Spain got around Rs 500 crore for winning the World Cup. Lionel Messi’s Argentina is also a big runner-up. Of course, it’s not just champions, runners-up or semi-finalists; Each team participating in the World Cup is given a certain amount of prize money.
FIFA has announced that a record US $655 million (approximately Rs 6,306.70 crore in Indian currency) has been paid for the 2026 World Cup. Which is 50 percent more than the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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Of course, it wasn’t just the prize money, FIFA also paid the preparation costs to the 48 countries participating in the World Cup. According to soccer’s world governing body, FIFA paid $1.5 million to each of the 48 teams participating in the World Cup to cover preparation costs. In Indian currency, it is around Rs 144.428 crore.
How much prize money (excluding preparation costs) each team receivedLt?
1) Champion team: $50 million (approximately Rs. 481.4275 crores in Indian currency).
2) Runner-up: $33 million (approximately Rs. 3177.421 million in Indian currency)
3. Third place (England): $29 million (about 279 crores 22 lakhs 79 thousand 500 in Indian currency).
4. Fourth place (France): $27 million (approximately Rs. 2599.785 crores in Indian currency).
5. Fifth to eighth place teams: US$19 million (approximately Rs. 1829.424 million in Indian currency).
6. Ninth to 16th placed teams: US$15 million (approximately Rs. 1444.282 million in Indian currency).
7. Teams ranked 17th to 32nd: US$11 million (approximately Rs. 1059.14 million in Indian currency).
8) Teams ranked 33rd to 48th: US$9 million (approximately Rs. 866.569 million in Indian currency).
Which team finished in which position in the World Cup??
1) Champions: Spain.
2. Runners-up: Argentina.
3) Third: England.
4) Fourth: France.
5. Fifth to eighth place teams: Morocco, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland.
6. Ninth to 16th place teams: Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Colombia, Paraguay, Canada, Portugal and Belgium.
7. Group Seventeen to Thirty-Two: Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Netherlands, Croatia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Senegal, Japan, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Congo, Cape Verde, Australia, Algeria and Ghana.
8. Teams numbered thirty to forty-eight: South Korea, Czech Republic, Qatar, Scotland, Haiti, Turkey, Curacao, Tunisia, Iran, New Zealand, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Panama.