In addition to raffling the preliminary meetings of their competitions, Conmebol announced this Monday an update of the awards that will distribute a total of $ 244,360,000 for the 2022 editions of both the South American as of the Liberators, especially highlighting the significant increase in the latter for the female team that is champion next year, which will debut at the festivities with a sum of one and a half million dollars.
The South American Football Confederation broke down the various figures that update the economic prizes of its competitions for the next edition, a range of numbers that is summarized specifically in a total increase of $ 15,100,000 compared to what was delivered this season. The increase for the male Libertadores champion will be one million dollars: it will take, in short, 16 million, a figure that represents an increase of 6.6% compared to the prize that Palmeiras won this year when it was consecrated for the second consecutive year.
The winner in the final of the South American 2022, meanwhile, will receive 5 million dollars -25% more than what Atlético Paranaense received this year-, while there were also increases in the prizes for the Recopa: the winner will take 1,600,000 dollars and the loser, 800,000. Conmebol also announced that will provide the various associations of the continent with an economic incentive of one million dollars in 2022 with the aim of “raising the attractiveness and competitiveness of tournaments.” Regarding this amount, he also anticipated that “it will be at the discretion of the presidents which of their tournaments will receive this economic incentive.”
The substantial increase among those announced by Conmebol, however, it has to do specifically with the awards for the top female protagonists of the Female liberators: the group that is consecrated in 2022 will receive 1,500,000 dollars (The runner-up, meanwhile, will take 500 thousand). The number, visibly far removed from the prize awarded to its male pair, supposes a huge increase of almost 1665% compared to current figures, which accounts for the ridiculous sum that the best women’s team on the continent has won so far. Corinthians, which in 2021 became the three-time champion of the competition, will have gone down in history as the last to win the $ 85,000 prize.
“Women’s football has no roof. It will expand and develop as much as we promote its practice, let’s stimulate their talents, consolidate their competitions and work alongside our players, referees, technicians and all the women who, in one way or another, get involved and conquer this sport “, highlighted the president of Conmebol, Alejandro DomÃnguez , by making the announcement effective that, in some way, He threw the ball now to the clubs in the region. Boca Juniors, brand new champion of the Clausura tournament and winner in the Superfinal against San Lorenzo, will be the Argentine representative in the highest South American competition and the one who will give himself the pleasure of dreaming, from these lands, of winning the new award that awaits his next champion.
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