FIFA have announced an increase in the financial distribution to all 48 participating member associations at the FIFA World Cup 2026, www.aclsports.com reports.
The increase in financial distribution was one of the key decisions made during the FIFA Council meeting held in Vancouver, Canada—one of the host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup—on Tuesday, just 44 days before the tournament kicks off.
Nigeria will miss out on the financial benefits after failing to qualify for the tournament in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The Super Eagles lost to DR Congo in the Africa WCQ playoff in Morocco. It is the second consecutive World Cup that the Super Eagles will be missing, having missed the tournament in Qatar four years ago.
Given the commercial success of FIFA’s flagship men’s tournament, the FIFA Council agreed to increase the resources to be distributed to all 48 participating teams by a further 15%, totalling USD 871 million.
The increased pot will be broken down as follows:
Preparation money: increase from USD 1.5 million to USD 2.5 million
Qualification money: increase from USD 9 million to USD 10 million
Additional team contributions: subsidies for team delegation costs and increased team ticketing allocations totalling over USD 16 million
“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,” stated President Infantino.
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.
