Qatar World Cup will generate US$ 6.2 billion in revenue for FIFA- Includes WC TV audiences

Sports Value analyzes FIFA's financial data, with historical info from the entity′s annual reports, for the past 20 years.

Thus, it is possible to analyze all financial figures from FIFA′s World Cup throughout history and make projections for the event that begins this week.

Qatar 2022 WC will generate 17% more revenues than Russia 2018 WC

Qatar WC will generate US$ 6.2 billion in revenue for FIFA. This represents 17% more than in Russia 2018.

FIFA WC Revenues - US$ Bn

*2022 projected

The revenues increase in Russia 2018 from Brazil was 10%.

The big jumps in revenues occurred from the Korea Cup / Japan 2002 to Germany 2006, +65% ?and from Germany 2006 to South Africa 2010, +59%.

It was the most impactful period for FIFA growth in the past two decades.

Qatar 2022′s broadcast revenues are at the same level as Russia 2018, US$ 3.1 billion.

Broadcast Revenues - US$ M

Sponsorships are expected to reach US$ 1.72 billion in Qatar 2022, up from US$ 1.66 billion for the Russian Cup. It will be the greatest value in history.

Sponsorship revenues - US$ M

World Cup TV audiences are impressive.

The FIFA World Cup brings together more than 3 billion people in the world. Literally the land stops to watch the games.

According to FIFA report 3.2 billion people watched at least 1 minute of the event. Those who watched at least 30 minutes add up to 2.5 billion people.

Including out -of-home and digital viewers, the overall impact was nearly 3.6 billion people.

Africa & Middle East became important markets to leverage global audiences.