Club World Cup with FC Bayern and BVB
FIFA pays mega prize money of $ 1 billion
How extreme should it be? FIFA is organizing the new club World Cup in the USA in summer – and is now planning to pay out prize money at a dizzying amount. FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund should be happy. But it remains unclear how the mega event is financed.
The FIFA World Football Association will apparently distribute prize money of $ 1 billion to the clubs at the club World Cup in summer. This reported the AFP news agency after a meeting of the FIFA Council, citing a source familiar with the negotiations. So far, FIFA has given only a few information to finance the mega event in the USA, and sponsors were recently presented occasionally.
As the British newspaper “The Independent” reports, the funds estimated for participation should not be distributed evenly among the 32 clubs – but should be staggered after confederations. Several hundred million US dollars are paid dependent on the sporting performance, and a solidarity contribution for clubs is planned that do not take part in the tournament.
“All income from the tournament is distributed to the participating clubs and as solidarity contributions to club football all over the world. Not a single dollar remains at FIFA,” President Gianni Infantino was quoted in the association: “The FIFA reserves, which are intended for global football funding, remain untouched.”
More than twice as much as at World Cup in Qatar
The club World Cup will be held for the first time as a four-week mega event (June 14th to July 13th). Europe provides the biggest contingent with twelve teams, from the Bundesliga Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
Group A
Palmeiras (Brazil)
FC Porto (Portugal)
Al-Nahry (Egypt)
Inter Miami (USA)
Group B
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Botafogo (Brazil)
Seattle Sunders (USA)
Group C
Bayern Munich
Auckland City (New Zealand)
Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Benfica Lisbon (Portugal)
Group D
Cr flamengo (Brazil)
It tunis (Tunisia)
FC Chelsea (England)
Club Leon (Mexico)
Group E
River Plate (Argentina)
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
CF Monterrey (Mexico)
Inter Milan (Italy)
Group F
Fluminenense (Brazil)
Borussia Dortmund
Ulsan HD FC (South Korea)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Group G
Manchester City (England)
Wydad AC Casablanca (Morocco)
Al-In (United Arab Emirates)
Juventus Turin (Italy)
Group H
Real Madrid (Spain)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
CF Pachuca (Mexico)
RB Salzburg (Austria)
The global transmission rights to the 63 games had secured after a long search of the FIFA DAZN. The streaming provider transfers free of charge for all fans and pays the World Association for a billion US dollars (950 million euros). Most recently, DAZN had completed a deal with a department of the Saudi Arabian State Fund PIF.
For comparison: The prize money for the 2022 men's World Cup in Qatar was $ 440 million, which was $ 110 million for the 2023 women World Cup in New Zealand and Australia. The Champions League of the European Football Union (UEFA), which will be held in a new format with 36 clubs this season, releases a total of 2.47 billion euros.
