According to the Spanish media Marca on the 11th (Korea time), FIFA will distribute a total of $ 440 million (about 586.3 billion won) for the Qatar World Cup.
The prize money is more than it was 4 years ago. France, who topped the 2018 Russian Games, received $38 million (about 50.6 billion won) as the winning prize. However, the prize money for the championship in Qatar is 42 million dollars (about 55.9 billion won). he won about 53 billion.
Additionally, $30 million (about 39.9 billion won) was set for the runner-up country, $27 million (about 35.9 billion won) for 3rd place, and $25 million (about 33.3 billion won) to win) for 4th place. Even if they are eliminated in the quarterfinals of the tournament, they can win 17 million dollars, or win about 22.6 billion.
Even if they are eliminated from the group stage, they will receive more than 10 billion won in compensation. FIFA decided to pay $13 million (about 17.3 billion won) to advance to the round of 16, and $9 million (about 11.9 billion won) per team from 17th to 32nd that did not make it r group stage.
The total award for participating countries in Qatar is 144 million dollars.
As revealed by FIFA, the team’s prize is $10,000 per day (about 13.31 million won) multiplied by the number of days played in the World Cup. This applies from two weeks before the start of the match until the last day of the match.
FIFA also pays compensation to the club. The players included in the final list will distribute $ 370,000 (about 492.3 million won) per player to the clubs with which they have signed for the last two years. FIFA has decided to allocate a total of more than $200 million to this sector.
FIFA’s efforts are carried out as an incentive to appreciate the selection of players from the club with ownership, and to motivate the club’s team to produce at least one more World Cup representative in the future. In Russia, a total of 416 teams from 63 countries benefited from the FIFA program. Reporter Jin-Hye Kim manu35@sportschosun.com
