The Club World Cup is over, so who earned what?
FIFA’s revamped Club World Cup had $1bn in prize money. As expected, it was a big financial windfall for a number of European teams, with winners Chelsea leading the way.
The Premier League side topped the earnings table after lifting what was essentially an enormous oddly-shaped gold coin. They banked a total of $114.6m.
The tournament, which featured 32 clubs and stretched from 14 June to 13 July, concluded with London Blue winning 3-0 against Paris Saint-Germain in the final.
Both clubs had already secured $30m by reaching the final, with Chelsea earning an extra $10m for the win. Additional revenue from earlier rounds and commercial bonuses brought their total up to the nearly $115m prize in question.
PSG finished just behind Chelsea with $106.9m in total earnings, making them the only other side in the competition to cross the $100m threshold.
Real Madrid, who were eliminated in the semi-finals, received $82.5m, while Brazil’s Fluminense ended as the highest-earning non-European club, taking $60.8m back to South America.
In total, 12 European clubs shared over $620m of the $1bn distributed. German sides Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund earned $58.2m and $52.3m respectively.
Manchester City who exited the competition in the round of 16 were seventh place in the earnings table, pocketing $51.7m for their troubles.
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami made $21.1m. The lowest earners among the teams who participated were New Zealand side Auckland City, who earned $4.6m.
