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Full List: See Breakdown Of 2022 FIFA World Cup Prize Money

Published

18 December 2022

9:11 AM

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup officially ending today Sunday, December 1, 2022, participating teams at the tournament in Qatar will walk home with a whopping total of $440 million.

Naija News reports that the final game of the World Cup is between holders France and two-time champions Argentina, who will be slugging it out for the trophy and the $42 million grand prize.

The teams that were knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage – Qatar, Ecuador, Wales, Iran, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Tunisia, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Costa Rica, Serbia, Cameroon, Ghana, Uruguay – all earned $9 million each

The teams that made it through to the round of 16 – USA, Senegal, Australia, Poland, Spain, Japan, Switzerland, and South Korea – will take home $13 million each.

While those that reached the quarter-finals -Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal, England – will get $17 million each.

Fourth-place team Morocco earns $25 million, while Third-placed team Croatia gets $27 million.

The runner-up between Argentina and France will earn $30 million, while the 2022 FIFA World Cup winner will earn $42 million.

This is an increase of $40m compared to the 2018 tournament.

Prior to 2006, World Cup-winning teams never pocketed more than $10m, with 1982 champions Italy walking away with an estimated $2.2m for their efforts.

Below are the prize monies won since 1982 up until 2022;