The T20 World Cup 2024 in the US and West Indies has caught the attention of cricket fans around the world. Now many cricket fans are also interested in football and such fans are now going to spend their time changing channels between cricket and football because the world's second most famous football tournament - Euro Cup 2024 is starting. This biggest tournament of Europe is starting from June 14, when the teams of host Germany and Scotland will face each other. How many teams are participating in the tournament, where the matches will be played and how much prize money the winning team will get, you will get all this information here.

Who is the defending champion?

After the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Euro Cup is the second most famous tournament among football events held between countries, in which some of the biggest players in the world participate. It has fans all over the world. Like the World Cup, this tournament is also held every 4 years. The last time the tournament was held was in 2021, 3 years ago due to Corona. Then Italy won the title by defeating England in the final. Now the Euro Cup is back once again and everyone is ready for action and excitement.

How many venues, how many matches?

Euro Cup 2024 is being organized in Germany. This time the tournament will start from June 14 (June 15 Indian time) and will run till July 14 (July 15 IST). A total of 51 matches of Europe 2024 will be played in 10 different cities of Germany. Talking about the venue, famous cities like Berlin, Munich, Dortmund, Leipzig, Stuttgart and Hamburg have got a place in it.

Format of Euro 2024?

A total of 24 teams are participating in the tournament, which have been divided into 6 groups of 4 teams each. 2 teams from each group will reach the pre-quarterfinals. Apart from these, the top-4 teams ranked third will also get entry. After this, 8 teams will reach the quarterfinals, after which the semi-finals and finals will be played. The final match will be played in Berlin.

Euro 2024 prize money – everyone will be able to fill their pockets

Now let's talk about the prize. Obviously, the team that wins the tournament will get the prize, but not only will it be full, but the other 23 teams participating in the tournament will also get a lot of money. The most interesting thing is that even if a team does not win a single match, it will still get more money than the team that wins the final. Yes, that is true. For participating in the tournament, the prize money will be 9.25 million euros, i.e. about 83 crores rupees. On the other hand, the prize for winning the final is 8 million euros, i.e. about 72 crores rupees.

But this is not the whole matter. Actually the prize money has been divided according to each round, which is like this-

• Group stage match wins - 1 million Euros per match (8.97 crores)
• Group stage match draw - 5,00,000 Euros (4.48 crores)
• Pre-quarterfinal qualification - 1.5 million Euros (13.45 crores)
• Quarterfinal qualification - 2.5 million Euros (22.43 crores)
• Semi-final qualification - 4 million Euros (35.88 crores)
• Runner Up- 5 million Euros(44.86 crores)
• Winner- 8 million Euros (72 crores)

Now whoever reaches whichever round will get the prize money for each round. In this way, the team that becomes the champion will get a total of 28.5 million euros i.e. about 256 crore rupees including group stage, pre-quarter, quarter, semi-final and final. Now whose luck will shine, it will be known only on 14-15 July.