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Di moni wey winner of AFCON 2025 and oda teams go collect
Di 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winners go collect $10 million cash prize, while di team wey lose for di final go take home $4 million, di Confederation of African Football (CAF) don tok recently.
Di moni wey winner of AFCON 2025 and oda teams go collect
Nigeria dey confident say dem go shine well well for AFCON 2025. / Reuters
23 Disemba 2025

Winners for 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) go collect $10 million, while the team wey lose the final go carry $4 million, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe talk recently.

Na big increase compared to 2023, when that year champions, Côte d'Ivoire, bagged $7 million, and the first runner-up, Nigeria, secure $4 million.

For the tournament wey dey go on now for Morocco, teams wey comot for semi-final stage go each take home at least $2.5 million, while quarter-finalists go receive at least $1.3 million each.

Teams wey dem bundle out for the round of 16 go each collect $800,000.

Total prize money: The best third-placed team for the group stages go receive $700,000, while the countries wey comot for the group stage go each earn $500,000.

Apart from the winner money wey dem raise by 43%, the other participants go receive similar amounts to the 2023 teams wey comot at the same stages.

Twenty-four teams dey take part for this year AFCON, and total cash prize wey dem set aside for the teams na $32 million.