By beating England in the third-place playoff in the 2018 World Cup, Belgium have bagged $24 million (INR 1,643,920,800), according to FIFA’s prize money for this tournament.
The prize money of the third-placed team has increased by $4 million in comparison to the previous edition of FIFA World Cup 2014.
According to reports, FIFA has allocated record $791 million for prize money, payments to clubs and player insurance fee. A total of $400 million will be purely awarded to 32 national federations according to how they finish in the tournament where eventual FIFA World Cup 2018 winners will pocket $38 million (INR 2,602,874,600).
Meanwhile, the finalists will bag $28 million (INR 1,917,907,600).
On Saturday, Belgium beat England 2-0 in the World Cup third-place play-off on Saturday to secure their best-ever finish at a World Cup and send Gareth Southgate's side home with a second straight loss.
France will face Croatia in Sunday's final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
A fourth-minute goal from Thomas Meunier and an 82nd minute Eden Hazard strike earned Belgium the victory and the third-place, which improves on their previous best performance of a fourth-place finish in 1986.
England were on top for most of the second half but with captain Harry Kane looking tired, Belgium's greater sharpness in the final third proved decisive.
Meunier's goal came after Romelu Lukaku swung the ball out left to Nacer Chadli who burst down the wing and slipped the ball across the face of the goal and the midfielder confidently slotted past Jordan Pickford.
The goal means Belgium have had 10 different goalscorers at this World Cup -- equalling the record set by France in 1982 and Italy in 2006.
