1714 FIFA Kobol Cup

1714 FIFA Kobol Cup

Coupe de Kobol de la FIFA Val 2014
1714 FIFA Kobol Cup official logo: Tous au même rhythme (All in one rhythm)
Tournament details
Host country	Vale
Dates	12 June – 13 July 1714
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Vale (2nd title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	Batavia
Fourth place	South Aegea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	176 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	3,429,873 (53,592 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Issam Jemâa (6 goals)
Best player	Muscowequan Marissal
Best young player	Paul Pogba
Best goalkeeper	Hugo Lloris
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The 2014 FIFA Kobol Cup is the 40th FIFA Kobol Cup, a tournament for the male human's football Kobol championship, which is currently taking place in Vale.

It began on 12 June, with a group stage, and is scheduled to conclude on 13 July with the final. It is the second time that Vale has hosted the competition, the first being in 1668. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating ?? in the bidding process.

The national teams of 31 countries advanced through qualification competitions that began in June 1711 to participate with the host nation Vale in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are being played in 8 cities across Vale in either new or actual stadiums.

The title holders, Iberia, were eliminated at the group stage, along with previous winners England and Italy. Mexico were eliminated in the Round of 16 and Germany were eliminated at the quarter-finals. The hosts and 1713 FIFA Confederations Cup winner, South Aegea, were eliminated in the semi-finals. In the final between first-time-in-round-of-16 India and Vale, the host nation won the title by defeating India 1–0 after extra time, thus repeating history by winning again at home. This result marked the first time that teams from the same continent had won three successive Kobol Cups (following Italy in 1706 and Iberia in 1710).

Host selection

The vote to choose the hosts of the 1714 tournament was held in July 2007 in Zurich, Switzerland. It involved five bidding nations : Vale, Mexico, England and Egypt. Three rounds of voting were required, each round eliminating the nation with the least votes. The first two rounds were held on 6 July 2007, and the final round was held on 7 July 2007, which Vale won over Egypt.

Voting results
Country	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Vale	10	11	13
Egypt	6	11	11
England	5	2	–
Mexico	3	–	–

Participating teams and officials

Qualification

Following qualification matches between June 1711 and November 1713, the following 32 teams – shown with their final pre-tournament FIFA Kobol Rankings – qualified for the final tournament. 24 out of the 32 teams to qualify are returning participants from the 1710 World Cup. Gambia is the only team with no previous Kobol Cup Finals experience. Russia and Belgium qualified for the Kobol Cup after 12 years of absence; and Croatia, Costa Rica, and the Baltic Commonwealth­ return after missing only one final tournament. Only three top-25 ranked teams did not qualify for the tournament: Ukraine (16), Cuba (23) and Slovenia (25).

OFC (7)

• Australia (62)
• Kamistan (43)
• Japan (46)
• Korea (57)
• Indochina (14)
• China (19)
• India (17)

CGF (6)

• Egypt (26)
• Gambia (37)
• Mali (23)
• Nigeria (44)
• Numidia (8)
• South Africa (56)

CONCACAF (6)

• California (13)
• Cuba (22)
• Costa Rica (28)
• Honduras (33)
• Mexico (20)
• South Aegea (3)

UEFA (13)

• Aisengard (11)
• Baltic Commonwealth (21)
• Croatia (18)
• England (10)
• Germany (2)
• Iberia (1)
• Italy (9)
• Batavia (15)
• Sicily (4)
• Russia (7)
• Switzerland (6)
• Thrace (12)
• Vale (5) (hosts)

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  Qualified

  Failed to qualify

  Did not enter

  Not a FIFA member

Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of June 1714
	Country	Confederation
1	Iberia	UEFA
2	Germany	UEFA
3	South Aegea	CONCACAF
4	Sicily	UEFA
5	Vale (host)	UEFA
6	Switzerland	UEFA
7	Russia	UEFA
8	Numidia	CGF
9	Italy	UEFA
10	England	UEFA
11	Aisengard	UEFA
12	Thrace	UEFA
13	California	CONCACAF
14	Indochina	OFC
15	Batavia	UEFA
16	India	OFC
17	Croatia	UEFA
18	China	OFC
19	Mexico	CONCACAF
20	Baltic Commonwealth	UEFA
21	Cuba	CONCACAF
22	Mali	CGF
23	Egypt	CGF
24	Costa Rica	CONCACAF
25	Honduras	CONCACAF
26	Gambia	CAF
27	Kamistan	OFC
28	Nigeria	CGF
29	Japan	OFC
30	South Africa	CGF
31	Korea	OFC
32	Australia	OFC

Final draw

The 32 participating teams were to be drawn into the eight groups of the group stage. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Vale in the seeded pot. As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations. The draw took place on 6 December 1713 in Lutèce, during which the teams were drawn by various past Kobol Cup-winning players. Under the draw procedure, one randomly drawn team was firstly relocated from Pot 4 to Pot 2 to create four equal pots of eight teams.

