The curtain has fallen on the 2026 World Cup, in the largest edition in the tournament's history.
Spain was crowned with the 2026 World Cup title, at the expense of Argentina with a score of 1-0 in the match that was held yesterday, Sunday.
The largest World Cup tournament ever is also distinguished by the largest total prizes in the tournament's history.
A total amount of 655 million US dollars will be distributed to 48 teams, where the prize values range between 9 million and 50 million dollars, according to the progress of each team.
The Spanish national team won the largest prize in the tournament, 50 million dollars, as the world champion.
Total prizes of the 2026 World Cup
Champions: 50 million dollars
Spain
Runner-up: 33 million dollars
Argentina
Third place: 29 million dollars
England
Fourth place: 27 million dollars
France
Fifth to eighth places: 19 million dollars
Norway, Belgium, Morocco, Switzerland
Ninth to sixteenth places: 15 million dollars
Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, United States, Portugal, Canada, Egypt, Paraguay.
Seventeenth to thirty-second places: 11 million dollars
Netherlands, Germany, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Japan, Australia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ecuador, South Africa, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Algeria, Senegal, Cape Verde
Thirty-third to forty-eighth places: 9 million dollars
Iran, South Korea, Turkey, Scotland, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Qatar, Curaçao, Panama, Jordan, Haiti, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Iraq
Each of the 48 teams also received 1.5 million dollars to cover preparation costs before the start of the tournament.
It is worth noting that the Egyptian national team had exited the 2026 World Cup tournament in the round of 16 against Argentina.
