Nigeria Federation To Pocket At Least 8 Million Dollars From World Cup Prize Money
The Nigeria Football Federation will pocket at least 8 million dollars being their share of prize money from the Super Eagles participation at the Brazil 2014 World Cup.<br /><br />Fifa announced on Thursday that the winner of the tournament next summer will receive $35 million while the other finalist will take home $25 million.<br /><br />The third placed team will pocket $22 million while the country that finishes fourth will receive $20 million.<br /><br />All the quarter-finalists are guaranteed the sum of $14 million, teams that qualify for the round of 16 get $9 million while group participants who fail to progress to the knock out rounds will receive $8 million.<br /><br />The prize money of the World Cup has been increased from $420 million it was in 2010 to a figure of $576 million.<br />
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