Millionaire reward: UEFA will distribute $3.858 million to the teams that compete in European tournaments
The Champions League will distribute the largest prize pool, which will be $2.869 billion dollars
UEFA announced that this year it will distribute a million-dollar prize pool to the teams that compete in European tournaments, with the most benefited being those that compete in the UEFA Champions League, followed by those that compete in the UEFA Europa League, the Conference League and the Super Cup.
The 36 clubs that will play in the 2025-2026 Champions League phase will receive an allocation of $2.166 billion dollars, plus bonuses of $2.4 million for each win and $814 thousand dollars for each draw.
The distribution established by UEFA for the current season determines that the clubs that qualify for the round of 16 will receive $12.7 million dollars and those that play for a place in the knockout round will receive $1.1 million.
Access to the quarterfinals will mean $14.5 million for each team that achieves it and qualification for the semifinals will mean an additional $17.4 million.
Being a finalist at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on Saturday, May 30 will bring $21.5 million to the two clubs that achieve it and $1.1 million to the finalists. UEFA has also included a league stage qualification bonus, split equally, with an initial value of $320,000 for each side. The team with the lowest qualification will receive this amount, while the highest-ranked team will receive $11.5 million. UEFA has also allocated a total of $35 million for clubs that participated in the qualifying rounds, with a fixed $5 million for those eliminated. In short, the total amount to be distributed among the clubs in the Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, and Super Cup this season amounts to $3.858 billion. UEFA has also included a league stage qualification bonus, split equally, with an initial value of $320,000 for each side. The team with the lowest qualification will receive this amount, while the highest-ranked team will receive $11.5 million. UEFA has also allocated a total of $35 million for clubs that participated in the qualifying rounds, with a fixed $5 million for those eliminated. UEFA has also included a league stage qualification bonus, split equally, with an additional $3.858 million for those that are.