The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed a significant 40% boost in the prize money for the winner of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire 2023.
As per the announcement made on CAF’s official website on Thursday, the winner of the TotalEnergies AFCON will now be awarded a prize of seven million dollars.
Moreover, the runner-up’s prize has increased to 4 million dollars, while the two Semi-finalists will each receive 2.5 million dollars, and the four Quarter-finalists will be granted 1.3 million dollars each.
The President of CAF, Patrice Motsepe said: “CAF has made significant progress over the past two years in increasing the prize money of the AFCON and all its other major competitions.
“We have increased the prize money of the AFCON Winner to seven million dollars which is a 40 per cent increase from the previous 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 said.
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