UEFA Euro 2020 Prize Money Breakdow

UEFA Euro 2020 will be played this summer in what will be the first time that tournament matches will be held across mulitple European countries. This move has already been paying off for UEFA who will be making at least 25% more revenue compared to 2016 event. We take a look at how much money will UEFA generate for the UFFA 2020 and how much will be distributed among participating federations.

UEFA are expecting atleast €1 billion in profit for UEFA Euro 2020 which is unprecedented considering UEFA Euro 2016 was a great success and generated around €847 million. So the increase in profit for UEFA means the participating nations and the ones failed to qualify will get bigger pot of prize money allocated for the event. Below is the breakdown of Prize money pot will be distributed among 55 UEFA affiliated nations.

UEFA Euro 2020 Prize Money Pool (Confirmed): UEFA has announced that out of the total €1 billion expected profit €371 million ($456m) will be used as prize money pool which gets a massive 23% increased compared to 2016 event. The eventual winners are expected to take home as much as €35 million and we breakdown the entire prize money pool for the 2020 event.

UEFA Euro 2020 Prize Money Distribution (total pool €371 Million)

	PAYMENT	DETAILS
Participation Fee	€10 million	For each and every 24 teams
Drawing a Group Match	€750,000	For drawing a match in group stage
Winning a Group Match	€1 million	Every time a team wins a group match
Round of 16	€1.5 million	Awarded to each and every 16 teams
Quarter Finals	€2.5 million	Awarded to all eight teams in quarterfinalists
Semifinals	€5 million	Awarded to all four teams in semifinals
Runner-ups	€7 million	Awarded To Team losing in the final
Champions	€10 million	Awarded to Final Winners
Max Potential Earning	€27 million	Potential earning for euro 2020 winners can reach €35m

History of UEFA Euro Prize Money increase: As far as the history of the UEFA Euro prize money is concerned, it has increased every time over the last 20 years. Below chart shows how steadily prize money is increasing for the 2nd biggest football tournament in the world.