The Richest In History… Fantastic Rewards In The Spanish Super Cup In Saudi Arabia!

This will be the sixth and fifth consecutive edition held in Saudi Arabia, after its launch in January 2020 with this new system that includes 4 teams, with two semi-final matches and a final match.

The first semi-final match between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao will be held in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

As for the second match in the semi-finals, it will bring together the two football poles of the capital, Madrid, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, next Thursday.

The 2026 Spanish Super Cup will be the richest in history, according to the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” about the fantastic profits that will await the winner.

The tournament organizers will distribute 23 million euros to the four teams that qualify for the semi-finals, an increase of 3 million euros over the 2025 edition, when Barcelona earned nearly 9 million euros as champion.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation expects an increase of 3 million euros in the value of the prizes distributed to the four teams, compared to the previous edition, which was held in early January of last year.

Thus, the total value of the prizes increased from 19,648,486 euros, which were distributed between Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, and Real Mallorca, to 23 million euros, which will be distributed between Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, and Atletico Madrid.

In the last edition in 2025, out of nearly 20 million euros distributed, Barcelona received 9 million euros.

This included a fixed sum of €6 million, another €1 million as runner-up, and €2 million for winning the title.

Real Madrid received 7.15 million euros as runner-up, consisting of a fixed amount of 6.15 million euros plus another 1 million euros as a bonus for second place.

Athletic Bilbao got two million euros, while Real Mallorca got 850,000 euros.

The tournament will generate total revenues of 51.9 million euros for the Royal Spanish Football Federation, from three sources, the first of which is sponsorship worth 27 million euros, the second is organization and participation fees worth 11.5 million euros, and the third main source is television broadcasting rights, from which the Royal Spanish Football Federation will receive 12.69 million euros.

It is noteworthy that the remaining amount of 28 million euros is allocated by the Royal Spanish Football Federation to support non-professional football.

Source: media

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