Nigeria's Tremendous Eagles will obtain prize cash of $7 million (N8.9 billion) in the event that they defeat the Elephants of Ivory Coast in at this time's last of the thirty fourth Africa Cup of Nations.
Nigeria reached the ultimate by beating South Africa's Bafana Bafana 4-2 in a penalty shootout after 120 minutes of soccer, which resulted in a 1-1 draw on the Stade de la Paix, Bouke on Wednesday.
The 2 AFCON finalists, Nigeria, and host nation Ivory Coast, have already earned $4 million every to advance to the finals.
The Confederation of Africa Soccer (CAF) had introduced a 40 % enhance in prize cash earlier than the beginning of the event.
In response to CAF, the winners will obtain $7 million, $2 million greater than the final version in Cameroon.
The AFCON runners-up will now take dwelling $4 million (N5 billion), whereas the dropping semi-finalists, South Africa and DR Congo will bag $2.5 million every, whereas the 4 quarter-finalists will take dwelling $1.3 million every take dwelling.
“CAF has made important progress in rising the prize cash of the AFCON and all its different main competitions over the previous two years,” stated CAF boss Patrice Motsepe.
“We’ve elevated the AFCON winner's prize cash to US$7,000,000, which is a 40 % enhance over the earlier AFCON prize cash.
“I’m assured that a part of the prize cash will contribute to the event of soccer and in addition profit all soccer stakeholders, in addition to help our member associations with their administration,” he added.
