FIFA/2026 World Cup: resources to be distributed to all 48 participating teams increased to $871m (+15%)

"Given the commercial success of the 2026 World Cup, the FIFA Council agreed to increase the resources to be distributed to all 48 participating teams by a further 15%, totalling $871m (€744m)," the international federation announced following the meeting of its executive body in Vancouver (CAN) on 28/04/2026. The decision comes two days before the 76^th FIFA Congress is due to be held in the Canadian city.

"The increased pot will be broken down as follows:
• Preparation money: increase from $1.5m to $2.5m;
• Qualification money: increase from $9m to $10m;
• Additional team contributions: subsidies for team delegation costs and increased team ticketing allocations totalling over $16m," said FIFA, adding that "the balance of revenues will continue to be redistributed back into global football for the benefit of and through all of FIFA’s 211 member associations."

"FIFA is proud to be in its most solid financial position ever, enabling us to help all our member associations in an unprecedented way. This is one more example of how FIFA’s resources are reinvested back into the game," Gianni…