More Prize Money For African Competitions
Muhammad Rameez Published November 10, 2016 | 12:10 AM
JOHANNESBURG,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -9th nov,2016) : All CAF competitions will offer increased prize money from 2017, the Cairo-based African football body said Wednesday. The announcement came months after French oil-gas company Total signed an eight-year sponsorship deal with CAF reportedly worth more than one billion Dollars (915 million Euros).
Winners of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations will receive $4 million, up from the $1.5 million pocketed by 2015 champions the Ivory Coast. CAF Champions League title-holders are going to collect $2.5 million -- $1 million more than South African club Mamelodi Sundowns received last month.
There is an even bigger percentage increase for winners of the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup with first prize increasing from $660,000 to $1.25 million. Both the Champions League and Confederation Cup group phases -- where prize money kicks in -- will expand next year from eight to 16 clubs.
Winners of the annual CAF Super Cup match between Champions League and Confederation Cup title-holders pocket $100,000, a 33.3 percent rise. The biennial African Nations Championship for home-based footballers is another competition to get a cash boost with first prize climbing by $500,000 to $1.25 million.
travel costs are a huge challenge for African teams with flights from one country to another often involving lengthy stop-overs in the middle East and Europe to trim expenses. Clubs like Sundowns are better placed because the Pretoria-based outfit is owned by mining magnate Patrice Motsepe.
But in poorer African countries, teams rely on government financial assistance to play in CAF and FIFA competitions.
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