UEFA increases Champions League prize pool by €500 million

The teams that qualify for next season’s Champions League will be able to hope for significant financial benefits, according to information from Italy. Until now, the teams in Europe’s biggest competition shared 2 billion euros, but from the next campaign UEFA will raise the prize pool to 2.5 billion euros.

It should be noted that from next season there will be a total of 36 teams in the ‘group stage’, meaning an additional four teams. This will also mean an additional 4 games for each team. Therefore, the bonus per team and per match does not increase as dramatically as it might seem at first glance.

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According to Calcio e Finanza, the main difference is that, as a market share, the money will drop from €900.9 million to €863.6 million. At the same time, however, the prize fund for results will increase from €600.6 million to €925.3 million. This means that each participant in the competition will be involved in the distribution of a prize fund of €678.5 million. That’s up from €550.5 million this year.

The changes will bring about a change that means traditionally successful sides will earn less money and much more financial emphasis will be directed at actual results, although each side will also receive a fee for lost matches.