The Copa America 2024 will be taking place in the United States, from June 20. Teams have already arrived in the host country, and taking their last-time preparation. This year, 16 teams will be competing for the 48th edition’s trophy.
There have been a lot of changes in this year’s tournament, and the most important one is the amount of prize money that the tournament offers to the teams. This has been a big surprise, as the climb of the total payout is so high this year.
The total purse for the Copa America 2024 is announced at $72 Million USD. The prize money amount was $19.5 million USD last year. Can you just imagine, that the prize money has been raised more than 3.5 times this year?
You guys will be surprised by hearing about the individual team payouts at different stages of the tournament. Let’s start with the winner’s share. The winning team will receive a massive USD 16 million this year, which is closer to the total payout of last year. In 2021, Argentina received USD 6.5 Million. So, the Winner’s share has also raised almost 2.4 times in 2024.
The runners-up of the tournament will get 7 million, which is more than last year’s winner’s payout. In the last edition, the runners-up Brazil received $3.5 million. The third team will get $5 million, and the other semifinalist team will receive a payout of $4 Million.
Most interestingly, each team participating in the tournament will get $2 million USD. Besides, all their utility bills including hotel fares, and air tickets will be paid by the organization.
Argentina is the defending champion of the tournament. Besides, they are the winner of Last World cup. Messi has been playing in the USA, so the fields will be familiar to him. The World’s number 1 ranked football team can hope for a back to back title with the help of their golden generation.