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Amount countries pocketed for participating in Euro 2024
•Apart from the title and bragging rights heading to the Spanish capital Madrid, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (FEF) crowned the golden moment with €27.25m (£22.95) for their winning campaign from a total €331m (£285) prize money.
•Meanwhile, the three lions who picked the unwanted runners-up medals, will drain their sorrows in London with a smaller sum of £20.41m.
After one month of entertaining football from European best talents at the UEFA Euro 2024 championships in Germany, the curtains finally fell last night with Iberian giants, Spain, clinching the coveted title with a 2-1 win over England.
Super sub Cole Palmer had given England belief with a brilliant 73rd-minute equalizer after Neco Williams opened the scores for Spain in the 47th minute, but substitute Mikel Oyarzabal’s 86th-minute effort at the Olympiastadion stadium in Berlin, extended England’s 58-year wait for a major title further.
Apart from the title and bragging rights heading to the Spanish capital Madrid, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (FEF) crowned the golden moment with €27.25m (£22.95) for their winning campaign from the total €331m (£285) prize money.
Meanwhile, the three lions who picked the unwanted runners-up medals will drain their sorrows in London with a smaller sum of £20.41m.
According to Daily Mail Sport, a total amount of €331m (£285) was split amongst the 24 participating teams, with each nation handed €9.25m (£7.95m) regardless of how far they go in Germany, with further cash amounts awarded to teams who progress in the competition.
Teams who qualified for the round of 16 were handed €1.5m (£1.28), whilst teams who made it to the quarter-final pocketed a further €2.5m (£2.1m).
A €4m (£3.4m) paycheck.
Semifinalists Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands carried home €4m (£3.4m) whilst runners-up England received an additional €5m (£4.29m) for the sum total of £20.41m.
Champions Spain who won all their seven games pocketed an additional €8m (£6.88m) for a total windfall of €27.25m (£22.95)
The final whistle in Berlin saw Spain manager Luis de la Fuente become the first man to win the Under-19 Euros, Under-21 Euros, Nations League and European Championship.
The La Roja also became the most decorated team in the competition’s history with a record fourth title.
Meanwhile, Gareth Southgate who isn’t sure if he’ll continue at the helm became the first manager to lose back to the Euro finals.
In addition, he lost in the Nations League semi-final and also fell in the World Cup semifinals and quarter-final respectively.
