Arya News - The 2026 World Cup concludes Sunday with Spain and defending champion Argentina playing for the trophy — and the tournament’s largest payout.
The 2026 World Cup concludes Sunday with Spain and defending champion Argentina playing for the trophy — and the tournament’s largest payout.
The winner of the final will receive $50 million in prize money, while the runner-up will earn $33 million.
As FIFA announced in December, the largest World Cup ever also features the largest prize pool in tournament history. A total of $655 million will be shared among the 48 teams, with payouts ranging from $9 million to $50 million depending on how far each nation advanced.
England secured $29 million by beating France 6-4 in Saturday’s third-place match , while France will receive $27 million for finishing fourth.
The U.S. men earned $16 million for reaching the Round of 16. That prize money is split with the U.S. women"s team as per the collective bargaining agreements between U.S. Soccer and both teams in 2022 .
The CBAs state that 80% of the money is split between the men"s and women"s players ($246,153.85 per player) who make the World Cup rosters (the women still have to qualify for the 2027 Women"s World Cup). The remaining 20% goes to U.S. Soccer.
Here"s the breakdown of how much money each of the 48 teams that took part in the 2026 World Cup will take home.
World Cup 2026 prize pool
Champions : $50 million
Spain/Argentina
Runners-up : $33 million
Spain/Argentina
3rd place : $29 million
France/England
4th place : $27 million
France/England
5th-8th place : $19 million
Norway , Belgium , Morocco , Switzerland
9th-16th place : $15 million
Mexico , Colombia , Brazil , United States, Portugal , Canada , Egypt , Paraguay
17th- 32nd place : $11 million
Netherlands , Germany , Côte d"Ivoire, Croatia , Japan , Australia , DR Congo, Ghana , Ecuador , South Africa , Sweden , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Algeria , Senegal , Cabo Verde
33rd-48th place : $9 million
Iran , South Korea , Türkiye, Scotland , Uruguay , Saudi Arabia , Czechia, New Zealand , Qatar , Curaçao , Panama , Jordan , Haiti , Uzbekistan , Tunisia , Iraq
Each of the 48 teams also received $1.5 million for preparation costs ahead of the start of the tournament.
In 2022, World Cup winners Argentina received $42 million after defeating France. Four years earlier, France earned $38 million after winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Since FIFA began making the amount of prize money handed out public, the total amount given to the winners has grown from $2.2 million to Italy at the 1982 World Cup to the $50 million for the 2026 champions.