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How much will the World Baseball Classic champion team earn?

World Baseball Classic 2023.
World Baseball Classic 2023.

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Arnaldo Fernandez

The World Baseball Classic is already touching the semifinals, with Japan going undefeated and Venezuela doing the same in the first phase. In addition, Mexico achieved its historic qualification to the semifinals after beating Puerto Rico.

Given the proximity of the decisive instances, the question arises about the prizes that will be won by the team that wins and those that managed to qualify for the event.

Equitable distribution between teams

It was possible to know that the distribution of the cash prizes will be equitable between the players, the coaching staff and the federation, in addition, the World Classic will distribute a total of $14.4 million dollars among the participating teams.

The most benefited will be the teams with small federations such as Nicaragua, the Czech Republic, Israel, among others; which will be receiving an economic benefit for their participation in the sports fair.

Cash Rewards Breakdown for the 2023 WBC:

• 50% paid to players, 50% retained by federations
• $14,400,000 total for the Classic
• $300,000 for qualifying
• $300,000 for pool winners
• $400,000 for QF
• $500,000 for SF
• $500,000 for Final
• $1,000,000 for WBC Champion pic.twitter.com/RoOuRl3JpG

— Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) February 6, 2023

The dollar amount teams will receive

Teams will be receiving a total of $300,000 just for participating.a figure that will increase according to performance. The two teams classified by each group will be paid an additional $400,000..

In addition to the teams that seal their pass to the semifinals will be canceling another $500,000 dollars.

The champion team of World Baseball Classic will take a total of $1 million dollars and the runners-up will pocket $500,000 dollars for reaching the final of the event.

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