Испани болон Аргентины шигшээ багууд аваргын төлөө өрсөлдөхөөр болсон 2026 оны хөлбөмбөгийн дэлхийн аварга шалгаруулах тэмцээний нийт шагналын сан 655 сая ам.долларт хүрсэн байна.
Тэмцээний аварга баг 50 сая ам.долларын шагнал хүртэх бол хоёрдугаар байр эзэлсэн баг 33 сая ам.доллар авахаар болжээ. Харин бямба гарагт болох Франц болон Английн хоорондох гуравдугаар байрын төлөөх тоглолтын ялагч 29 сая, хожигдсон нь 27 сая ам.долларын шагнал хүртэнэ. Тэмцээнд оролцсон 48 баг бүгд дор хаяж 10.5 сая ам.долларын шагнал авах бөгөөд энэхүү мөнгийг тухайн улсуудын хөлбөмбөгийн холбоод тоглогчид, дасгалжуулагчдын цалин болон хөгжлийн хөтөлбөртөө зарцуулах юм.
ФИФА-гийн ерөнхийлөгч Жанни Инфантиногийн мэдэгдсэнээр, 48 баг оролцсон энэхүү тэмцээн нь 96 жилийн түүхэн дэх хамгийн том үйл явдал болж байгаа бөгөөд ФИФА нийт 10 тэрбум ам.долларын орлого олох төлөвтэй байна. Тэмцээний шагналын сан нь нийт орлогын ойролцоогоор 6.5 хувийг эзэлж байгаа нь өмнөх тэмцээнүүдээс эрс нэмэгдсэн үзүүлэлт юм.
Аваргын төлөөх тоглолтын дараа шилдэг тоглогчид “Алтан бөмбөг”, шилдэг хаалгачид “Алтан бээлий” шагналыг гардуулах бөгөөд Лионель Месси, Килиан Мбаппе, Эрлинг Холанд, Жүүд Беллингхэм зэрэг одод тэмцээний туршид үзүүштэй тоглолтыг үзүүлсээр байна. Тэмцээний ялагчид алтан медаль гардуулахын зэрэгцээ хөлбөмбөгийн түүхэнд нэрээ мөнхлөх нэр хүндийг олж авах юм.
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised that this World Cup would be the biggest event in the tournament’s 96-year history.
True enough, it has had more teams and matches than ever before. That has meant more goals and host cities than ever before. And its biggest stars, such as Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland and the rest, have put on a spectacle like never before.
With the World Cup’s increasing size comes greater revenue, and with the final three days away, FIFA is set to award record amounts of prize money to teams across the competition.
The Athletic has compiled all you need to know about this prize money, and the financial rewards the World Cup’s champions are set to receive.
How does prize money break down at the World Cup?
Last December, FIFA unveiled a record prize fund of $655million (£489m) for the 2026 tournament, an increase of 50 per cent from the previous edition in Qatar four years ago.
The winners of Sunday’s final (July 19) between Spain and Argentina will receive $50million ($37.1m), with the runners-up earning $33m (£24.5m). Whichever team wins the third-place playoff on Saturday, between France and England, will get $29m (£21.5m), and the fourth-placed finisher $27m (£20m).
Beaten quarter-finalists Morocco, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland will take home $19m (£14.1m) each, with the eight sides who exited the competition in the round of 16 being paid $15m (£11.1m). The 16 knocked out in the round of 32 were awarded $11m (£8.2m).
All 48 teams that played in the tournament, which began 38 days before Sunday’s final, are guaranteed at least $10.5m (£7.8m), with sides who failed to progress from the group stage taking away $9m (£6.7m), plus $1.5m (£1.1m) to cover ‘preparation costs.’
These prize funds are awarded to the football associations and federations of each nation, with those bodies then deciding how much to distribute to its players and coaches. Remaining prize money is frequently used to fund football development in the country concerned.
The United States, one of this World Cup’s three co-hosts alongside Canada and Mexico, will make $15million for reaching the round of 16 before an exit at the hands of Belgium, with 80 per cent of that to be split evenly between men’s and women’s national-team player pools, provided their women’s side qualifies for the Women’s World Cup next year in Brazil, after an agreement signed in 2022. England’s players donate the £2,000 fee they receive for each international appearance by the Football Association to charity.
The USMNT on the pitch after its defeat to Belgium in the round of 16 (David Ramos/Getty Images
FIFA, a non-profit organization, projected incoming revenue of more than $10billion (£7.5bn) from this first 48-team World Cup, meaning its prize fund equates to roughly 6.5 per cent of tournament turnover.
How does this compare to previous World Cups?
That increase in revenue will contribute to a projection of $13billion (£9.7bn) during FIFA’s four-year cycle including this tournament, rising from the figure for the prior four-year period, which included the 2022 finals, of $7.6bn (£5.7bn).
The prize for the winners is the only handout to see a notable increase from Qatar, where Argentina earned $42million (£31m), $8m (£6m) less than Sunday’s champions will receive.
The country finishing second this time will earn $3m (£2.2m) more than France did in 2022, with the money going to the teams in third and fourth places rising by $2m (£1.5m) each.
FIFA began publicising its prize money at the 1982 tournament, where Italy earned just $2.2million (£1.6m) for their triumph in Spain, with a total prize pot of $20m (£15m). The prize money total has risen at each World Cup since, and the sum going to this year’s winners is over 20 times more than Italy earned 44 years ago.
Besides the money, what else do the winners get?
The 26 players and the coaching staff of the team that wins the World Cup on Sunday will each receive a gold medal. Similarly, the runners-up will collect silver ones and the winners of Saturday’s third/fourth playoff bronze.
Medals were only awarded to the 11 players who featured in the final before 1978, with FIFA announcing in 2007 that 122 winning medals would retrospectively be given to squad players who missed out on places in the final starting XIs of winning nations from 1974 and beforehand.
Match officials for the final receive medals too, having been selected based on their tournament form and eligibility given the teams competing.
There will be individual prizes handed out after the final, for the tournament’s best player (Golden Ball) and best goalkeeper (Golden Glove), as voted for by FIFA-accredited media representatives.
The race for the Golden Boot, awarded to the competition’s top goalscorer, has been the best in modern times with the likes of Messi, Mbappe, Haaland, Bellingham and Harry Kane all in fine form.
Kylian Mbappe could not raise a smile after France’s World Cup final defeat in 2022 – despite winning the tournament’s Golden Boot (Stephen McCarthy – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
These awards do not come with any financial reward for the recipients — just the honour of writing their names into football history.
