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FIFA to pay $1 billion prize money for Club World Cup, vows 2026 WC final to have Super Bowl-style show
Gulf Today
|March 07, 2025
PARIS: FIFA on Wednesdayannounced it will paytotal prize money of one billion dollars to participants in the Club World Cup (CWC) taking place in the United States this year.
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The figure is significantly more than the prize money offered for either the last men's or women's World Cups.
World football's governing body has given few details about the funding of the first edition of the 32-team tournament that will take place every four years but it has signed up a broadcaster and major sponsors in recent weeks.
In a statement confirming the prize money on offer, FIFA said it expected to generate $2 billion in revenues from the expanded Club World Cup. It also confirmed that a women's edition will take place from 2028.
"The FIFA Club World Cup will not only be the pin-nacle of club football, but also a vivid demonstration of solidarity that will benefit clubs at large to a scale that no other competition has ever done," said FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
"All revenue generated by the tournament will be distributed to the participating clubs and via club solidarity across the world as FIFA will not keep a single dollar."
This story is from the March 07, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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