Manchester City or Chelsea could claim over €115million in prize money if they win this summer's Club World Cup.
Tournament organisers FIFA released more details on Wednesday morning of how the €930m of prize money on offer to competing clubs would be split.
Football’s global governing body confirmed the winners of the new 32-team event will take home up to €115.8m.
Teams will share €486.4m in participation fees, but this pot will not be distributed evenly.
The appearance fees going to Europe’s 12 clubs will be on a sliding scale from €35m at the top end to €11.86m at the bottom, determined by a ranking based on "sporting and commercial criteria".
FIFA said the European Club Association had given its approval to the distribution arrangements.
City and Chelsea qualified as winners of the 2023 and 2021 Champions League titles, respectively.
There is a sliding scale between continents too, with South America’s entrants each receiving €14.1m while Auckland City, Oceania’s entrant, will receive €3.3m..
On top of that, there is a further €440m available to reflect sporting performance at the tournament in the United States, where teams will play a maximum of seven matches. A group-stage win will be worth €1.85m while €37m is the prize on offer for winning the final.
The figures compare favourably with Champions League participation, where the competition winners could earn around €160m this season, but would have had to play at least 15 matches.
FIFA has stressed it will not keep a single euro from the Club World Cup, with all the money being ploughed back into the club game.
It also hopes to be able to distribute up to €232m in solidarity to non-participating clubs.
More details on who will benefit from that will be released after the tournament.
In December it was announced FIFA had agreed a deal with streaming platform DAZN for the global broadcast rights to the Club World Cup, worth a reported €930m.
FIFA has also secured sponsorship deals with Hisense, Coca-Cola, AB InBev and Bank of America.
The tournament’s birth has been a troubled one, and has been seen as the tipping point which prompted player unions and domestic leagues to launch ongoing legal actions against what they see as FIFA’s failure to consult on the international match calendar.
There is also concern among Europe’s leagues about the potentially distortive impact of prize money from international club tournaments on competitive balance at domestic level.
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