2025 Club World Cup prize money explained: How much will each team earn this summer? | OneFootball

An eye-watering $1billion will be on offer to clubs at this summer’s Fifa Club World Cup.

Cynics may see this as an attempt by Fifa to add some gloss to a tournament many don’t have the appetite for. A club tournament after the end of the domestic season has never really the most exciting prospect in European circles.

But how about in excess of $100m for the winner? Now you have at least piqued the interest of the clubs involved.

The likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain will join clubs from around the globe looking to win the revamped Club World Cup, along with that massive prize fund.

But how exactly is the money distributed?

2025 Club World Cup prize money

“The distribution model of the FIFA Club World Cup reflects the pinnacle of club football and represents the biggest-ever prize money for a football tournament comprising a seven-match group stage and playoff format with a potential payout of USD 125 million foreseen for the winners,” Fifa President Gianni Infantino said in March.

“In addition to the prize money for the participating teams, there is an unprecedented solidarity investment programme where we have a target of an additional 250 million dollars being provided to club football across the world. This solidarity will undoubtedly provide a significant boost in our ongoing efforts in making football truly global.

“Not only that, but Fifa will neither retain any funding for this tournament, as all revenues will be distributed to club football, nor will it touch Fifa’s reserves, which are set aside for global football development through the 211 Fifa Member Associations.”

Here’s how the money for sporting performance is distributed, from a prize pool of $475m:

Teams also receive money from a $525m pot simply for participating. This distribution is broken down as:

*Determined by a ranking based on sporting and commercial criteria

So, for example, if a European team were to win all three of their group stage games en route to lifting the trophy, they’d be entitled to a minimum of $100.43m. Or a maximum of $125.815m. For English teams, that works out to between £75.04m and £94.01m on current exchange rates.