(Video) Alejandro Domínguez, president of Conmebol, made the announcement prior to the draw for the first phase of the cups.
Conmebol will distribute more than $ 244 million among its associates in 2022, 15 million more than this year, announced on Monday its president, Alejandro Domínguez, prior to the draw for the first phase of the Libertadores and Sudamericana cups next year.
“The global amount will increase by $ 15’100,000 from 229’260,000 distributed in 2021 to 44’360,000 in 2022,” Domínguez revealed during a virtual broadcast of the draw for the continental club tournaments.
The 2022 Libertadores champion will receive $ 16 million, an increase of one million dollars compared to what Palmeiras won for winning the title in 2021.
This figure is added to what the winning team accumulates by passing the different stages of the competition, a total figure that reaches $ 25’050,000.
On the other hand, there will also be improvements in the amounts granted in the first phase (set at $ 400,000), second phase ($ 500,000) and in the third phase ($ 600,000) of the Libertadores.
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The final of the 2022 Copa Libertadores will be played at the Monumental Stadium in Guayaquil, home to Barcelona of Ecuador, on October 29.
The South American Cup also increases prizes
President Domínguez also remarked that the champion of the South American Cup of 2022 will be credited with $ 5,000,000, one million more in relation to the prize won by the winner of the 2021 edition, Athlético Paranaense.
The cross between the Independiente Medellín and América de Cali appear as the most attractive of the first phase of the Cup South American 2022, whose final will be played at the National Mané Garrincha stadium, in Brasilia, on October 1.
In the first phase, teams from the same country from Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela face each other.
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Two teams from each of these countries will go to the group stage, in which they will join the six representatives of Brazil and Argentina and the four that are eliminated in the third preliminary phase of the Copa Libertadores de América.
On the other hand, the prizes for the Recopa Sudamericana-2022 -which faces the winners of the Libertadores and the Sudamericana of 2021- will also increase, leaving $ 1,600,000 for the winner and 800,000 for the loser.
Finally, Domínguez described as “historic” the prize established for the champion of the women’s Copa Libertadores next year: 1,500,000 dollars, while the runner-up will keep 500,000 dollars.
“We want to promote football in all its forms and in both genders. And by giving football back what is football, we will also recover our identity. That is the way to conquer the world again, at the club and national level, ”said Domínguez. (D)
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