{"id":737859,"date":"2022-01-06T16:32:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/check-out-the-cash-prizes-for-2021-afcon\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:32:32","slug":"check-out-the-cash-prizes-for-2021-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/check-out-the-cash-prizes-for-2021-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the cash prizes for 2021 AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Algeria Algeria are the current champions of the AFCON<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No cash prize for group stage exit at 2021 AFCON<\/b><\/p>\n

AFCON ultimate winner takes home $4.5 million<\/p>\n

CAF budgets $14.2 million for 2021 AFCON<\/p>\n

The Confederation of African Football has announced the prize money for the 2021 African Cup of Nations hosted in Cameroon.<\/p>\n

Eight out of 24 participating teams are expected to benefit from the $14.2 million budget for the AFCON by the Confederation of African Football.<\/p>\n

The biggest football competition on the African continent will assemble some of the best African players to slug it out for honours at the AFCON, which commences from January 9 to February 6, 2022.<\/p>\n

Four teams who get knocked out in the quarter-final stages of the tournament will bag home $800,000, which is a total of $3.2 million to be shared.<\/p>\n

The four teams who will progress to the semis will share the rest of the $11 million of the total cash prize, with the fourth and third-placed team being rewarded with $2 million.<\/p>\n

However, the two finalists will share $7 million, with the second-best team taking home $2.5 million.<\/p>\n

The ultimate winner of the tournament will be rewarded with a cash prize of $4.5 million.<\/p>\n

Teams who fallout in the group and Round of 16 stages will not benefit from the prize package.<\/p>\n

The cash prize has not increased since the 2019 African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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