How Much Money Spain Got For Winning WC? Rs 500 Crore?
As we had been extensively reporting, the final game of the FIFA World Cup was held in the United States last night, and it was a big clash between Spain and Argentina.
As we had been extensively reporting, the final game of the FIFA World Cup was held in the United States last night, and it was a big clash between Spain and Argentina. Spain was the third favourite to win the World Cup and they lived up to the reputation by winning the game.
Coming to the financial side of things, Spain is being richly rewarded for their efforts and winning the FIFA World Cup profit this year as they have been given a significant prize money of ₹481 crore.The total prize money for the FIFA World Cup 2026 happens to be around ₹6300 crore and it is interesting to note that the winner of the trophy is getting less than 10% of the same.
But nevertheless, Spain would be super happy with the fact that they have managed to win the World Cup for the second time in their history. They were able to beat Argentina, which was led by the greatest player in the history of football, Lionel Messi.
On the other hand, we have Argentina, which will conclude the tournament in the second position and they are going to receive ₹317 crore. The second place team is also receiving a significant financial compensation from FIFA and this is a standard practice as well.
There is no deviating the factor that the FIFA World Cup is the biggest sport event in the world and that is reflecting in the revenue and also the massive crowd turn out for the game last night.In fact, United States president, Donald Trump arrived at the stadium before the start of the game and stayed till the closing ceremony. Now this will mark the end of the FIFA World Cup tournament, which was heavily entertaining for the last one month.