The 2026 FIFA World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Canada and Mexico. The expanded tournament will feature 48 teams and will be the biggest World Cup in history. FIFA has announced a record financial package to support the larger format.

The teams participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup will receive record-breaking compensation. The winning nation will receive $50 million.

By comparison, the Club World Cup, which was controversially expanded from seven teams to 32 and shoehorned into the soccer calendar, had a total prize fund of $1 billion. The top prize for the winning team was worth up to $125 million for a tournament that faced fierce resistance from players and leagues and drew sparse crowds for some matches.

Nigeria's football federation complains to Fifa over the eligibility of certain DR Congo players who took part in their 2026 World Cup play-off.

The fund marks a 50 per cent increase from the 2022 tournament in Qatar and will see the winners of the competition earning $50million.

The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup will feature a record prize money payout. FIFA announced on Wednesday that the total prize pool will be $655 million, an increase of 50 percent from the 2022 tournament. Here is a breakdown of the payouts based on how teams finish:

World Cup glory will be worth $50 million in prize money to the national association of the winning team next year after FIFA confirmed a financial pot of $727m will be shared between the 48 competing nations.