FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced the prize money amounts for the national teams that will participate in the final part of the 2006 World Cup. The teams have something to compete for. The total prize fund of the 2006 World Cup will be 280 million dollars, which is 38% more than the amount previously planned by FIFA.
The national team that wins the World Cup in Germany will receive 21,500,000 dollars in prize money. Even those teams that fail to advance from the group will not be left without a solid reward. For merely participating in the World Cup, each team will receive 5,900,000 dollars in prize money from FIFA, reports www.sports.com.ua.
Recall that the Ukrainian national football team leads the second group of the qualifying tournament for the World Cup, with 17 points to its credit.