Winners to receive US$4 million from the overall US$10 million pot, runners-up earn US$2 million
Incentives for winning each of the 45 league matches
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The 13th edition of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will see the winners of the 10-team tournament earn US$4 million, along with the trophy that they will lift at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November.
The runners-up will receive US$2 million, while the losing semi-finalists will get $800,000 each from the total prize pot of US$10 million. The 48-match event will be played across 10 venues from 5 October.
The biggest Cricket World Cup ever will see prizes for each league match won. Teams will play each other once in a round-robin format, with the top four making it to the semi-finals.
The winners of each match in the group stage will receive US$40,000 and the six teams that do not qualify for the semi-finals will receive a payment of US$100,000.
The breakdown of prize money allocations is as follows:
Stage
Rate US$
Total US$
Winner (1)
4,000,000
4,000,000
Runner-up (1)
2,000,000
2,000,000
Losing Semi-Finalist (2)
800,000
1,600,000
Teams eliminated after group stage (6)
100,000
600,000
Winner of each group stage match (45)
40,000
1,800,000
