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Namibia: Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money – Sport

Namibia: Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket  million in prize money – Sport

Africa Links 24 with AFP
Published on 2025-12-17 21:07:01

The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive $50 million in prize money as part of a record financial contribution for the tournament from FIFA, world football’s governing body announced on Wednesday.

The total World Cup prize fund of $655 million (558.5 million euros) represents an increase of almost 50 percent from the $440 million distributed to teams taking part in the last tournament in Qatar in 2022.

However, next year’s World Cup — to be held in the United States,…

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