REVEALED: AFCON prize money for winners, runner-ups, others (2024)

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REVEALED: AFCON prize money for winners, runner-ups, others? ›

The Confederation of African Football

The champion of AFCON 2024 will pocket a whopping R120. 4 million Rand (ZAR), a significant increase from the R86 million awarded in 2021. This translates to approximately €5.9 million or US$6.34 million, a substantial sum for both individual players and national football associations.

This means that winners Ivory Coast get $7m, runners-up Nigeria get $4m, semi-finalist South Africa and DR Congo each get $2.5m, while the four teams who made the quarter-finals take home $1.3m each.

Both the T20 World Cup winners and runner-up will receive a huge sum as prize money. The winning team will take home $2.45 million, while the runner-up will receive $1.28 million.

The Winner of the AFCON in Côte d'Ivoire 2023 will receive approximately 1 billion Kenya shillings. The Runner-up will now get 630 million shillings. Each of the two Semi-finalists will receive 394 million shillings and each of the four Quarter-finalists 204 million shillings.

More prize funds in AFCON's coffers

The winners are due to receive $7 million, with the runners-up getting $4 million. Each of the two semifinalists are to receive $2.5 million and the four quarterfinalists take $1.3 million each.

According to estimates, the AFCON trophy is worth around $138,442 (Ksh22,219,941), making it one of the most expensive in the world of football although the likes of FIFA World Cup trophy ($20 million), FA Cup ($1 million) and Ballon d'Or trophy ($600,000) dwarfs it.

The Champions League winners will receive $4 million in prize money, while the runners-up will get $2 million from CAF. What is the history of the two clubs winning this title? Espérance have won the Champions League 4 times, most recently in 2019 when they won back-to-back titles.

Is the AFCON trophy made of gold? ›

AFCON TROPHY ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN WORLD FOOTBALL. The current trophy was introduced in 2001 after the "African Unity Trophy" had been permanently awarded to Cameroon who had won it 3 times. The current trophy is a gold-plated cup designed and made in Italy.

The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main quadrennial international men's association football competition in Africa.

The president of the South African Football Association (SAFA), Danny Jordaan, revealed that Bafana Bafana players will get R7-million if they win the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

The Champions League winners will receive $4 million in prize money, while the runners-up will get $2 million from CAF. What is the history of the two clubs winning this title? Espérance have won the Champions League 4 times, most recently in 2019 when they won back-to-back titles.

The winner of AFCON 2023 will take home $7 million for lifting the trophy. The runners-up will pocket $4 million. The two losing semi-finalists (two teams) will each receive $2.5 million. Further down the ranks, the losing quarter-finalists (four teams) will each receive $1.3 million.

The total prize pot for the competition is set at $14.8 million, with the winners in line to net $5 million, which is almost one-third share. In addition to the purse prize for the winners, the runners-up will receive $3 million, with the two losing semi-finalists set to pocket $1 million each.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced a 40% increase in the prize money for the winner of the AFCON 2023, from $5 million to $7 million. The runner-up will receive $4 million, while the losing semifinalists will get $2.5 million each.