00:00The winner of the 2026 World Cup will receive a record jackpot of $50 million, according to FIFA on Wednesday.
00:09The figures are up from $42 million in 2022 and $38 million in 2018.
00:16A massive increase, 50% more for all the member associations.
00:22Minimum of $9 million for the participation, plus $1.5 million preparation money.
00:27So $10.5 million for every member association participating in the World Cup.
00:32And the winner gets $50 million, an increase of 50% compared to the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
00:42So everyone will be excited to win the World Cup, not for the prize money, for the trophy, but the prize money is a nice add-on.
00:51The runners-up will receive $33 million, with $29 million and $27 million going to the third and the fourth place teams, respectively.
01:01The lowest prize money will be $9 million, and all 48 participating nations will get $1.5 million to cover what FIFA describes as preparation costs.
01:10The outputs for the prize may be $4 million, because it has $2.2 million, and all 2-23 million would be $24 million to cover against $5 million
