Morocco have become Africa’s highest-earning national team across the last two editions of the FIFA World Cup, after banking a combined $58 million in prize money from their historic campaigns in 2022 and 2026.

The Atlas Lions collected $31.5 million for their run to the quarter-finals of the 2026 tournament, adding to the $26.5 million they pocketed following their remarkable fourth-place finish at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Morocco’s latest payout was made up of a $10 million base participation fee, a $2.5 million preparation grant, and $19 million in performance-based prize money awarded to teams eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the newly expanded 48-team tournament, which carried a record $871 million prize pool this year.

The Atlas Lions sealed their place among the last eight with a commanding 3-0 win over co-hosts Canada, a result built on a brace from Azzedine Ounahi and a late strike from Soufiane Rahimi. Their tournament ultimately ended in the quarter-finals with a 2-0 defeat to France, as goals from Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele saw Les Bleus advance to the semi-finals, eliminating Morocco by the exact same scoreline that had ended their historic run in Qatar four years earlier.

The achievement further cements Morocco’s status as Africa’s most consistent performer on the global stage. Having become the first African and Arab nation to reach a World Cup semi-final in 2022, the Atlas Lions followed that breakthrough with another impressive run to the quarter-finals in 2026, underlining a level of sustained success no other African side has matched across the two tournaments.

Among other African representatives at the 2026 World Cup, Egypt finished as the next-highest earner on the continent, taking home $17.5 million after their exit at the Round of 16 stage.

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