Thailand hosting the AFC U-23 Championship 2020. Four venue’s where matches played. Bahrain playing very first time in U23 championship. Uzbekistan U23 current defending champions hopeful to retain the title . Iraq, Australia, Japan and South Korea considered toughest teams 2020.
How much prize money paid to the winning team and runner-ups. No official announcement yet made for the U23 championship prize money. But some countries paid cash prizes to their team players on base of their position.
AFC U-23
CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE MONEY 2020
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SUMMARY
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CASH PRIZES
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MALAYSIA U23 TEAM
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(RM 6,000) each player ($1,400)
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VIETNAM
U23 TEAM
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$1
Million overall ($22,000 each player in 2018 QF’s)
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Malaysia last year announced (RM6,000) for each player in USD ($1,400) paid to each player of the squad. Vietnam who lost the final against Uzbekistan also get cash prizes. After finishing as runner-ups each player $1 million prize money announced for the team.
Vietnam team received couple of cash rewards for their performance in the AFC U23 Championship 2018. Thaco a local mobile producing company offered cash bonus ($22,000) to team. Park Hang-seo the coach of Vietnam team received a car worth ($34,000).
The popularity of the international tournament increased after more teams included. Many tv channels got the official broadcasting rights for the upcoming 2020 tournament. U23 AFC Championship coverage improved from the previous tournament.
No official announcement made for the prize fund adjustment for U23 tournament. If any prize money AFC kept it secret. All the information about the cash bonus and players pool money taken from trusted sources.
References: Vietnam News, Goal, Fox Sports Asia