How is the prize money distributed at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup? Do teams receive money just for turning up?
Updated 08/07/2025 at 22:00 GMT+1
We are still in the early stages of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, but the tournament has already given football fans plenty of action to sink their teeth into. The 32 teams involved are battling it out for a massive prize pool. With that in mind, here is a breakdown of how the prize money is being distributed at this summer's FIFA Club World Cup.
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The FIFA Club World Cup is underway and fans have already been treated to some fascinating matches between the world's biggest sides.
The tournament is a rare opportunity to see clubs from different continents go head-to-head, and there is also a significant prize pool hanging in the balance.
With so much money on the line, we felt the time was right to take a closer look at how the prizes will be distributed between the clubs involved.
How much prize money is there at the Club World Cup?
The total prize money for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will be a mouth-watering £743 million, or $1 billion.
The prize money will be split between a sporting performance pillar and a participation pillar.
How much will each team receive in the performance pillar?
The prize money in the performance pillar will be distributed based on each team's performance in the tournament.
In the group stages, each club will receive £1.5m for a win and £800,000 for a draw.
The sides that make it to the last 16 will earn £5.8m, while the quarter-finalists will each receive £10.1m.
The semi-finalists will get an additional £16.2m, while the two finalists will add an extra £23.2m to their prize pool.
Finally, the winners of the Club World Cup will receive £30m in prize money.
How much will each team receive in the participation pillar?
Each club will also be financially rewarded for participating in the tournament.
However, the participation pillar will not be divided equally between the 32 teams involved in the competition.
Instead, the prize money will be handed out on the basis of what FIFA has described as a 'ranking based on sporting and commercial criteria'.
As a result, the highest-ranked European sides will each get £29.6m to participate in the competition, while the lowest-ranked will receive £9.9m.
The South American sides will receive just over £11m, while clubs from North America, Central America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean will each take home £7m.
Finally, the teams from Oceania will each receive £2.6m.
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