Club World Cup: £ 97 million in cash prizes available for Man City and Chelsea
Manchester City and Chelsea could earn up to £ 97 million in cash prizes from this year’s club world cup.
The General Prizes Fund, shared among all 32 teams based on several factors, will be £ 775 million, with £ 407 million divided among all the participating clubs and £ 368 million assigned on a basis relating to performance.
The money assigned for participation is weighted by a ranking based on sports and commercial criteria, which means that European clubs will earn more for taking part in the teams of other continents.
The high -level European team will receive £ 29.6 million only for participation – and would ensure the maximum available prize to win all their games of the group stage and then continue to win the tournament.
Consequently, Manchester City and Chelsea, the two teams of the Premier League of the competition that qualified thanks to the recent Champions League victories, could earn £ 97 million, the largest cash prize ever assigned in club football for a format of seven games.
The club’s extensive world cup will take place in the United States from 15 June to 13 July.
Previously an annual tournament contested by seven teams, now it will present 32 clubs and take place once every four years.
“The distribution model of the FIFA Club World Cup reflects the pinnacle of the club’s football,” said the president of Fifa Gianni Infantino.
The teams of each of the six international football confederations will participate: Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF), Nord and Centrale (Concacaf), South America (Conmebol), Oceania (Ofc) and Europe (UEFA).
There are 12 places available for the European teams – the highest number of one of the confederations – and are decided by the performances of the Champions League of clubs in the last four seasons.
Only two clubs per country can qualify, so the 2022 finalists of the Champions League Liverpool are not included, but they are the winners of 2021 Chelsea and 2023 winners of the city.
Other European teams qualified through an UEFA classification system determined by club performance in the four seasons.
