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What is the income of the referee who conducts the match in the World Cup? That question must be on many people's minds. Spanish media AS has now provided a breakdown of referees' earnings.
According to the newspaper, every referee who gets a World Cup call will get 70 thousand dollars as 'basic allowance'. The decision came into effect from the 2018 World Cup. And assistant referees will get 25 thousand dollars as 'basic allowance'.
A match referee earns $3,000 by officiating group stage matches in the World Cup. Get 10,000 dollars by directing matches in playoffs or finals.
The referees earn money from their contracts with FIFA, in addition to match referee fees. A match referee can earn a maximum of three lakh dollars from the tournament if he manages all the matches assigned to him successfully including the final.
As an assistant to the match referee, the assistant referee stays on either side of the two touchlines on the field. They get two and a half thousand dollars for each match in the group stage. In the playoffs or finals, their income is five thousand dollars. An assistant referee can earn up to one and a half million dollars from the tournament by officiating all the matches well.
FIFA also pays the fourth official the same amount as the assistant referee receives for officiating the group stage and final matches. Like the assistant referee, the fourth official can earn a maximum of 150,000 dollars from the entire tournament.
Those in charge of video assistant referees (VARs) earn $3,000. In the later stages of the tournament, they get five thousand dollars per match. In total, they can earn a maximum of 1 lakh 75 thousand dollars from the tournament.
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