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The third-place World Cup matchup between France and England might not be as high-profile as the final between Argentina and Spain, but there is still a lot at stake.
The winner of the match will receive a bronze medal and, possibly more importantly, a lot of money to split among the 26 players and the coaching staff.
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FIFA Council approved a record $655 million prize fund for this year's World Cup, a 50 percent increase from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Just making the tournament is lucrative for nations, even if they don't advance past the group stage; it still nets them a cool $9 million. Argentina took home $42 million for their 2022 triumph, and Croatia pocketed $27 million for the third-place victory over Morocco in that tournament.
Here's how much the third-place team will get, along with the full purse breakdown:
2026 World Cup purse breakdown:
- Champion: $50 million
- Runner-up: $33 million
- 3rd place: $29 million
- 4th place: $27 million
- 5th-8th place: $19 million - Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Morocco
- 9th-16th place: $15 million - Canada, Paraguay, United States, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Egypt
- 17th- 32nd place: $11 million - South Africa, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Senegal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia, Japan, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, DR Congo, Algeria, Ghana, Australia, Cape Verde
- 33rd-48th place: $9 million - South Korea, Czechia, Qatar, Scotland, Haiti, Turkey, Curaçao, Tunisia, Iran, New Zealand, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Panama
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: World Cup third-place prize money: How much does the winner earn?
