Eagles or Ivory Coast To Receive N9bn For AFCON 2023 Win

The Super Eagles or Ivory Coast will receive the sum of $7m (8.9bn) if any of the side wins the AFCON 2023 in Abidjan on Sunday.

Nigeria reached the Final after they defeated South Africa 4-2 on penalties on Wednesday, after a 120 minutes 1-1 draw.

Earlier PitakwaSports reported that, Dr Patrice Motsepe, Confederation of Africa Football president, had announced a 40 per cent increment in prize monies before the start of the tournament.

According to the statement published on the website of the football governing body January 4, the winners of the tournament will receive $7m, $2m more than the reward doled out at the last edition in Cameroon.

The runners-up of the African showpiece event will now get $4m (N5bn), while each of the losing semi-finalists South Africa and DR Congo will receive $2.5m, with each of the four quarter-finalists taking home $1.3m.

“CAF has made significant progress over the past two years in increasing the prize money of the AFCON and all its other major competitions,” Motsepe said.

“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 and also benefit all the football stakeholders, as well as assist our Member Associations with their administrations,” he added.