T20 World Cup 2022 Prize Money: Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022, ICC announced the updated prize money for the mega event where title winners take home a whopping $US 1.6 million.
T20 World Cup 2022 Prize Money
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 is scheduled to kickstart on October 16 with the final match on November 13 in Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.
The ICC announced that the winning side at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Melbourne on November 13 would receive prize money of $1.6 million, with the runners-up guaranteed half the amount.
The ICC Announcement reads: “The eight teams who exit at the Super 12 stage will receive $70,000 each. Like last year at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, a win in each of the 30 games in the Super 12 phase will be worth $40,000”.
The eight teams that made it directly to the Super 12 phase are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa.
“The other eight teams – Namibia, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, UAE in Group A and West Indies, Scotland, Ireland and Zimbabwe in Group B – are split into two groups of four and will play the first round.
For any win in the first round, prize money of $40,000 will be awarded, with the 12 matches amounting to $480,000. The four teams knocked out in the first round will get $40,000 each”, the announcement reads.
Following are the details of the T20 World Cup 2022 Prize Money for all participating teams:
| Winners | 1 | $1,600,000 | $1,600,000 |
| Runners-Up | 1 | $800,000 | $800,000 |
| Losing Semi-finalists | 2 | $400,000 | $800,000 |
| Super 12 Wins | 30 | $40,000 | $1,200,000 |
| Super 12 Exit | 8 | $70,000 | $560,000 |
| First Round Win | 12 | $40,000 | $480,000 |
| First Round Exit | 4 | $40,000 | $160,000 |
| Total | $5,600,000 |
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa all qualified directly for the Super 12 phase of this tournament, based on their performances in the 2021 tournament and their rankings as of 15 November 2021.
Namibia, Scotland, Sri Lanka and the West Indies were all placed in the group stage of the competition. The remaining four places came from the top two teams from each of the two Global Qualifiers.
The tournament consists of 45 matches in total planned to host across venues – Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.
The final will be hosted under lights at the MCG on 13 November 2022. The semi-finals will be hosted at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Adelaide Oval on 9 and 10 November, respectively.
