Prize Money
As of 2010–11, UEFA awards €2.1 million to each team in the play-off round. For reaching the group stage, UEFA awards €3.9 million, plus €550,000 per group match played. A win in the group is awarded €800,000 and a draw is worth €400,000. In addition, UEFA pays teams reaching the first knockout round €3 million, each quarter-finalist €3.3 million, €4.2 million for each semi-finalist, €5.6 million for the runners-up and €9 million for the winners.
- Playoffs: €2,100,000
- Group stage: €3,900,000
- For each match in group stage: €550,000
- Group match victory: €800,000
- Group match draw: €400,000
- Round of 16: €3,000,000
- Quarter-finals: €3,300,000
- Semi-finals: €4,200,000
- Losing finalist: €5,600,000
- Winning the Final: €9,000,000
A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the "market pool", the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television market in each country. For the 2010–11 season, Manchester United, who lost the final, earned nearly €53.2 million in total of which €27.3 million was prize money, compared with the €51.0 million earned by Barcelona, who won the tournament and was awarded with €30.7 million of prize money.
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