ICC World Cup 2023: Which team earned how much prize money

The 13th edition of the ODI World Cup concluded in Ahmedabad on Sunday, with Australia crowned champions for the sixth time after their six-wicket win over hosts India at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Chasing a modest 241 to win, Australia reached the target with seven overs to spare, riding on Travis Head’s 137 and a half-century by Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out), which lifted the Aussies from a concerning 47/3 to turn the tables on Team India.

Talking about the earnings of each of the 10 teams in the October 5 to November 19 tournament, besides the purse for the winners and the runners-up, the ICC awarded USD 40,000 for each victory in the group stage.

While Australia ended up winning the champions’ pruse of USD 4 million, India earned USD 2 million as the runners-up. That’s separate from their earnings during the league stage for each of their victories. India won all their nine round-robin matches while Australia won seven. The two losing semi-finalists -- New Zealand and South Africa -- earned the assured prize money of USD 800,000.

Meanwhile, the six teams eliminated during the league stage took home the assured sum of USD 100,000 besides the prize money for respective wins during the league phase.

Source - Times of India

--Agencies