2026 FIFA World Cup winner to take home 50m dollars

By: Bernard Nyankomago Kwasi

The ultimate winner of the much touted 2026 FIFA World Cup will smile all the way to the bank with a whooping 50 million dollars aside their gold medals.

Per the break-down of the 2026 World Cup money released by FIFA recently, the runners up will receive a cash prize of 33 million dollars.

The 3rd and 4th place teams will take home 29 million dollars and 27 million dollars respectively.

This is obviously a massive improvement of the previous FIFA World Cup cash prizes. The 48 qualified teams automatically receive 1.5 million dollars for preparations ahead of the tournament.

Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties to win the last edition of the FIFA World Cup held in Qatar in 2022. Both teams settled on a 3-3 draw after a gruelling extra time.

In all eight countries have won the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930 on the South America soil in Uruguay.

Brazil has won the highest – five times in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.

Germany has won it four times in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014.

Italy has also emerged winners on four occasions in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006.

Uruguay has clinched the glittering FIFA World Cup trophy twice in 1930 and 1950.

France equally boast of lifting the World Cup two times in 1998 and 2018.

The following three countries have only won the trophy once: England (1966), Spain (2010) and Argentina (2022).