Amazing Prize Money - Cricket World Cup 2011

As everyone has started talking about the cricket world cup 2011 happening in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh most of the fans discussing the amount of prize money ICC re-announced which is more then double the previous announcement.  Yes its has been raised from USD 4 million to USD 10 million.

All this has been done just to reflect the importance of the ICC’s flagship competition, which was on a low after the start of IPL.  If you compare the cricket world cup 2011 prize money with world cup 2007 its double the previous i.e. USD 5 million. 

Here is the complete distribution of prize money during world cup 2011 to cricket teams:

Winning Team	3,000,000
Runner up	1,500,000
Semi-final Losers	750,000
Semi-final Losers	750,000
5th Place	370,000
6th Place	370,000
7th Place	370,000
8th Place	370,000
Winners 1st round matches	60,000 x 42
	10,000,000

 * all figures in USD