FIFA reward for Kosovo revealed if it qualifies through the World Cup play-offs
Kosovo’s national football team has a date with history and… millions in March. The “Dardanians” will play for a place at the 2026 World Cup, hoping to get past Slovakia and then the winner of the Türkiye-Romania tie, and write their name into the world’s most important national-team competition for the first time.
Kosovo’s national football team has a date with history and… millions in March. The “Dardanians” will play for a place at the 2026 World Cup, hoping to get past Slovakia and then the winner of the Türkiye-Romania tie, and write their name into the world’s most important national-team competition for the first time.
But alongside the prestige of such an event, a substantial prize will also be at stake for Kosovo. This prize comes directly from FIFA, which has announced that it has increased the amount it will pay to all teams participating in the World Cup being held in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
The FIFA Council, meeting in Doha, Qatar, on the occasion of the Intercontinental Cup final, has approved a record payment of 10 million euros for every team participating in the 2026 World Cup. This is the highest amount ever awarded to national teams in such a competition, with prizes also increased for each stage reached in the tournament, up to an additional 50 million euros for the team crowned World Champion.
