The upcoming Qatar World Cup is said to be the most expensive World Cup in history. According to reports, Qatar has invested a record-breaking $229 billion this time around, with stadiums, airports, hotels, shopping malls, subways and highways all costing money, and the prize money distribution for this year's tournament will also be the highest in history, with a total of $440 million, and the winner will receive $42 million.
The information shows that the cost of hosting the World Cup has been increasing, and comparing the figures for the last seven editions, the 1994 U.S. World Cup was $500 million, the 1998 French World Cup increased to $2.3 billion, the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup and the two countries totaled $7 billion, the 2006 German World Cup was $4.3 billion, the 2010 South African World Cup fell back to $3.6 billion, and the 2014 Brazilian World Cup increased sharply to $15 billion, Russia 2018
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The WC was $11.6 billion.
This year's World Cup in Qatar will cost as much as $229 billion, as much as Russia's
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The 19 times of the World Cup is far more than the total of many tournaments, which is quite exaggerated, showing that the organizers are financially strong.
In contrast, this year's World Cup prize money has not seen a significant increase, only an increase of 10%, this year's total prize money of $ 440 million, $ 40 million more than the previous year, but it is already the highest ever, the prize money distribution is as follows:
Winner. $42 million.
Runner-up $30 million
Third place $27 million
Runner-up $25 million
5 to 8 $17 million
9 to 16 $13 million
Divisional round $9 million
In addition, each shortlisted team will receive $1.5 million for preparation, and player awards are based on a daily rate of $10,000 per day, with a maximum of $370,000 depending on the number of days they stay in Qatar.
