Over 300 million euros: this is the prize pool that UEFA is preparing to divide among the national teams participating in Euro 2020 which will end tonight with the final between Italy and England. Numbers slightly up, compared to 2016, despite the pandemic: numbers above all that make the various football federations happy, especially those whose teams have come the furthest in the course of the tournament. In total, UEFA has put on the plate 331 million euros in total prize money, compared to 301 million in the 2016 European Championships in France. The qualification was worth 9.25 million, each victory in the group stage guaranteed 1 million, while the passage to the round of 16 1.5 million, the entrance to the quarterfinals 2.5 million, the achievement of the semi-final 4 million,for the final 5 million and for those who raise the trophy an additional 3 million. Italy and England will therefore collect over 25 million euros, and one of the two will exceed the 25.5 million that Portugal had received by winning the 2016 edition in the final against France. Just Lusitanians and transalpines are, together with Germany, among the national teams that have grossed less, considering who has passed the group stage: 12.25 million for Germany and Portugal (such as Croatia and Wales), 12.75 million instead for France (on a par with Sweden and Austria), with Holland just ahead at 13.75 million.together with Germany, among the national teams that have grossed less, considering those who passed the group stage: 12.25 million for Germany and Portugal (such as Croatia and Wales), 12.75 million for France (on par of Sweden and Austria), with the Netherlands just ahead at 13.75 million.together with Germany, among the national teams that have grossed less, considering those who passed the group stage: 12.25 million for Germany and Portugal (such as Croatia and Wales), 12.75 million for France (on par of Sweden and Austria), with the Netherlands just ahead at 13.75 million.
Among the teams eliminated in the quarterfinals, however, Belgium receives 16.25 million, compared to 14.25 million in Ukraine and 14.75 million in Switzerland and the Czech Republic. , 25 million, one million less than the other defeated semi-finalist, namely Spain (19.25 million).
The federations are smiling then (the FIGC, for example, in the budget had inserted, as a precaution, the only prize for participation in Euro 2020 of 9.25 million) but also the clubs smile, albeit to a lesser extent. In fact, UEFA will pay a total of 130 million euros to the clubs that gave the players to the national teams for Euro 2020, based on the number of days in which the players remained available to the various coaches: among the teams with the most called up there are Manchester City and Chelsea, with Juventus, Atalanta and Inter among the top. In 2016, for example, the bianconeri had received 3.5 million, with Liverpool (3.4 million) and Tottenham (3.0 million) among the other clubs receiving the most. A European that UEFA has therefore managed, albeit not without difficulty, to bring to fruition.And at an economic level to cash in something more than expected, such as from tickets: according to estimates, England's path to the final (with increased opening at Wembley in the last few matches) has allowed the Continental Football Association to cash in around € 30 million from ticket sales. In any case, it will be difficult to reach 1.9 billion in revenues, that is the amount collected for the 2016 edition (+ 38% compared to 2012), also considering that, in the financial statements as at 30 June 2020, UEFA indicated that it had postponed all 'financial year 2020/21 slightly more than 1.3 billion in revenues for contracts linked to Euro 2020, with costs of 504 million: numbers that in the meantime UEFA hopes to have raised in terms of revenues,with new sponsors joining in the last few weeks. Also because the goal is to return to having balanced accounts, after the decline in turnover from 3.8 billion in 2018/19 to 3.0 billion in 2019/20 which led to a loss in the balance sheet of 74 million.