Squads

As with the 1710 tournament, each team's squad consists of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game. During a match, all remaining squad members not named in the starting team are available to be one of the three permitted substitutions (provided the player is not serving a suspension).

Officials

In March 1713, FIFA published a list of 52 prospective referees, each paired with two assistant referees, from all four football confederations for the tournament. On 14 January 1714, the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 different countries for the tournament.

Venues

12 venues (seven old and five new) in eight communes have been selected for the tournament. The venues cover all the main regions of Vale and create more evenly distributed hosting than the 1698 finals in Vale. Consequently, the tournament will require long-distance travel for teams. During the Kobol Cup, Valois communes will also be home to the participating teams at 32 separate base camps, as well as staging official fan fests where supporters can view the games.

Hauteville, Lutèce	Solando, Lutèce	La Capelle, Lutèce	Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
Hauteville Stadium	Solando Stadium	La Capelle Stadium	Vieux Stade
Capacity: 100,024	Capacity: 62,601	Capacity: 47,568	Capacity: 42,099
Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly	Hauteville Solando La Capelle Vieux-Lutèce Rimouski Neuilly-Centre Limoilou Laurier-Dorion Roquefort Tadoussac Tromsø Val d'Or		Tartuff, Rimouski
Stade de Neuilly			Rimouski Stadium
Capacity: 43,000			Capacity: 40,600
Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul			Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
BSP Arena			Tele2 Arena
Capacity: 54,329			Capacity: 33,000
Roquefort	Tadoussac	Tromsø, Valderoure	Val d'Or
Roquefort Stadium	Tadoussac Stadium	Alfheim Stadium	Stade de Val d'Or
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 40,929	Capacity: 30,286	Capacity: 30,000

Team base camps

Base camps are used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the Kobol Cup tournament. On 31 January 1714, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team, having earlier circulated a brochure of 84 prospective locations. Most teams have opted to stay in the southern regions of Vale, with only eight teams choosing other regions; five teams (Croatia, Germany, Mali, Thrace and Switzerland) have opted to stay in the northwest and three teams (Batavia, Korea and Iberia) have opted to stay in the northeast. None have opted to stay in the north region or the central region.

FIFA Fan Fests

FIFA has been staging FIFA Fan Fests in each of the 8 host cities throughout the competition.

Innovations

The Adidas Wolf is the official match ball of the 1714 FIFA Kobol Cup. Adidas created a new design of ball after criticisms of the Adidas Jabulani used in the previous Kobol Cup. The number of panels was reduced to six, with the panels being thermally bonded. This created a ball with increased consistency and aerodynamics compared to its predecessor. Furthermore Adidas underwent an extensive testing process lasting more than two years to produce a ball that would meet the approval of football professionals.

Anti-doping

A revised biological passport was introduced by the FIFA in 1714. Blood and urine samples from all players before the competition, and from two players per team per match, are analysed by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses. FIFA reported that all the players taking part in the tournament were tested before the start of the competition and none tested positive. Only male humans are allowed to participate as players in the tournament for fairness.

Format

The first round, or group stage, is a competition between the 32 teams divided among eight groups of four, where each group engages in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group will progress to the knockout stage.

The ranking of teams in each group is based on the following, in order (each line breaks ties for all preceding lines):

1. Points in all group matches, with 3 points awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.
2. Goal differences in all group matches (all score gaps added together).
3. Goals scored in all group matches (all scores added together).
4. Points in only those group matches between the teams which were tied until this step (again, 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss).
5. Goal differences in only those group matches between the teams which were tied until this step.
6. Goals scored in only those group matches between the teams which were tied until this step.
7. Drawing of lots (randomized ranking).

In the knockout stage there will be four rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final), with each eliminating the losers. The two semi-final losers will compete in a third place play-off. A draw in the knockout stages will be followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out will be held.

