How does prize money work in the EFL Cup?

Compared to other cup competitions such as the FA Cup and Champions League, the EFL Cup uses a different payment structure when it comes to prize money for teams. While most competitions have a structured round-by-round monetary prize, including in its qualifying rounds, the EFL Cup only has specific round prize money from the semi-finals onward. The EFL Cup winners get £100,000 in prize money. For comparison, this season's FA Cup winners will earn just over £2.1m in prize money. Instead of a large prize pot, clubs earn revenue in a number of different ways, with the English Football League seeing those as effectively the competition's prize money. In the EFL Cup, clubs are offered an equal split of gate receipts regardless of the two teams in the fixture. This can benefit lower league clubs if they are drawn away to a big Premier League side that has a larger stadium than they do. Should a club sell 40,000 tickets for a match at £20 each, it would equate to £800,000 in gate receipts. Clubs can also achieve significant earnings through EFL Cup Facility Fees. This means that clubs can pocket a fee starting from £75,000 if their match is shown on media' main channel, increasing depending on how far they progress in the competition. The EFL Cup is worth around £110m a season to the EFL, including around £70m going to EFL clubs in central payments with additional monies to Premier League and EFL clubs from direct earnings. Get in touch Send us your questions Contact form EFL Cup prize money per round Winner - £100,000 Runners-up - £50,000 Losing semi-finalists - £25,000 This article is the latest from sources's Ask Me Anything team. More questions answered...