Euro 2004 teams win prize for wins and draws from UEFA
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-05-29 17:13

UEFA will award the 16 teams at Euro 2004 with extra prize for wins and draws, European soccer's governing body UEFA said on Friday.

UEFA announced that total income from the tournament would reach 1,250 million Swiss francs (817 million euros). The 16 teams will be awarded a definite fixed payment of 7.5 million Swiss francs, a 56 percent increase on Euro 2000.

An extra 1 million Swiss francs will be paid out for every victory and 500,000 Swiss francs for every draw in the group phase, replacing the previous system which based prize money on final group positions.

Quarter-finalists will pick up an additional 3 million Swiss francs, a further 4 million payment for reaching the semi-finals and the winners and runners-up will be awarded 10 million and 6 million respectively.

If the eventual champions won all three group games they would pick up total prize money of 27.5 million Swiss francs, almost double the 14.4 million Swiss francs France earned when winning Euro 2000.

A total figure of around 200 million Swiss francs will be paid out to the 16 nations in prize money, UEFA said.

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