FIFA will pay a record $400M to the 32 teams in this year's World Cup (a 40% increase over 2014), with $38M going to the winner and $28M to the runner-up. The third- and fourth-place teams will earn $24M and $22M respectively, and the four quarterfinal losers will receive $16M each. The eight teams eliminated in the Round of 16 will get $12M while all others -- the 16 teams that fail to advance from the group to the knockout phase -- will take home $8M. So you see, failing to qualify (ahem, USA) is tantamount to leaving $8M or more on the table. Ouch!
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