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Chelsea Wins $110M in FIFA’s Revamped $1B Club World Cup

The restructured FIFA Club World Cup paid out $1 billion to the 32 participating clubs, including more than $110 million for its champions, Chelsea.

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Chelsea defeated Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday to win the FIFA Club World Cup final and its $40 million first-place prize—but the money doesn’t end there.

FIFA pumped $1 billion into the first edition of its revamped Club World Cup, which was played in the U.S. and included 32 teams from across the globe. More than half of that cash—$525 million—was paid out as participation fees. The other $475 million was allocated for performance bonuses.

Chelsea’s final Club World Cup prize money tally is $85.625 million, as teams earned more money for each round they advanced to. That comes on top of somewhere between $25 million and $35 million for its participation bonus, although FIFA did not reveal exact figures. That means the English Premier League club owned by American Todd Boehly walks away from $110 million-plus for its participation this summer.

PSG finished the Club World Cup with $75.625 million in prize money, including $30 million for its loss in the final. PSG likely also received a similar participation bonus as Chelsea, meaning their final tally was over $100 million, too.

World Cup Up Next

Sunday’s final at MetLife Stadium had more than 80,000 fans in attendance, including an appearance from U.S. President Donald Trump, who had been invited to the match by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy. Additionally, FIFA last week announced it is opening an office at Trump Tower in New York.

Murphy, meanwhile, last week said he believes that next year’s FIFA World Cup final, also at MetLife Stadium, will be the “most-watched event in human history.” 

TBS broadcast the Club World Cup final on U.S. cable TV airwaves, as part of TNT Sports’s media rights deal to air some matches alongside DAZN, which paid $1 billion to stream the tournament globally. Final viewership numbers will be available later this week.

Fox will have World Cup rights in the U.S. next year.

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