The 2019 Asian Cup is considered the most expensive Asian Cup in history as the AFC has spent up to nearly 15 million USD on the prize. Of which, the champion team will receive a total of 5 million USD, accounting for 1/3 of the total prize money of the AFC.
The above amount belonged to the Qatari team when the representative of this West Asia defeated Japan in the final with a score of 3-1 to convincingly win the championship. Thus, Qatar will receive an amount of 5 million USD, equivalent to 115 billion VND, a huge and record-breaking figure in the history of Asian Cups.
Not only that, according to many sources, each Qatari player after winning the 2019 Asian Cup will receive an apartment in the center of London (UK) along with a prize of 2 million USD for each person.
With the qualification to the 2019 Asian Cup, Qatar also received an additional amount of 200,000 USD from the Organizing Committee, this is the amount AFC awarded to 24 teams participating in the 2019 Asian Cup, this figure has spent 4.8 million USD.
With the runner-up position, Japan will receive 3 million USD, host UAE and Iran with the semi-final achievement each team will receive an additional amount of 1 million USD.
Compared to the two other representatives of Southeast Asia, Thailand and the Philippines, the Vietnam National Team, although the last to advance to the quarterfinals, will only receive the same amount of 200,000 USD (about 4.6 billion VND) for the teams qualified for the 2019 Asian Cup. Because the AFC stipulates that the prize money will only change when the teams reach the semi-finals, with only stopping at the quarter-finals, the Vietnam National Team will not have any additional bonuses.
