Paris (AFP)
The Paris SG could pocket up to 110 million euros in sporting endowments if it came to be full in the group stage and then to win the Champions League in 2020, not to mention the manna related to TV rights.
Thanks to its history over the last 10 years of C1 and C3, the Paris SG could even hypothetically earn more than Liverpool (EUR 107 million) if the Reds retained their title.
Each of the 32 teams that will start the group stage on Tuesday or Wednesday will receive a check for EUR 15.25 million, according to figures provided by UEFA. In the group stage, each victory brings EUR 2.7 million and a draw, three times less (900,000 euros).
Then, the endowments increase logically with the knockout matches.
Qualifying in the 8th finals earns EUR 9.5 million; rise to the next round, an additional EUR 10.5 million, then another EUR 12 million in the semifinals.
In the final, the winner will receive EUR 19 million and his opponent EUR 15 million, the same amount as last season.
Quite hypothetically, the holder of the Cup with big ears can touch a slice of 82.45 million euros in sports revenues. In detail: EUR 15.25 million for his participation in the group stage, which adds to EUR 16.2 million if he wins his six group matches, and EUR 51 million gleaned in the home stretch.
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To this total is added a bonus paid to the clubs based on their history, according to a ranking established by UEFA according to the performances of the last ten years in the European Cup.
Paris SG ranks 8th among the teams entered this season in C1, which ensures him to pocket 27.7 million EUR in this respect, more than three million more than the defending champion, Liverpool (24.376m EUR).
Lyon (19th) will receive around EUR 15.5 million, while Lille (29th out of 32), who will return to the prestigious Champions League after seven years absence, will have to settle for EUR 4.4 million, far from the 35.5 M received by Real Madrid, at the top of the ranking.
If they came to win the next final on May 30 in Istanbul, the PSG would grab EUR 110.15 million, thanks to its course in C1 (EUR 82.45 million) and its European past (EUR 27.7 million). ).
The Neymar club and Kylian Mbappé would also pocket EUR 3.5 million for his future participation in the European Super Cup. And an extra million euros in case of victory.
To these sports endowments, is added the manna of television broadcasting rights. The higher the TV rights of a geographic area, the more money it earns in the Champions League.
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