{"id":4484,"date":"2025-12-17T13:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:57:39","slug":"2026-world-cup-fifa-announces-50-increase-in-prize-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4484","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup: Fifa announces 50% increase in prize money"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Fifa has announced a 50% increase in the prize money it will award to participating teams at next year’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/b><\/p>\n

It forms the bulk of a record $727m (\u00a3544.8m) financial distribution that the governing body’s council has approved as a result of the tournament.<\/p>\n

The winners of the event will receive $50m (\u00a337.4m), with the runners-up being awarded $33m (\u00a324.7m). Those who fail to progress beyond the group stage will get $9m (\u00a36.7m).<\/p>\n

In addition, each qualified team will receive $1.5m (\u00a31.1m) to cover preparation costs, meaning that all participating member associations are each guaranteed at least $10.5m (\u00a37.8m).<\/p>\n

Fifa president Gianni Infantino said the payments showed the World Cup would “be groundbreaking in terms of its financial contribution to the global football community”.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes a day after Fifa introduced a small number of \u00a345 tickets<\/a> for all 104 matches at the World Cup following widespread criticism of its pricing structure for the tournament.<\/p>\n

The partial climbdown was welcomed by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, but he also encouraged Fifa to do more to make tickets more affordable.<\/p>\n

Fifa’s council also approved the establishment of a post-conflict recovery fund “in line with [its] objective of promoting football’s unifying values. It said this followed “the announcement made by President Infantino at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit for Peace on 13 October 2025 that Fifa intended to create a support mechanism for regions that have experienced conflict”.<\/p>\n

“This financial instrument, which will be open to third-party contributions and be subject to strict oversight, will complement action already implemented under the Fifa Forward Programme and other Fifa initiatives.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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