UEFA Champions League Prize Money 2026

Champions League prize money per stage breakdown and distribution 2026 – how much does the winner get?

UEFA Champions League Prize Money 2026? Champions League prize money breakdown and distribution 2026? How much money does the Champions League 2026 winner get?

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How much did PSG get in prize money last year as Champions League winner prize money? How much will the finalists get in the Champions League 2025/26 final? Here you will find a detailed Champions League 2026 prize money breakdown and distribution.

UEFA Champions League Prize Money 2026

The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs.

UEFA Champions League Prize Money 2025-26? Below we have prepared a list on how price money is distributed among the participating teams in the UEFA Champions League. But before we can any far you might also want to look at the following;

UEFA Champions League prize pool 2026 (€2.467bn)

How much is the UEFA Champions League prize money? The estimated yearly gross revenue from all UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup) is centralized and placed in 1 pot.

UEFA has estimated that around €3.317 billion is to be generated during the 2025-26 season. For the Champoions League 2025-26 season €2.467 billion is allocated for UEFA Champions League 2025/26 prize money pool. Watch & Bet on Football =>

Prize money allocated for UEFA Champions League	Total amount
UEFA Champions League prize pool	€2.467bn

UEFA Champions League prize money breakdown and distribution 2025-26

How does the Champions League prize money distribution system works? Here we will take a look at The UEFA Champions League Prize Money breakdown and money distribution.

Champions League prize money by round	2025-26	2024-25
Champions League qualifying rounds
Preliminary qualifying round:	€260,000	€260,000
First qualifying round:	€250,000	€250,000
Second qualifying round:	€450,000	€450,000
Third qualifying round:	€550,000	€550,000
Champions League play-off stage:	€5,000,000	€5,000,000
Champions League group stage
Base fee for group stage:	€18,620,000	€18,620,000
Group match victory:	€2,100,000	€2,100,000
Group match draw:	€700,000	€700,000
Champions League knock out stage
Round of 16:	€11,500,000	€11,000,000
Quarter-finals:	€12,000,000	€12,500,000
Semi-finals:	€15,000,000	€15,000,000
Champions League final
Losing finalist:	€19,500,000	€18,500,000
Winning the final:	€25,500,000	€25,000,000
Total UCL final winner prize money	€83,120,000*	€79,220,000
Total UCL final Runners-Up prize money	€77,620,000*	€74,720,000

^{1 Only for clubs eliminated from the champions path, since clubs eliminated from the league path qualify directly for the UEFA Europa League group stage and therefore benefit from its distribution system.}

Champions League prize money breakdown and distribution for clubs participating in the UCL league phase onwards (€2.437bn)

The UEFA Champions League is the highest paying sports event in the world beating the World’s biggest event (The FIFA World Cup) by far.

The net revenue available to participating clubs will be divided into four different pillars. Here is how the Champions League price money is allocated and will be distributed to the participating teams.

Here is the share for clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (group stage onwards). Watch & Bet on Football =>

Percentage	Allocated/distributed as	Total amount
27,5%	Starting fees	€670m
37,5%	Performance-related fixed amounts	€914m
35%	Value pillar amounts	€853m
100%	Champions League group stage money	€2437m

UCL league phase prize money (€670m + €940m)

UCL league phase prize money (euro million)	2025/26	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23	2021/22
Qualify for the group stage (32 teams)	€18.62m	€18.62m	€15.64m	€15.64m	€15.25m
Performance bonus, each win	€2.10m	€2.10m	€2.80m	€2.80m	€2.70m
Performance bonus, each draw	€0.70m	€0.70m	€0.93m	€0.93m	€0.90m

Champions League group stage qualification prize money

Champions League qualification prize money? Each of the 32 clubs that qualify for the group stage can expect to receive a group stage allocation of €18.62m.

Champions League group stage performance bonuses

Each of the 32 clubs will receive group stage performance bonuses will be paid for each match: €2.100.000 per win and €700.000 per draw.

Undistributed performance bonus amounts will be pooled and redistributed among the clubs playing in the group stage in amounts proportionate to their number of wins. Watch & Bet on Football =>

Champions League knockout stage prize money

Clubs that qualify for the knockout stage can expect to receive the following amounts.

Champions League knock out stage prize money (euro million)	2025/26	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23	2021/22
Round of 16 (16 teams)	€11.0m	€11.0m	€9.6m	€9.6m	€9.5m
Quarter Finals (8 teams)	€12.5m	€12.5m	€10.6m	€10.6m	€10.5m
Semifinals (4 teams)	€15.0m	€15.0m	€12.5m	€12.5m	€12.0m
Final, UCL runner-ups	€18.5m	€18.5m	€15.5m	€15.5m	€15.0m
Final, UCL winner	€25.0m	€25.0m	€20.0m	€20.0m	€19.0m

The Champions League winner gets 25.0 million euro and the Champions League Runner Up gets 18.5 million euro.

The UCL winners can expect to receive an additional €4.5m. The two clubs that qualify for the 2026 UEFA Super Cup can each expect to receive €3.5m, with the winners receiving an additional €1m.

