World Cup 2014: Germany earn £20m for final win... while players each bag £240,000 bonus

Germans earn biggest share of $576m (£336.7m) World Cup prize fund

Germany's Thomas Mueller (R) lifts the trophy beside his teammates after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The German football federation (DFB) will be handed a $35m (£20.5m) pot of money after Joachim Low's team won the World Cup.

The DFB will be handed the lion's share of a prize fund that has risen more than $150m (£87m) since the 2010 World Cup - Spain earned $30m of the $420m pot for winning in South Africa.

Beaten finalists Argentina will be handed $25m for reaching the final, while each of the 32 teams that played in the tournament will be paid at least $8m.

Before the tournament kicked-off the DFB promised each member of the German squad £240,000 for winning the Jules Rimet trophy.

Philipp Lahm lifted the fourth World Cup in Germany's history, making them the first European team to win in the Americas.