Club World Cup becomes a rich tournament, total prize up to 1 billion USD
Los Angeles FC became the final representative of the 32 clubs to compete in the Club World Cup, replacing Club Leon (also from Mexico), which was disqualified for violating FIFA's "multiple owners" rule. To qualify, Los Angeles FC won the play-off against Club America 2-1 in extra time, thanks to a decisive goal scored by striker Denis Bouanga in the 115th minute on June 1.
Club World Cup has 32 participating clubs, prize up to 1 billion USD
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This match is valued at up to 260 billion VND (nearly 10 million USD), the amount awarded by FIFA to the team that qualifies to participate in the Club World Cup from the CONCACAF region (North, Central America and the Caribbean), in the total prize money of the tournament up to a record 1 billion USD (about 26,022 billion VND).
Accordingly, FIFA announced the total prize of Club World Cup up to 1 billion USD at the end of March, divided into 2 parts. Of which, the largest part is 525 million USD will be divided among all participating clubs. And the remaining 475 million USD will be divided based on competition performance.
Clubs from Europe and South America receive more because of their achievements and reputation. European teams receive a low of $12.81 million and a high of $38.19 million. Clubs from South America also receive about $15.21 million.
Meanwhile, clubs in the CONCACAF, CAF (Africa) and AFC (Asia) regions will receive nearly 10 million USD. The clubs in the lowest region are Oceania (OFC), about 3.58 million USD.
The rest is distributed by FIFA based on the performance in the Club World Cup, which is fair for all clubs. In the group stage, each win gets $2 million, a draw is $1 million. Round of 16 gets $7.5 million. Quarter-finals get $13.125 million. Semi-finals are $21 million. Finals get $30 million. The champion team gets $40 million.
PSG won the Champions League, if they continue to win the Club World Cup, they will have a year of bumper bonuses
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According to calculations by Spanish newspaper AS , if a European club participates like the top candidates including Real Madrid, Man City, Chelsea, Bayern Munich or PSG and goes straight to the championship with a perfect record, they can earn a record amount of up to 125 million USD.
PSG, who just won the Champions League, earned more than $100 million based on their performance. If they continue to win the Club World Cup, it will be a profitable year for the rich French team.
Messi, Suarez join Lloris and Giroud at Club World Cup, Ronaldo unknown
Meanwhile, the last-minute entry of Los Angeles FC has given the United States three representatives at the Club World Cup.
Striker Giroud (in black shirt) in the match where Los Angeles FC won 2-1 against Club America on June 1.
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Among them, Inter Miami with famous players Messi and Suarez is the host representative (champion of MLS Supporters' Shield 2024). Seattle Sounders FC is the champion of CONCACAF Champions Cup 2022. Meanwhile, Los Angeles FC with 2 World Cup champions 2018 and runner-up 2022 of the French team, veteran goalkeeper Lloris and striker Giroud, participated through the play-off.
The presence of these top players in American football teams promises to create great attraction for the Club World Cup. Unfortunately, the possibility of Ronaldo participating in this tournament is still unclear.
Ronaldo is set to re-sign with Al Nassr, but will have to make a decision soon, as he could also opt to join rivals Al Hilal for the Club World Cup on a one-month loan deal.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/club-world-cup-da-du-32-clb-tham-du-giai-dau-1-ti-usd-sap-khoi-tranh-185250602131107354.htm
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