The World Cup champions will earn US$42 million in prize money for their football federation.
The losing team in Sunday’s final between France and Argentina will get US$30 million from a FIFA prize fund of US$440 million.
When France won the World Cup in 2018, the country’s federation got US$38 million from FIFA’s US$400 million prize fund.
Not all the money goes to players, but they are expected to get a good chunk of it. France players such as Kylian Mbappé are in line to be paid a bonus of 554,000 euros (US$586,000) by their federation for winning the final, French sports daily L’Equipe reported.
FIFA’s total revenue for the past four years was US$7.5 billion, with most from broadcast and sponsorship deals, plus ticket and hospitality sales. — AP
