The mega event of football FIFA World Cup 2022 is ready to inaugurate in Russia as this great sports event will start from 14th June 2022 and continues till 15th July 2022. Between these dates, football lovers will witness some great football nations in Live Action.
Total 32 teams have been filtered after the completion of qualifying rounds and these teams will compete with each other for the fight of Football Champions. As per the schedule announced by the FIFA officials total of 64 matches including playoffs and finals will be played in this event on 11 different playing venues of Russia.
FIFA has divided the emerging football teams of World Cup 2022 into 8 groups and each group is decorated with 4 football teams. As per schedule, each team will play 3 matches against their group mates and the top two teams will make their way for the next rounds of this great tournament.
Well the curiosity to find out the prize money of FIFA World Cup 2022 exists in each football lover and the article provided complete information of FIFA World Cup 2022 Prize Money. The article will be updated after getting latest news by FIFA.
FIFA have declared that the sum amount of $400 million will be distributed among all the participating teams of World Cup 2022. According to FIFA announcement the 32 qualified teams will get $ 2.5 million each as a participation fees by FIFA.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Prize Money
In current edition FIFA have increased the prize money for the winners and runner up teams. As in the last FIFA World Cup 2014 the winning side was awarded by $ 35 Million as a prize money. In current edition this prize money is increased for both winners and runner-ups team.
The calculations shows that the winning team of FIFA World Cup 2022 will be awarded by $3 Billion and if the winning side remained unbeatable throughout the tournament then the prize money will be increased by 30 % whereas the runners-up team will get $1 Billion by FIFA.
Well the complete Prize Money for all participating teams including the prize money for 3rd place and semi finalist teams are given below in the table.
World Cup 2014 prize money:
| Position | Prize (per team) | Total prize fund |
|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | $8m | $128m |
| Last 16 | $9m | $72m |
| Quarter-finals | $14m | $56m |
| Fourth place | $20m | $20m |
| Third place | $22m | $22m |
| Runners-up | $25m | $25m |
| Winners | $35m | $35m |
| TOTAL | – | $358m |