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Total Prize Money for the FIFA World Cup Winners (from 1982 to date)
Spain ‘82
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 20 million
Winning Team (Italy) – USD 2.2 million
Mexico ‘86
The total prize money fund is USD 26 million.
Argentina’s winning team received USD 2.8 million. The total prize money increased by 30% in this edition.
Italy ‘90
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 54 million
The winning team (Germany) received USD 3.5 million. The total prize money allotted in Italy rose 107 percent from the previous tournament.
USA ‘94
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 71 million
The winning team, Brazil got $4 million. The total prize money increased by 31% in the 1994 edition, which was held in the United States of America.
France ‘98
Total Prize Money – USD 103 million
France hosted and won the 1998 edition to clinch the $6 million winning prize. The total prize money on offer this time was increased by 45 percent, and the prize for the winners was increased by 50 percent.
Korea / Japan ‘02
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 156.6 million
Winning Team (Brazil) – USD 8 million. The total prize money at the World Cup increased by 52% in 2002, while the amount for the winning team increased by 33%.
Germany’ 06
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 266 million
Winning Team (Italy) – USD 20 million. The total prize money increased by 70% in the 2006 tournament in Germany, while the reward for the winning team increased by 150 percent.
South Africa 2010
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 420 million
The winner, Spain went home with $30 million. At the 2010 World Cup, total prize money increased by 58 percent, while the winner’s prize increased by 50 percent.
Brazil 2014
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 564 million
The German team that won this World Cup edition got $35 million. This edition saw a 34% increase in total prize money but only a 16% increase in money for the winning team.
Russia 2018
Total Prize Money – USD 791 million
France, the winning team, got $38 million. The previous World Cup saw a 40% increase in total prize money but only an 8% increase for the winning team.
Qatar 2022
Total Prize Money Fund – USD 1 billion
Winning Team gets $42 million and the Runners-Up -gets USD 30 million. The third-place team gets $27 million. There is a 26 percent in the total money allocated for this year’s world cup compared to 2018.
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