Spain capped off its World Cup triumph with a record payday after defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final. The victory also earned the Spanish football federation the tournament's biggest payout, with FIFA's restructured prize money system handing the Spanish football federation a total of $63.5M. Meanwhile, Argentina will get $46.5M as runners-up.
Apart from performance-based prizes, every nation that qualified for the expanded 48-team tournament received a $2.5M preparation grant from FIFA, along with a guaranteed $10M for participating in the group stage. That means Spain's football federation will receive a total of $63.5M, combining the $51M champions' prize with the participation payment and preparation grant. Argentina's federation, meanwhile, will receive $46.5M, made up of the $34M runners-up prize plus the same participation payment and preparation grant.
