Nigeria’s Sunshine Stars will pocket $665,000 (about N106 million) for reaching the semi-final of the CAF Champions League.
The Akure, Ondo State-based club on debut lost out 4-3 on aggregate to six-time winners, Al Ahly, in the semi-final of this year’s competition.
This year’s winners will either be defending champions, Esperance of Tunisia, or Al Ahly from Egypt and they will receive a cash prize of $1,425,000, while the beaten finalist pockets $950,000.
The cash prize of the Champions League is just a little short of the $1.5 million paid to the winners of the African Cup of Nations.
Third-placed teams in their two mini-groups, Algeria’s Aso Chlef (Group A) and Berekum Chelsea of Ghana (Group B) are due to receive $475,000.
Zamalek of Egypt, who finished bottom of Group B, will receive $380,000, while it is believed that Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia, who were disqualified from the annual competition after crowd trouble in their group game against compatriots Esperance, will forfeit their own prize money.
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