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How Much Money Did Lionel Messi Make From $440 Million Prize Pool

By: Yaksh Desai Image credit: Google

Lionel Messi is one of the most successful and celebrated players in the footballing fraternity. The amount of goals and assists in his career is terrific.

Despite the Barcelona debacle, Lionel Messi had a great comeback as he scored 7 goals and 3 assists in the recent edition of the world cup and won Argentina their 3rd world cup.

Apart from winning the goldware, Messi-led Argentina has also earned a hefty amount of money from the tournament.

The FIFA committee had decided to invest a total of  $440 million in form of the prize pool for this edition, which is a staggering amount.

If we split the amount, A total of $1.5 million was credited to 32 participating teams, and as the tournament progressed 16 of them got knocked out before the round of 16, and still they got $9 million.

Meanwhile, those nations that did advance got their cut of $17 million. On the other hand, nations such as Morocco and Croatia got $25 million and $27 million respectively based on their positions.

For the Final, FIFA authorities allotted a total of $72 million which the winner Argentina got $42 million, and the runners up France were awarded $30 million.

Many fans responded to this information. One of them tweeted, "Argentina has won the 2022 FIFA World Cup🏆Their prize money: $42 million — the most in tournament history.

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