Club World Cup prize money
FIFA pays £752m to the 32 clubs in the Club World Cup. £395m of it goes on participation alone, a group win is worth £1,503,759, and a club that wins the whole thing collects £94.6m.
Unlike a league, FIFA publishes the whole schedule before a ball is kicked, and every amount on this page is a fixed rate rather than a share of what came in. The one part that is not the same for everyone is participation, which is set by the confederation a club comes from: the twelve European clubs took £230m of it between them, and the one club from Oceania took £2.7m.
What winning it pays
Every payment on the way to the trophy, and the running total
| STAGE | PAYS | RUNNING TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| The largest European participation payment | £28,714,286£28.7m | £28,714,286£28.7m |
| Winning all 3 group matches | £4,511,277£4.5m | £33,225,563£33.2m |
| Reaching the round of 16 | £5,639,098£5.6m | £38,864,661£38.9m |
| Reaching the quarter-finals | £9,868,421£9.9m | £48,733,082£48.7m |
| Reaching the semi-finals | £15,789,474£15.8m | £64,522,556£64.5m |
| Winning it | £30,075,188£30.1m | £94,597,744£94.6m |
This is the schedule at its maximum: the largest participation payment FIFA made, three group wins, then four knockout ties won one after another. A club from any other confederation collects exactly the same money for the same results and a smaller participation payment.
Who collected it
Which clubs were paid for each round they reached
- Reaching the round of 16 £5,639,098 each
Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Fluminense, Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Palmeiras, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Botafogo, Benfica, Inter Miami, Flamengo, Juventus, Monterrey, Manchester City, Inter Milan
- Reaching the quarter-finals £9,868,421 each
Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Fluminense, Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Palmeiras, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund
- Reaching the semi-finals £15,789,474 each
Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Fluminense, Real Madrid
- Finishing runner-up £22,556,391
Paris Saint-Germain
- Winning it £30,075,188
Chelsea
The first three of these stack. A club that reached the semi-finals was paid for the round of 16 and the quarter-finals as well, and took all three. The last two do not: the winners’ amount is paid instead of the runner-up’s rather than on top of it. The group stage is not in this list because it pays per result rather than per round, so what a club took out of it turns on its three matches rather than on getting through them.
Getting there
paid for being in it, at a rate set by where a club comes from
| PAYMENT | PER CLUB | TOTAL POOL |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, across the 12 clubs what the graded European payments came to between them | £19,172,932£19.2m average | £230,075,188£230.1m |
| The best paid European club the top of the graded European payments, and part of the pool above rather than on top of it | £28,714,286£28.7m | |
| The lowest paid European club the bottom of the same grading, and part of the same pool | £9,631,579£9.6m | |
| South America the same figure for all six CONMEBOL clubs | £11,436,090£11.4m each | £68,616,541£68.6m |
| North and Central America four qualifiers and the host club | £7,180,451£7.2m each | £35,902,256£35.9m |
| Asia | £7,180,451£7.2m each | £28,721,805£28.7m |
| Africa | £7,180,451£7.2m each | £28,721,805£28.7m |
| Oceania one club, and the smallest participation payment in the tournament | £2,691,729£2.7m | £2,691,729£2.7m |
The group stage
paid per match, and a draw costs the same as a win
| PAYMENT | PER CLUB | TOTAL POOL |
|---|---|---|
| Winning a group match every one of the 48 group matches pays this out, whichever way it goes | £1,503,759£1.5m per win | £72,180,451£72.2m |
| Drawing a group match paid to both clubs, so a draw costs the same pot as a win | £751,880£752k per draw |
The knockout rounds
paid for each round reached, and again for the round after it
| PAYMENT | PER CLUB | TOTAL POOL |
|---|---|---|
| Reaching the round of 16 | £5,639,098£5.6m each | £90,225,564£90.2m |
| Reaching the quarter-finals | £9,868,421£9.9m each | £78,947,368£78.9m |
| Reaching the semi-finals | £15,789,474£15.8m each | £63,157,895£63.2m |
| Finishing runner-up the losing finalist; reaching the final is not a payment of its own | £22,556,391£22.6m | £22,556,391£22.6m |
| Winning it instead of the runner-up amount rather than on top of it | £30,075,188£30.1m | £30,075,188£30.1m |
Where the money is cut
The two parts FIFA splits the competition into
Both parts are on this page in full, because both are published as rates a club can look up. The participation money was set per confederation before the draw and the performance money is paid per result, so what any club collected can be read off this page from its own route through the tournament.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Club World Cup pay?
£751,879,699 across the 32 clubs that played in it. £394,736,842 of that is participation money, paid at a rate set by the confederation a club came from and settled before the draw. The other £357,142,857 is won on the pitch: £1,503,759 a group win, £751,880 a draw, and a payment for every knockout round a club reaches.
How much does the Club World Cup winner get?
£94,597,744 at the very top of the schedule: the best paid European club, winning all three of its group matches and then all four knockout ties. That is £28,714,286 for taking part, £4,511,277 for the three wins and £61,372,181 for the four rounds from the round of 16 to lifting the trophy. A club from any other confederation wins exactly the same money on the pitch and a smaller participation payment.
Why were the European clubs paid more?
Participation money is set by confederation, before anything is played. FIFA paid the twelve European clubs £230,075,188 between them, and graded it club by club: the best paid took £28,714,286 and the lowest paid £9,631,579. The six South American clubs took £11,436,090 each, the clubs from Asia, Africa and North America £7,180,451 each, and the one club from Oceania £2,691,729. None of it moves with results.
Does finishing top of the group pay more?
No. FIFA pays £1,503,759 for a group win and £751,880 for a draw, and nothing at all for where a club finishes in its group. Winning all three is worth £4,511,277, and the £5,639,098 for reaching the round of 16 is the same whether a club went through first or second.
Does a club keep this on top of its league prize money?
Yes. This is what FIFA pays for playing in the Club World Cup, and it is separate from the central payments a club receives from its own league for finishing where it finished at home. A club in the Club World Cup collects both.
How are these figures set?
FIFA fixes the whole schedule of payments to participating clubs before the competition starts, so each amount is a rate a club plays for rather than a share worked out afterwards. They are set in US dollars and are shown here in pounds.
Where to next
The rest of the money a club plays for
Every other competition we hold a published schedule for: Champions League prize money, Europa League prize money and Conference League prize money. For what a club is paid at home, see Premier League prize money, La Liga prize money and La Liga 2 prize money. For a league that publishes its formula rather than its payments, see Bundesliga prize money. For the knockout cups, see DFB-Pokal prize money, FA Cup prize money, Carabao Cup prize money, FA Trophy prize money and FA Vase prize money. For what a relegated club is paid after it leaves, see Championship parachute payments. Where a league publishes the shares and not the payments, see Serie A prize money. Where a competition pays for where a team finished rather than for every round it won, see World Cup prize money, Women's World Cup prize money, Copa América prize money, Africa Cup of Nations prize money, CAF Champions League prize money and CAF Confederation Cup prize money. Or look at how long each club's wage bill is tied down, or every league we track.