Record prize money of €775m for UEFA EURO 2020 and record grants for the development of the game in Europe were announced at the 42nd UEFA Ordinary Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia.
UEFA’s 55 member associations were informed of the decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee on the eve of the congress.
The HatTrick V solidarity and development programme has been earmarked to receive €775m in its next four-year cycle, from 2020–24. This represents an increase of almost 30% from the €600m available for HatTrick IV (2016–20).
Each association will therefore be able to receive up to €14.1m over four years. The programme has supported UEFA member associations in implementing education and development programmes, as well as financing football infrastructure – helping to build pitches, stadiums, training centres and headquarter offices.
Since its creation in 2004, HatTrick has invested €1.8bn in European football.
A substantial increase in the amount distributed to the teams participating in the final tournament of UEFA EURO 2020 was also approved by the UEFA Executive Committee.
The 24 national teams will share a total of €371m compared with the €301m distributed at UEFA EURO 2016 in France.
Details of distribution are as follows:
All 24 teams will receive a participating fee of €9.25m.
During the group phase there are also performance bonuses of €1.5m for a win and €750,000 for a draw.
Once UEFA EURO 2020 enters its knockout phase, there are no more performance bonuses. Instead, the teams participating in the round of 16 will receive €2m, the eight quarter-finalists will receive an additional payment of €3.25m. The financial reward for reaching the semi-finals is an extra payment of €5m.
Regarding the final at Wembley in London, the 2020 European champions will receive €10m while there will be a reward of €7m for the runners-up.
This means that, if the champions have also won all three of their group matches, the total prize money they earn will amount to €34m, compared with a maximum of €27m in 2016.
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