FIFA World Cup 2026 Projected to Earn Over $10 Billion

FIFA proudly presented its achievements in its 2022 financial report, and for good reason. In the year that concluded with the winter World Cup in Qatar, FIFA earned $5.8 billion USD (approximately NPR 895.868 billion at current exchange rates). FIFA called it an 'unprecedented financial achievement'.

At that time, the highest body of world football had never earned such a large sum in just a few weeks. Commercial partnerships, television broadcasting rights, and ticket sales – income from all sectors reached new heights. The total income from the Qatar World Cup was more than the Russia (2018) and Brazil (2014) World Cups, and nearly double the $3.36 billion earned from the World Cup held in South Africa 16 years earlier.