Four decades ago, on July 11, 1982, to be exact, the world paid its respects to Rossi, Tardelli, Altobelli, Zoff and other greats from Enzo Bearzot’s team, and FIFA “presented” the then champion of the planet with a check of 2,200,000 dollars, while all the participants of the World Cup cup in Spain collectively earned 20,000,000 from the world house of football.It was a huge amount of money at the time, especially since FIFA had a prize fund at the World Cup for the first time in history. But, from today’s perspective, compared to as much as one billion dollars, which will be earned by the national teams participating in the World Cup and the clubs whose footballers will play in Qatar, and the huge insurance, it looks like “pocket change”.As announced, the world champion will receive 42,000,000 dollars in addition to the ‘Goddess’ trophy, the second finalist 12,000,000 less. The third-place team gets a check for $27,000,000, and the fourth-place team gets $25,000,000. Teams that are eliminated in the quarterfinals will receive 17,000,000 dollars each, and those defeated in the round of 16 will receive 13,000,000 dollars. The teams that do not pass the group stage will be richer by 9,000,000 dollars each.##NAJAVA_MECA_6824792##And that’s not all, because each of the 32 participants will receive a compensation of $1,500,000.The clubs will also support the national teams in which their players play. According to the contract with FIFA, one day of football players at the World Cup will cost the world house of football 10,000 dollars, that is, 1,470 more than it was in Russia in 2018, when, for example, Manchester City charged about 5,000,000 for the playing of its stars, Real Madrid 4,800,000, Tottenham 4,300,000, Barcelona 4,100,000, PSG 3,900,000, Chelsea 3,800,000, Manchester United 3,700,000, Atletico Madrid 3,100,000, Juventus 3,000,000…It is interesting that the payments will go to all the clubs for which the footballer played in the two years before the World Cup.In order for the clubs to be sure that possible injuries will not have far-reaching material consequences for them, FIFA had to pay substantial insurance for 832 football players whose total value was estimated by the famous company Lloyd at 3,600,000,000 dollars.Where did FIFA get so much money from? Well, the four-year cycle brought them about $3,500,000 from TV and media rights sales, $2,400,000,000 from sponsorships and other commercial activities, another $1,100,000,000 from ticket sales and hospitality packages, $890,000,000 from licensing fees. All together, FIFA earned 7,890,000,000 from 2018 to 2022.No doubt big money will be spent by FIFA, but even that is small compared to what Qatar has invested in the World Cup. Allegedly, we are talking about as much as 220,000,000,000 dollars.##NAJAVA_MECA_6824770##PRIZE FUND AND INSURANCE AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS1982 Spain, 20,000,000 – 2,200,0001986 Mexico, 26,000,000 – 2,800,0001990 Italy, 54,000,000 – 3,500,0001994 USA, 71,000,000 – 4,000,0001998 France, 103,000,000 – 6,000,0002002 Korea and Japan, 156,500,000 – 8,000,0002006 Germany, 266,000,000 – 20,000,0002010 South Africa, 420,000,000 – 30,000,0002014 Brazil, 576,000,000 – 35,000,0002018 Russia, 791,000,000 – 38,000,0002022 Qatar, 1,000,000,000 – 42,000,000* year and organizer of the World Cup, FIFA expenses, prize money for the winner##NAJAVA_MECA_6824814##MONEY INVESTED BY THE ORGANIZERS OF THE WORLD CUP2022 Qatar 220,000,000,0002018 Russia 14,200,000,0002014 Brazil 11,600,000,0002010 South Africa 3,600,000,0002006 Germany 4,600,000,0002002 Korea and Japan 7,000,000,0001998 France 2,330,000,0001994 USA 500,000,0001990 Italy 4,000,000,000* year, host, sums are in dollars