Other UEFA Champions League prize money

While 65 percent of the total prize purse is distributed among the clubs as a reward for their results in the competition as outlined above, the rest of the 35 percent of the pool is split across the 32 league phase participants in this way. Watch & Bet on Football =>

Percentage	Allocated/distributed as	Total amount
35%	Value pillar amounts	€853m

Champions League Value pillar (market pool) distribution (€853m)

A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the “Value pillar” which is a combination of the former market pool (country market value) and coefficient (individual club coefficients). The value pillar the distribution is determined by the value of the television market in each nation.

The estimated available amount of €853m will be distributed in accordance with the proportional value of each TV market represented by clubs taking part in the UEFA Champions League (league phase onwards). The different market shares will be distributed to the participating clubs from each association.

The amounts allocated to the two parts will be proportional to the actual outcome of the media rights sales for that competition in UEFA markets (European part) and all other markets (non-European part).

The ratio between the European part (73%) and the nonEuropean part (27%) is based on the contracts concluded with media markets for the whole cycle by 1 July 2024.Watch & Bet on Football =>

Champions League prize money qualifying rounds

How much does teams get in the Champions League qualifying rounds?

All clubs entering the UCL or UEL qualifying phases and losing their qualifying matches in
those competitions will finish their qualification run in the UECL.

Here is the what the eliminated teams earns in Champions League qualifying rounds money:

Champions League prize money qualifying rounds (million)
	2025/26	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23
Preliminary round	€0.26m	€0.26m	€0.26m	€0.26m
First qualification round	€0.25m	€0.25m	€0.25m	€0.25m
Second qualification round	€0.45m	€0.45m	€0.45m	€0.45m
Third qualification round	€0.55m	€0.55m	€0.55m	€0.55m

Champions League Prize Money Play-off stage (€30m)

Here is the share for the 12 clubs participating in UEFA Champions League play-offs. €30 million distributed to 12 teams who participated in playoffs.

A total of €30m will be paid out to clubs involved in the UCL play-offs. Eliminated teams will receive fixed payment of €4.29 million each.

The playoff winners will not got any specific payment for this round as they will receive payments for participating in the UCL group stage. Watch & Bet on Football =>

Champions League Prize Money Play-off stage (million)
	2025/26	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23	2021/22
Playoff bonus, looser	€4.29m	€5.0m	€5.0m	€5.0m	€5.0m

Winning the Champions League prize money 2025/26

UEFA Champions League Prize money for winners 2025/26? UEFA affirmed the prize cash for the 2025-26 Champions League, expressing that the triumphant finalist will win €25 million for dominating the competition in the last. In the mean time, the other participants will scoop €18.5m.

The two clubs, be that as it may, have just gathered significantly increasingly prize cash on the way to the last. Just for fitting the bill for the gathering stage, they earned €18.62m.

Every knockout round they advanced in from that point earned them somewhere in the range of €11.0m,  €12.5m and €15.0m.Watch & Bet on Football =>

Champions League Winners Prize Money (2025/26 Season)

The total prize money for Champions League winner can easily elevate total earnings for a winner from England, Spain, Germany or Italy up to €100 million (prize money + market pool). Watch & Bet on Football =>

Champions League winners prize money	2025-26	2024-25
Base fee for group stage:	€18.62m	€18.62m
Group match victory:	€2.10m	€2.10m
Group match draw:	€0.70m	€0.70m
Round of 16:	€11.00m	€11.00m
Quarter-finals:	€12.50m	€12.50m
Semi-finals:	€15.00m	€15.00m
Losing finalist:	€18.50m	€18.50m
Winning the final:	€25.00m	€25.00m
Total UCL final winner prize money	€83.12m	€79.22m
Total UCL final Runners-Up prize money	€77.62m	€74.72m

Champions League prize money FAQs

Here are frequently asked questions on champions league prize money 2025/26.

How much is the prize money for the Champions League winner?

2025/26 Season: The winner (PSG) is set to receive €25 million.

What is the prize money for the Champions League 2026?

2025/26 Season: The total prize pool is €2.467bn, a 21% increase from the previous season.

What is the prize money for the ‘Champion of Champions’?

The term “Champion of Champions” is not officially used by UEFA. However, the UEFA Champions League winner qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. The prize money for these tournaments varies:

UEFA Super Cup: The winner receives €5 million.

FIFA Club World Cup: The winner can earn more than $100 million, depending on performance and market factors.

How much will PSG get for winning the Champions League?

Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League triumph turned into one of the most profitable seasons in the club’s history.

By lifting Europe’s biggest club trophy, PSG secured an estimated payout of around €145 million (£123 million/$169 million) from UEFA’s prize-money system.

The French giants earned money at every stage of the competition, beginning with the league-phase participation fee and continuing through performance bonuses, knockout-round rewards, and the final winner’s payment.

Thanks to their deep run and eventual title victory, PSG finished at the top of UEFA’s prize-money rankings for the season, ahead of all other European clubs.

Their total earnings underline how financially rewarding Champions League success has become in the competition’s new format.

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