The team crowned world champions at Lusail Stadium on December 18 will not just go down in history and guarantee lifetime heroic status at home - they will also earn $50m (£45m).
Yet that is a drop in the ocean of FIFA’s total projected revenue for the year as the game’s governing body expects to make about $4.6bn (£4bn), with $2.6bn (£2.3bn) coming from broadcasting deals and an additional $1.35bn (£1.17bn) from sponsorship and marketing agreements. FIFA say that they have seven official partners for the World Cup, including adidas and Coca Cola and Visa.
FIFA have committed about $700m (£632.3m) in payments for the 32 national teams and hundreds of clubs providing players with $440m of that squared off as tournament prize money.
