FA Vase prize money
Winning the FA Vase final is worth £30,000. Winning a tie in the first qualifying round, where it starts, is worth £550. The whole run from there to the trophy is worth £47,875.
The FA sets the whole schedule before the competition starts, so every amount on this page is a fixed rate for 2026/27 rather than a share of what came in. There is no entry payment and no table to finish in: a club is paid for winning a tie, and in every round a smaller amount for losing one.
Winning it from the first qualifying round
ten ties, from August to Wembley in May
| ROUND | PAYS | RUNNING TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| Winning the first qualifying round | £550 | £550 |
| Winning the second qualifying round | £725 | £1,275 |
| Winning the first round proper | £825 | £2,100 |
| Winning the second round proper | £900 | £3,000 |
| Winning the third round proper | £1,125 | £4,125 |
| Winning the fourth round proper | £1,875 | £6,000 |
| Winning the fifth round proper | £2,250 | £8,250 |
| Winning the sixth round proper | £4,125 | £12,375 |
| Winning the semi-final | £5,500 | £17,875 |
| Winning the final | £30,000 | £47,875 |
The other roads through it
The qualifying rounds
two rounds from August
| ROUND | WINNERS | LOSERS |
|---|---|---|
| First qualifying round1st qualifying the smallest payment in the competition | £550 | £160 |
| Second qualifying round2nd qualifying | £725 | £225 |
The rounds proper
six rounds from October, then the semi-finals and Wembley
| ROUND | WINNERS | LOSERS |
|---|---|---|
| First round proper1st round | £825 | £250 |
| Second round proper2nd round | £900 | £275 |
| Third round proper3rd round | £1,125 | £350 |
| Fourth round proper4th round | £1,875 | £600 |
| Fifth round proper5th round | £2,250 | £725 |
| Sixth round proper6th round the last eight | £4,125 | £1,350 |
| Semi-finalSemi-final | £5,500 | £1,725 |
| FinalFinal played at Wembley, and more than five times what the semi-final pays | £30,000 | £15,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much do the winners of the FA Vase get?
£30,000 for winning the final, and £47,875 across every round on the way there for a club entering at the first qualifying round.
Does the FA Vase pay anything for losing?
Yes, in every round. Losing the final is worth £15,000 and losing a tie in the first qualifying round, where it starts, £160.
How does the FA Vase compare with league money?
It is a fraction of it. Southampton finished bottom of the Premier League in 2024/25 and still collected £109,200,000 in central payments, which is more than £47,875, the most any club can win in the FA Vase. A cup run is worth having, and it is not what pays for a squad.
Are these figures for 2026/27?
Yes. The FA sets the schedule before the competition starts, so every amount here is the rate in force for 2026/27 rather than what any club happened to collect.
Where to next
The rest of the money a club plays for
The other cup we hold a schedule for: DFB-Pokal prize money, FA Cup prize money, Carabao Cup prize money and FA Trophy prize money. In Europe, see Champions League prize money, Club World Cup 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, or Bundesliga prize money for a league that publishes its formula rather than its payments . 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 every league we track.