Highest amount Paid by AFC in Champion League Final Winner....
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has Announced the Biggest amount prize for the AFC Champion League 2016 Winner, which is the highest in the World in club Competition.
- Jeonbuk and Al Ain will line up for the first leg of the AFC Champions League final on Saturday at the Jeonju World Cup stadium in Korea Republic. The return leg is in Al Ain on November 26.
- The AFC doubled the Champions League winners’ prize money, from US$1.5 million to US$3 million, for this season making it one of the richest Continental club competitions in the world.
- In addition to the winners receiving US$3 million this season, the award for the runners-up has also been doubled to US$1.5 million. The semi-finalists received US$200,000 this season, up from US$120,000.
- Only the UEFA Champions League offers a bigger pot than the AFC Champions League, which is on a par with the prize money for CONMEBOL’s Copa Libertadores winners.
- The 2016 AFC Cup also saw a sharp rise with clubs earning a total of US$2.1 million – an increase of US$1.5 million from 2015. Air Force Club, who created history as the first Iraqi club to win the competition, were rewarded with US$1 million, increasing from US$350,000 for the winners in 2015.
- Similarly, the purse for this year’s runners-up, JSW Bengaluru FC (IND) was also doubled to US$500,000 from the previous year.
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