After each earning over €100m in their 2021/2022 continental campaign, Liverpool and Real Madrid played the final match of the European Football Championship yesterday Saturday, with the total prize money slightly reduced. due to the “COVID-19 pandemic.
The ‘Covid rebates’ policy will result in a cut of around 3% of the €2.03bn that is being shared among the 32 teams participating in the Champions League, the highest-grossing competition, which accounts for 74% of European clubs’ financial revenues.
Without this reduction, each team participating in the group stage receives a minimum of €15.64 million before any point is earned. Each win in the group stage brings an additional 2.8 million euros, and each draw – 930,000 euros.
Teams that qualify for the final will receive an additional 9.6 million euros. In addition, 10.6 million euros for reaching the quarter-finals and 12.5 million euros for the semi-finals.
The winner of the final will receive an additional 20 million euros compared to 15.5 million euros for second place.
In addition to these fixed rewards, there is a part based on the club’s results over a ten-year period that could bring in up to 36.38 million euros: Real Madrid top this ranking ahead of Bayern Munich and Liverpool are in 14th. place.
There is also a €300.3 million television rights cake distributed according to the value of each participating clubs television market.
Excluding this last factor, which is difficult to estimate, Liverpool’s profits to date have exceeded €100m, of which €65m has been collected in his no-loss career, €21m thanks to a ten-year factor and €15.5m even if he lost. on Saturday.
Despite losing 1-2 to Moldavian Sheriff Tiraspol in the group stage, Real Madrid start from a higher position thanks to their historic performance and will receive 114 million if they lose, excluding TV rights.
