Africa Cup of Nations prize money
CAF pays £24.1m to the 24 teams at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and all of it is settled by how far a team gets: £5,263,158 for winning it, £375,940 for finishing bottom of their group.
A team is paid once, for where it finished. The band is the whole of it rather than a step on the way to it, so a team beaten in the quarter-finals collects £977,444 and not that plus every band below it.
What each finishing place pays
The seven bands the 24 teams are divided into
| FINISHING PLACE | TEAMS | EACH | THE BAND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning it | 1 | £5,263,158£5.3m | £5,263,158£5.3m |
| Runners-up | 1 | £3,007,519£3.0m | £3,007,519£3.0m |
| 3rd and 4th | 2 | £1,879,699£1.9m | £3,759,398£3.8m |
| 5th to 8th | 4 | £977,444 | £3,909,776£3.9m |
| 9th to 16th | 8 | £601,504 | £4,812,032£4.8m |
| 17th and 18th | 2 | £526,316 | £1,052,632£1.1m |
| 19th to 24th | 6 | £375,940 | £2,255,640£2.3m |
| Played for on the pitch | 24 | - | £24,060,155£24.1m |
What each band pays out between its teams
How far each band got
Winning it pays 14.0 times what the bottom band pays. Inside a band nothing separates one team from another: the 6 teams finishing bottom of their group are paid the same £375,940 however their three matches went.
Who collected it
Where all 24 teams finished, and the band that paid them
| TEAM | BAND | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | Winning it | £5,263,158£5.3m |
| Nigeria | Runners-up | £3,007,519£3.0m |
| DR Congo | 3rd and 4th | £1,879,699£1.9m |
| South Africa | 3rd and 4th | £1,879,699£1.9m |
| Angola | 5th to 8th | £977,444 |
| Cape Verde | 5th to 8th | £977,444 |
| Guinea | 5th to 8th | £977,444 |
| Mali | 5th to 8th | £977,444 |
| Burkina Faso | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Cameroon | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Egypt | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Mauritania | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Morocco | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Namibia | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Senegal | 9th to 16th | £601,504 |
| Ghana | 17th and 18th | £526,316 |
| Zambia | 17th and 18th | £526,316 |
| Algeria | 19th to 24th | £375,940 |
| Gambia | 19th to 24th | £375,940 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 19th to 24th | £375,940 |
| Mozambique | 19th to 24th | £375,940 |
| Tanzania | 19th to 24th | £375,940 |
| Tunisia | 19th to 24th | £375,940 |
The band is the whole of it. Ivory Coast are paid £5,263,158 for winning it rather than that on top of every band below, which is what makes the seven bands add up to the £24,060,155 played for.
The most and the least a team leaves with
From the champions down to the bottom band
Frequently asked questions
How much do the Africa Cup of Nations winners get?
£5,263,158, and it is the whole of what the champions are paid: there is no separate payment for each round on the way to it.
Who won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and what were they paid?
Ivory Coast, who were paid £5,263,158 for winning it. Nigeria were beaten in the final, a place that paid £3,007,519.
What is the Africa Cup of Nations prize money in total?
£24,060,155 across the 24 teams, all of it split into seven bands by finishing place. There is no separate payment for taking part: the least any team collects is the bottom band.
How much does a team get for reaching the Africa Cup of Nations?
£375,940, and no team at the tournament collects less. It is the bottom band, which covers the 6 teams finishing bottom of their group.
Does Africa Cup of Nations prize money add up round by round?
No. A team is paid once, for where it finished, and the band is the whole of it. A team beaten in the quarter-finals collects £977,444 and not that plus every band under it. It is the opposite of the Champions League, where a club is paid again for each round it reaches.
How much do the losing Africa Cup of Nations finalists get?
£3,007,519. The two beaten semi-finalists are paid £1,879,699 each, the same whichever of them wins the third-place play-off.
Where to next
The rest of the money in the game
Where a competition pays again at every round rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, Club World Cup prize money, Europa League prize money and Conference League prize money. The domestic cups work the same way: DFB-Pokal prize money, FA Cup prize money, Carabao Cup prize money, FA Trophy prize money and FA Vase prize money. For what a league pays its clubs across a season, see Premier League prize money, La Liga prize money and La Liga 2 prize money, and for a league that publishes a percentage against every finishing position, Bundesliga prize money. Where a league publishes the shares and not the payments, see Serie A prize money. For what a relegated club is paid after it leaves, see Championship parachute payments. For another competition that pays by finishing place, see World Cup prize money, Women's World Cup prize money, Copa América prize money, CAF Champions League prize money and CAF Confederation Cup prize money.