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The 13th edition of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will see the winners of the 10-team tournament earn US $4 million, along with the trophy that they will lift at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November.
The runners-up will receive US $2 million, while the losing semi-finalists will get $800,000 each from the total prize pot of US $10 million. The 48-match event will be played across 10 venues from 5 October.
The biggest Cricket World Cup ever will see prizes for each league match won. Teams will play each other once in a round-robin format, with the top four making it to the semi-finals.
The winners of each match in the group stage will receive US $40,000 and the six teams that do not qualify for the semi-finals will receive a payment of US $100,000.
The breakdown of prize money allocations is as follows:
Stage | Rate US$ | Total US$ |
Winner (1) | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
Runner-up (1) | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Losing Semi-Finalist (2) | 800,000 | 1,600,000 |
Teams eliminated after group stage (6) | 100,000 | 600,000 |
Winner of each group stage match (45) | 40,000 | 1,800,000 |
(Inputs Taken From Press Release)