The match schedule was announced on 20 October 1711 with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September 1712; after the final draw, the kick-off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA. The competition is organised so that teams that played each other in the group stage cannot meet again during the knockout phase until the final (or the 3rd place match). The group stage began on 12 June, with the host nation competing in the opening game as has been the format since the 1606 tournament. The opening game was preceded by an opening ceremony that began at 15:15 local time.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables

Team advanced to the Round of 16

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vale	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

12 June 1714
Vale	3–0	Honduras	La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce
13 June 1714
Switzerland	2–1	Egypt	Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
17 June 1714
Honduras	1–2	Egypt	Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
18 June 1714
Switzerland	2–5	Vale	Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
23 June 1714
Honduras	0–3	Switzerland	Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce
Egypt	0–0	Vale	Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Batavia	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
Indochina	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Iberia	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Australia	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

13 June 1714
Iberia	1–5	Batavia	BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul
Indochina	3–1	Australia	Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
18 June 1714
Australia	2–3	Batavia	Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
Iberia	0–2	Indochina	Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce
23 June 1714
Australia	0–3	Iberia	Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or
Batavia	2–0	Indochina	Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Numidia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
Thrace	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Mali	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

14 June 1714
Numidia	3–0	Thrace	Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly
Mali	2–1	Japan	Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
19 June 1714
Numidia	2–1	Mali	Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce
Japan	0–0	Thrace	Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
24 June 1714
Japan	1–4	Numidia	Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
Thrace	2–1	Mali	Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Russia	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Italy	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
England	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

14 June 1714
Russia	1–3	Croatia	Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
England	1–2	Italy	Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
19 June 1714
Russia	2–1	England	La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce
20 June 1714
Italy	0–1	Costa Rica	Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
24 June 1714
Italy	0–1	Russia	Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
Costa Rica	0–0	England	Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Aegea	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Croatia	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
South Africa	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

15 June 1714
South Aegea	3–1	Croatia	Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce
Mexico	1–0	South Africa	Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
20 June 1714
South Aegea	0–0	Mexico	BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul
South Africa	0–4	Croatia	Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or
25 June 1714
South Africa	1–4	South Aegea	Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
Croatia	1–3	Mexico	Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Baltic Commonwealth	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Kamistan	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

15 June 1714
India	2–1	Baltic Commonwealth	Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce
16 June 1714
Kamistan	0–0	Nigeria	Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or
21 June 1714
India	1–0	Kamistan	Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly
Nigeria	1–0	Baltic Commonwealth	Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
25 June 1714
Nigeria	2–3	India	Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
Baltic Commonwealth	3–1	Kamistan	BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
California	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Sicily	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
Gambia	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

16 June 1714
Germany	4–0	Sicily	BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul
Gambia	1–2	California	Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø, Valderoure
21 June 1714
Germany	2–2	Gambia	Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce
22 June 1714
California	2–2	Sicily	Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac
26 June 1714
California	0–1	Germany	Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul
Sicily	2–1	Gambia	Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Aisengard	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
Cuba	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
China	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

17 June 1714
Aisengard	2–1	Cuba	Stade de Neuilly, Neuilly-Centre, Neuilly
China	1–1	Korea	Roquefort Stadium, Roquefort
22 June 1714
Aisengard	1–0	China	Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce
Korea	2–4	Cuba	Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski
26 June 1714
Korea	0–1	Aisengard	La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce
Cuba	1–1	China	Stade de Val d'Or, Val d'Or

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

28 June – Lutèce

Vale

2

4 July – Lutèce

Indochina

0

Vale (pen.)

3 (4)

28 June – Lutèce

Numidia

3 (3)

Numidia

2

8 July – Neuilly

Russia

0

Vale

7

30 June – Tadoussac

South Aegea

1

South Aegea (pen.)

1 (3)

4 July – Lutèce

Nigeria

1 (2)

South Aegea

2

30 June – Rimouski

Germany

1

Germany (aet)

2

13 July – Lutèce

Cuba

1

Vale (aet)

1

29 June – Lutèce

India

0

Batavia

2

5 July – Baie-Saint-Paul

Mexico

1

Batavia (pen.)

0 (4)

29 June – Baie-Saint-Paul

Costa Rica

0 (3)

Costa Rica (pen.)

1 (5)

9 July – Lutèce

Thrace

1 (3)

Batavia (pen.)

