FIFA Unveils Unprecedented World Cup 2026 Prize Pool: Every Team Starts With 1.5M

Global Prize Pool for World Cup 2026

How much will every team take home at the 2026 World Cup?

The FIFA organization officially announced the total prize money for the World Cup 2026, which will be held with 48 teams for the first time, a edition that is the largest financially in the history of the tournament.

According to the official release, each participating team will receive an initial 1.5 million dollars simply for taking part, with additional rewards linked to final results and the positions achieved during the tournament.

At the top of the prize scale, the champion will receive 50 million dollars, while the runner-up earns 33 million dollars.

The third-placed side will collect 29 million dollars, and fourth place 27 million dollars.

Teams finishing from fifth to eighth will earn 19 million dollars each, while those from ninth to sixteenth receive 15 million dollars.

From seventeenth to thirty-second places, each team will receive 11 million dollars.

And those finishing from thirty-third to forty-eighth will be awarded 9 million dollars each.

In total, the World Cup 2026 prize money pool reaches 727 million dollars, a figure never before seen in the history of the tournament.

Punchline 1: If your team wins a million, consider it an early Christmas present from the football gods—free parking included for the trophy’s flight home.

Punchline 2: And if you think inflation is bad, wait until the trophy starts asking for a salary increase from the confederations. The ball never stops bouncing on bills!