S. Korea claims huge bonus for World Cup victory (Xinhua) Updated: 2006-06-07 11:50 The Korea Football
Association (KFA) announced that the country's footballers will be paid 500
million won, or 526,000 U.S. dollars, each in a special bonus if they win the
World Cup finals.
South Korea's championship bonus ranks third among the 32 World Cup
finalists, following Spain and England, KFA officials said.
The South Korean squad will be paid 100 million won each in case of their
advance to the second round, while the quarterfinals and semifinals bonuses were
set at 200 million won and 300 million won, respectively, the KFA
said.
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