CAF Reveals AFCON Prize Money For Winners, Runner-ups, Others

The cash awards for competing nations in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations tournament (AFCON prize money) in Cote d’Ivoire have been made public by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

By winning the trophy, the AFCON 2023 champion will get a cheque for $7 million. Four million dollars will go to the runners-up. Each of the two teams who lose in the semifinals will get $2.5 million.

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The four losing quarterfinalists will get $1.3 million apiece farther down the ladder. Each of the eight clubs eliminated in the round of 16 will receive $800,000.

Furthermore, two teams that finished third in their group but fail to advance wilk receive $700,000. The six teams that finished last in their groups got $500,000 each.

The AFCON 2023 prize money, as revealed by CAF

Winner: $7,000,000

Runners-up: $4,000,000

Semi-finalists (two teams): $2,500,000 x 2

Quarter-finalists (four  teams): $1,300,000 x 4

Round of 16 (eight teams): $800,000 x 8

The teams ranked 3rd in their group but fail to qualify for the round of 16 (2 teams): $700,000 x 2

The teams ranked 4th in each of the six groups (six teams): $500 000 x 6

Eight teams are competing on Friday, today, as the tournament moves into the quarterfinals with the goal of moving on to the semifinals.

Nigeria will play Angola on Friday (today) at the Felix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan in an attempt to win the Africa Cup of Nations for the fourth time, a trophy they last held in 2013.