The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) today announced a 40% increase in the prize money for the Champion of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (“AFCON”) Côte d’Ivoire 2023.
The winner of the TotalEnergies AFCON Côte d’Ivoire 2023 will receive $ 7 million.
The runner-up of the tournament will now get $ 4million
Each of the two semi-finalists will receive $ 2.5 million and each of the four quarter-finalists will receive $ 1.3 million.
CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe had this to say on the increment:
“CAF has made significant progress over the past two years in increasing the Prize Money of the AFCON and all its other major competitions.
We have increased the Prize Money of the AFCON Winner to USD 7,000,000 which is a 40% increase from the previous AFCON Prize Money.
I am confident that a portion of the Prize Money will contribute to developing football, benefit all the football stakeholders, and assist our Member Associations with their administrations.”
The tournament will kick off on January 13, 2024 to February 11, 2024.
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Senegal are the defending Champions.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) paid Senegal $5 million (£3.7 million) for winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, ahead of Egypt.
CAF also paid Egypt $2.75 million (£2 million) for losing the AFCON 2021 final to Senegal and Cameroon $2.2 million (£1.6 million) for winning the third-place final (Bronze medal).
Senegal defeated Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the AFCON final in Yaoundé’s Olembé stadium in Cameroon in the 2021 edition.