The winner of the next Euro2024, to be held in Germany, could receive up to €28.25 million, UEFA said on Saturday after its Executive Committee meeting in Hamburg.
Just hours before the draw for the Euro 2024 final, which takes place today at 6pm, UEFA’s Executive Committee announced that it has kept the cash prizes the same as those for Euro 2020.
Thus, if the champion wins the three group stage matches, he will reach a budget of €28.25 million, three ME more than the defeated finalist, if he also scores the nine possible points in the first stage.
The federations that guaranteed their presence at Euro2024 will receive 9.25 million euros for their participation, with a win representing a prize of one million euros, twice what a draw is worth.
Attendance in the round of 16 is worth an additional €1.5 million, a prize that rises to €2.5 million in case of attendance in the quarter-finals, with each semi-finalist receiving four million euros.
In total, UEFA will distribute a total of €331 million among the 24 teams that qualify for the final phase, which will be played from June 14 to July 14.
Portugal are present at today’s draw in Hamburg and are among the seeded teams for Euro2024, after perfect qualification, with 10 wins in as many matches.
UEFA creates a new women’s club competition and changes the Champions League
UEFA’s Executive Committee has also decided to reformulate the Women’s Champions League from 2025/26, the season in which a new women’s club competition will also begin.
The new model of the women’s Champions League will be a replica of the men’s, moving from a group stage to an 18-team competition, with each team playing six matches, three at home and three away. before the knockout stages.
The president of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) responded “with natural enthusiasm” to the creation of the new league, which does not yet have a name.
“It is an important step towards the growth and confirmation of women’s football at European level and therefore also in Portugal,” said Fernando Gomes.
These changes should ensure that Portugal can have more clubs in European competitions, unlike what happens when only the champion has access to the preliminary rounds of ‘Champions’.
More details about the Champions League and the new competition, as well as the respective format, calendar and entry method, will be released on Monday.
The Women’s European Indoor Football Championship is now played every four years, with the 2024/25 edition canceled and the next championship taking place in 2027, two years after the first World Cup.
Source: DN
