The 17th edition of the European Championship has almost come to a close, with Spain and England to battle it out in the Euro 2024 final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday.
Both Spain and England came from behind to win 2-1 in the semi-finals, with the former beating France and the latter coming out on top against the Netherlands.
Since and including Germany's thumping 5-1 group-stage victory over Scotland to kick-start the tournament on June 14, 50 of the 51 games to be played at Euro 2024 have now been completed.
While either Spain or England will celebrate a career-defining moment when they lift the Henri Delaunay Cup in Sunday's showpiece event, every other team has also been battling for large sums of prize money throughout the tournament.
Here, Sports Mole takes a look at UEFA's prize money distribution system and how much each nation will earn from this summer's prestigious event.
Following the approval of the UEFA Executive Committee in December last year, the amount for distribution to the participating teams at Euro 2024 has been confirmed at a total of €331m (£282.87m) - the same as Euro 2020.
Before a ball was even kicked, the 24 nations that successfully qualified for Euro 2024 automatically received €9.25m (£7.93m).
Each team who won a group-stage game will receive a match bonus of €1m (£860,000) and €500,000 (£429,000) will be handed out for each draw, while there is no prize money awarded for a defeat.
Scotland, Albania, Poland and Czech Republic have all pocketed the least amount of prize money (€9.75m/£8.36m) at Euro 2024 after they all accumulated just one point in the group stage, losing two games and drawing one. The minimum a nation could have earned is €9.25m (their participation reward) if they had lost all three of their group-stage matches.
Every nation that advanced to the round of 16 will receive €1.5m (£1.29m). Those nations were: Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, England, Slovakia, Spain, Georgia, France, Belgium, Portugal, Slovenia, Romania, Netherland, Austria and Turkey. All 16 nations knew that the reward for going deeper into the tournament would increase each round.
Teams that have reached the quarter-finals will receive €2.5m (£2.14m). Those nations are: Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, England, Netherlands and Turkey.
A €4m (£3.43m) prize has been awarded to Spain, France, England and the Netherlands as they all progressed to the semi-finals, while the winners of Sunday's Euro 2024 final between Spain and England will receive €8m (£6.86m). As for the losing finalist, they will go away with €5m (£4.29m).
Spain are the only remaining nation who boast a 100% record (including wins after extra time) and they will earn the maximum of €28.25m (£24.23m) if they go all the way to win the tournament.
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