London, 27 March 2025 (dpa/MIA) - The winner of the new-look 32-team Club World Cup will take home up to $125 million, world governing body FIFA confirmed on Wednesday.

FIFA released more details of how the $1 billion of prize money on offer to competing clubs at the June 15-July 13 tournament in the United States would be split.

Teams will share $525 million 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 $38.19 million at the top end to $12.81 million at the bottom, determined by a ranking based on “sporting and commercial criteria”.

It is understood FIFA worked with the European Club Association on the distribution arrangements.

There is a sliding scale between continents too, with South America’s entrants each receiving $15.21 million while Auckland City, Oceania’s entrant, will receive $3.58 million.

On top of that, there is a further $475 million available to reflect sporting performance at the tournament where teams will play a maximum of seven matches.

A group-stage win will be worth $2 million while $40 million is the prize on offer for winning the final.

The figures compare favourably with Champions League participation, where the competition winners could earn around €160 million ($173 million) this season, but would have had to play at least 15 matches.

FIFA has stressed it will not keep a single dollar 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 $250 million 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 $1 billion.

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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