be shared between the 48 competing nations.<\/p>\n

The buildup to the 2026 World Cup has been overshadowed by controversy over ticket prices for the games, with FIFA forced to cut prices <\/a>for a small number of tickets due to a backlash from supporters across the globe.<\/p>\n

Argentina received $42m from FIFA for their 2022 World Cup win.\u00a0Shaun Botterill – FIFA\/FIFA via Getty ImagesEditor’s Picks<\/p>\n

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But despite their ticket-price climbdown, which ensures that some tickets will now be available for $60, FIFA has announced a record-breaking prize fund for the tournament on Wednesday during FIFA Council in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n

The $727m overall fund will include a total of $655m being distributed to the teams based on their success in the competition, ranging from $9m for nations eliminated at the group stage to $33m for the losing finalists and the $50m set aside for the winners.<\/p>\n

Argentina<\/a> received $42 million after winning their third World Cup following a penalty shootout victory against France<\/a> at Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n

France received $38m after winning the 2018 World Cup. FIFA has been making the amount of World Cup prize money public since Italy was awarded $2.2m for winning the 1982 World Cup.<\/p>\n

The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins on June 11 when co-hosts Mexico face South Korea<\/a> in Mexico City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Cup glory will be worth $50 million in prize money to the national association of the winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-351295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}