{"id":45501,"date":"2025-12-21T07:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45501"},"modified":"2025-12-21T07:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:06:27","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncaf-president-motsepe-announces-43-increase-in-afcon-winner-prize-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/21\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncaf-president-motsepe-announces-43-increase-in-afcon-winner-prize-money\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF President Motsepe announces 43% increase in AFCON winner prize money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139171\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"515\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CAF-President-Motsepe-announces-43-increase-in-AFCON-winner-prize.webp.jpeg?resize=515%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AFCON-trophy-3.webp?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AFCON-trophy-3.webp?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AFCON-trophy-3.webp?resize=515%2C264&amp;ssl=1 515w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CAF-President-Motsepe-announces-43-increase-in-AFCON-winner-prize.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced a new prize money structure for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), with the tournament winners set to receive a 43% increase.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on Saturday following a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee (EXCO) in Rabat, Morocco, a day before the kick-off of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Prize money for this year\u2019s AFCON winners has been increased to US$10 million, up from the US$7 million received by the 2023 champions, Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Prize allocations for other finishing positions remain unchanged. The runners-up will receive US$4 million, while the two semi-finalists will each pocket US$2.5 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New AFCON Prize Money Structure:<\/strong><br \/>Group stage (4th place): US$500,000<br \/>Group stage (3rd place): US$700,000<br \/>Round of 16: US$800,000<br \/>Quarter-finalists: US$1.3 million<br \/>Semi-finalists: US$2.5 million<br \/>Runners-up: US$4 million<br \/>Winners: US$10 million<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged 2025 afcon, afcon, AFCON prize money, caf<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#CAF #President #Motsepe #announces #increase #AFCON #winner #prize #money<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced a new prize money structure for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON),&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,206,922,1317,379,924,313,1240,1738],"class_list":["post-45501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-announces","tag-caf","tag-increase","tag-money","tag-motsepe","tag-president","tag-prize","tag-winner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45503,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45501\/revisions\/45503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}