As the cup culminates, the teams that played the semi-finals but didn’t make it to the final will battle for third and fourth place.
The winning team in the 2022 World Cup will take home a whopping $42 million (£35m). This represents a $4 million increase over the 2018 tournament in Russia.
Winning countries’ wages have been steadily rising over the last four decades, and this number reflects this trend. To put it in perspective, the World Cup-winning team didn’t receive more than $10 million until 2006, when Italy took home $20 million. Brazil earned less than half that amount in 2002, while the Italians won just $2.2 million in 1982, despite their outstanding performance.
Each side that qualifies for the 2022 World Cup will receive a participation fee of $1.5 million (£1.2 million). However, earning potential grows as teams go through the knockout competition.
How much money does the third and our place receive
With $42 million going to the winning squad, FIFA has put aside an astounding $440 million for prize distributions during the 2022 competition.
According to FIFA, the remainder of the prize money will be divided as follows.
While the third-place team will go away with $27 million, the runner-up will get $30 million. A fourth-place finish will net the club $25 million. Teams that place 17th through 32nd will get $9 million each, while those who advance to the round of 16 will receive a guaranteed $13 million.
More help from FIFA for teams
The fifth through eighth-place teams will receive $17 million for their efforts. In addition, before the competition, FIFA provided $1.5 million to each qualifying team to assist with covering the expenses of preparation.
The World Cup is the pinnacle of football’s competitive landscape, with the very finest athletes from each nation going up against their counterparts from other nations on a global scale.