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World Cup champions to get $2.24 million
28th Feb 2007  12.00 IST
By Agencies  


The ICC Cricket World Cup champions would receive $2.24 million in prize money while the runners-up would get $one million from the total pool of $five million and one thousand.

The losing semi finalists would get $450,000 each, according to the International Cricket Council's Media and Communications manager, Brian Murgatroyd.

The prize money in $ schedule is:

Winners: 2.24 million.
Runners-up: One million.
Losing semi-finalists: 450,000 each.
Placing: 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th - 200,000, 150,000, 100,000 and 50,000 respectively.
Winners of matches in Group stage: 10,000.
Losers of matches in Group stage: 5,000.

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