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Lionel Messi's Argentina received Rs 344 crore for winning World Cup 2022, the most in the history of the competition. Check past winners' prize money
Lionel Messi-led Argentina prevailed 4-2 over France on penalties to claim the FIFA World Cup 2022 title, after playing out a scintillating 3-3 draw in the summit clash on Sunday, December 18 at Lusail. Messi scored twice in the final to help his side past the defending champions as they received staggering prize money for winning the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Argentina will fly back home with prize money of $42 million, which is approximately equal to Rs 344 crore. It is the highest-ever prize money awarded in FIFA World Cup history.
When France won the World Cup back in Russia in 2018, they earned prize money of $38 million, $4 million less than the recently concluded edition of the World Cup.
According to a report in The Athletic, FIFA has started revealing how much prize money the winners of World Cup received since 1982.
In the 1982 World Cup, winners Italy raked in prize money of $2.2 million, and the sum has only increased ever since.
Here's how much prize money the past 11 FIFA World Cup winners received:
1982 World Cup champion: Italy – $2.2 million
1986: Argentina – $2.8 million
1990: West Germany – $3.5 million
1994: Brazil – $4 million
1998: France – $6 million
2002: Brazil – $8 million
2006: Italy – $20 million
2010: Spain – $30 million
2014: Germany – $35 million
2018: France – $ 38 million
2022: Argentina – $42 million
Apart from the prize money received as the winning team of FIFA World Cup 2022, Argentina and every other participating team in Qatar received a sum of $1.5 million as part of preparation costs for the tournament.
All the teams also received prize money according to their final position at the World Cup.
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