"RBC Sport" has calculated the amount of cash rewards the countries participating in the 22nd FIFA World Cup in Qatar will receive.
The tournament will be held from November 20 to December 18, 2022.
According to the source, each team will receive $ 9 million for participation in three group stage matches of the championship. The losers of the 1/8 finals will receive $13 million and the losers of the 1/4 finals will receive $17 million. If the team loses in 1/2 finals and a match for third place, it will receive $ 25 million, the bronze medalist of the tournament will get $ 2 million more.
The finalist of the tournament in Qatar will receive $30 million, and the winning team will earn $42 million.
Note that at the last World Cup, held in Russia in 2018, the winning France received a cash prize of $38 million.
The total payout for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be around $1 billion. That's a record amount, nearly double the amount of prize money at the 2014 Brazil World Cup. In 2018, teams in Russia earned $791 million.
