This year’s AFCON winners will walk away with an additional amount of prize money.
This comes after CAF president Patrice Motsepe announced a 40% increase in prize money for the winner of the Total Energies AFCON 2023, making it a total of USD 7,000,000.
According to a statement released by CAF, the runner-up of the AFCON will now get USD 4 000 000, the semi-finalists will get USD 2 500 000 and each of the four quarterfinalists will get USD 1 300 000.
CAF president Patrice Motsepe said CAF has made significant progress over the past two years in increasing the Prize money of the AFCON and all its major competitions.
“We have increased the Prize Money of the AFCON Winner to USD 7 000 000 which is a 40% increase from the previous AFCON Prize Money. I am confident that a portion of the Prize Money will contribute to developing football and also benefit all the football stakeholders, as well as assist our Member Associations with their administrations.”
The AFCON is set to start on the 13th of January until the 11th of February, in Côte d’Ivoire, with Bafana Bafana kicking off their campaign against Mali on the 16th of January.