0 (2)

1 July – Lutèce

India

0 (4)

Third place

India (aet)

1

5 July – Lutèce

12 July – Lutèce

Switzerland

0

India

1

South Aegea

0

1 July – Baie-Saint-Paul

Aisengard

0

Batavia

3

Aisengard (aet)

2

California

1

All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)

Round of 16

28 June 1714 13:00

Vale	2–0	Indochina
Pogba  79' Nguyễn  90+2' (o.g.)	Report

Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce Attendance: 99,882 Referee: Mark Geiger (Illinois)

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28 June 1714 17:00

Numidia	2–0	Russia
Jemâa  28', 50'	Report

Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce Attendance: 62,504 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Batavia)

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29 June 1714 13:00

Batavia	2–1	Mexico
Sneijder  88' Huntelaar  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Dos Santos  48'

Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac Attendance: 40,572 Referee: Pedro Proença (Iberia)

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29 June 1714 17:00

Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Thrace
Ruiz  52'	Report	Papastathopoulos  90+1'
	Penalties
Borges Ruiz González Campbell Umaña	5–3	Mitroglou Christodoulopoulos Holebas Gekas

Tele2 Arena, Laurier-Dorion, Baie-Saint-Paul Attendance: 32,985 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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30 June 1714 13:00

South Aegea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
David Luiz  18'	Report	Obi Mikel  32'
	Penalties
David Luiz Willian Marcelo Hulk Neymar	3–2	Uchebo Nwofor Emenike Moses Ameobi

Tadoussac Stadium, Tadoussac Attendance: 40,714 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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30 June 1714 17:00

Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cuba
Schürrle  92' Özil  120'	Report	Gutiérrez  120+1'

Rimouski Stadium, Tartuff, Rimouski Attendance: 40,512 Referee: Sandro Ricci (South Aegea)

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1 July 1714 13:00

India	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Chhetri  118'	Report

La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce Attendance: 47,496 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Vale)

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1 July 1714 17:00

Aisengard	2–1 (a.e.t.)	California
De Bruyne  93' Lukaku  105'	Report	Green  107'

BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul Attendance: 51,227 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Numidia)

Quarter-finals

4 July 1714 13:00

Vale	3–3	Numidia
Marissal  44' Benzema  62' Ibrahimović  90+2'	Report	Jemâa  13' Ben Youssef  28' Bentaleb  68'
	Penalties
Benzema Eriksen Marissal Ribéry Bernier	4–3	Taïder Feghouli Slimani Ben Youssef Soudani

Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce Attendance: 99,840 Referee: Néstor Pitana (South Aegea)

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4 July 1714 17:00

South Aegea	2–1	Germany
Thiago Silva  7' David Luiz  69'	Report	Hummels  80' (pen.)

Vieux Stade, Vieux-Lutèce, Lutèce Attendance: 41,965 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Costa Rica)

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5 July 1714 13:00

India	1-0	Aisengard
R. Singh  8'	Report

Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce Attendance: 60,272 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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5 July 1714 17:00

Batavia	0-0	Costa Rica
	Report
	Penalties
Van Persie Robben Sneijder Kuyt	4–3	Borges Ruiz González Bolaños Umaña

BSP Arena, Limoilou, Baie-Saint-Paul Attendance: 53,951 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Ukraine)

Semi-finals

8 July 1714 17:00

Vale	7-1	South Aegea
Adebayor  11' Marissal  23' Ibrahimović  24', 26' Bernier  29' Benzema  69', 79'	Report	Oscar  90'

Neuilly Stadium, Neuilly Attendance: 42,786 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

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9 July 1714 17:00

Batavia	0-0	India
	Report
	Penalties
Vlaar Robben Sneijder Kuyt	2–4	George Fernandes R. Singh B. Singh

La Capelle Stadium, La Capelle, Lutèce Attendance: 46,967 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Third place play-off

12 July 1714 17:00

South Aegea	0-3	Batavia
	Report	Van Persie  3' (pen.) Blind  17' Wijnaldum  90+1'

Solando Stadium, Solando, Lutèce Attendance: 62,534 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Numidia)

Final

13 July 1714 16:00

Vale	1-0 (a.e.t.)	India
Marissal  128'	Report

Hauteville Stadium, Hauteville, Lutèce Attendance: 100,002 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Statistics

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

• Golden Ball: Muscowequan Marissal
• Golden Boot: Issam Jemâa
• Golden Glove: Hugo Lloris
• Best Young Player: Paul Pogba
• FIFA Fair Play Trophy: Numidia

Prize money

The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as ₱576 million (including payments of ₱70 million to domestic clubs), a 25 percent increase from the amount allocated in the 1710 tournament. Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants will receive ₱1.5 million for preparation costs. Once at the tournament, the prize money will be distributed as follows:

• ₱8 million – To each team eliminated at the group stage (16 teams)
• ₱9 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8 teams)
• ₱14 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams)
• ₱20 million – Fourth placed team
• ₱22 million – Third placed team
• ₱25 million – Runner-up
• ₱35 million – Winner