World Cup Budget Since Italy 1990: Qatar 2022 Is The Most Expensive

Illustration of the 2022 World Cup (Instagram.com/@go.qatar.2022)

JAKARTA - Organizing a hugely popular international event like the World Cup is a huge responsibility that requires a huge budget and years of work.

However, many countries still compete fiercely to host football events, dedicating millions of dollars in World Cup budgets to the sport's most popular events.

Ninety-two years ago, or in 1930, the first World Cup was held in Uruguay featuring 13 teams. Uruguay emerged as champions.

Since the 1930s, the FIFA World Cup has grown in popularity, becoming one of the biggest sporting events the world has ever seen.

World Cup Budget

The championship's growing popularity over the decades has meant taking into account many changes in terms of host countries, regulations, number of participating countries and of course, the budget dedicated to hosting and hosting the World Cup.

Since the 1930 FIFA World Cup, the world has witnessed 21 different championships, with a number of disruptions caused by major world events, such as the 1942 and 1946 World Cups being canceled after World War II.

The upcoming World Cup is scheduled in Qatar from November to December, making it the first to be held in the Middle East.

FIFA World Cup Budget Over the Years

Since the FIFA World Cup was first hosted 92 years ago, it has been difficult to get accurate figures in terms of the financial costs of older tournaments.

So, the list that we have compiled from various sources will start with the 1990 World Cup in Italy, which was won by Germany.

Here's a breakdown of the budgets for the last nine World Cups:

- Italy 1990 World Cup; 4 billion US dollars

- 1994 World Cup USA; 500 million US dollars

- 1998 French World Cup; 2.33 billion US dollars.

- 2002 World Cup South Korea and Japan; 7 billion US dollars.

- Germany 2006 World Cup; 4.6 billion US dollars.

- 2010 World Cup South Africa; 3.6 billion US dollars.

- Brazil 2014 World Cup; 11.6 billion US dollars.

- Russia 2018 World Cup budget; 14.2 billion US dollars.

- Qatar 2022 World Cup budget; 220 billion US dollars.