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The World Cup will be held from June 11 to July 19, 2026 in the USA, Mexico and Canada, while Albania still has a chance to be there thanks to the play-off matches we will play in March with Poland on the 26th.
Meanwhile, Serbia, which was in a group with us, was eliminated thanks to the victory of the Rossoneri in Leskovac, leaving them in third place behind England and our team, which came in second. And it is precisely that defeat with Albania that the Serbs are still crying about, and apparently, in addition to the elimination, the resignation of the famous Pixi (coach Dragan Stojkovic) has also cost them a large sum of money.
Serbia was left without a large amount of money
The Football Federation of Serbia would receive a large sum of money if the national team manages to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The 2026 World Cup will be historically “rich” for both the participating national teams and the clubs whose players will participate. When it comes to this, it is still not known exactly how much money FIFA will determine as a “diet” for each player and team participating in the final stage, but there are reports that this budget will be larger than ever. On the other hand, it is already known that the budget that will be distributed to the national teams will be record.
There is no official data, but the assumption is that the prize fund will be greater than one billion US dollars, that is, the same amount of money will be distributed to the participating National Teams. For example, the prize fund three years ago in Qatar was “only” 440 million dollars.
In addition to the money that teams will receive just for participating in the tournament, there are prizes for each step in the knockout phase, and it is also mentioned that FIFA could introduce a revolution to specifically reward points earned in the group. It is speculated that each draw could be rewarded with one million dollars, while a win with double the money. This would allow teams to fill their coffers even before the start of the knockout phase, in which even more money will be distributed! But let's go in order…
Each of the 48 teams participating in the 2026 World Cup should receive between $9 million and $13 million, regardless of what they do during the tournament. If the introduction of group-stage bonuses proves correct, that figure could be even higher, even for those teams that are eliminated in the group stage and do not finish the competition without points.
An additional $7,500,000 will be awarded to teams that reach the knockout stage, the quarterfinals will be rewarded with another $13 million, and the semifinals with up to $21,000,000! Losing semifinalists can receive around $25 million, while the finalists will take home a prize for the loser of around $30 million and the winner of around $50 million. For example, Croatia reached the finals in Russia in 2018 and received $28,000,000 for this, and now for such a success they would earn between $50 and $55 million.
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