Chelsea or Manchester City could earn almost £100million in prize money if they win this summer’s Club World Cup.
FIFA announced details on Wednesday morning of how the total $1bn (£774.6m) of prize money will be split between the competing clubs.
This summer’s edition of the Club World Cup in the United States is the first to feature 32 teams, with the winners to take home £96.8m if they win all their games.
Chelsea and City are England’s two representatives at the tournament, having qualified as winners of the Champions League in 2021 and 2023, respectively. Also taking part this summer are the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as clubs from all six continental confederations.
The 32 competing clubs will share £406.7m in participation fees for taking part in the expanded tournament.
A ranking based on so-called “sporting and commercial criteria” will determine how those participation fees are split, with the 12 European clubs receiving fees staggered from £9.9m and £29.6m according to that criteria, as per agreement by the European Club Association (ECA).
Teams will play a maximum of seven matches at the tournament, which runs from June 14 to July 13.
A pot of £367.9m has been made available for performance-related prize money. Winning a group-stage game will be worth £1.5m, while the match prize for winning the final alone is £31m
