The Rugby World Cup, with record ticket sales and revenues, will make a $ 230 million surplus, World Rugby president Bernard Lapasset said Saturday.
The 2.4 million tickets sold for the tournament which ended Saturday was 97% of the total, said the World Rugby president. That beat the 93% for the 2007 tournament in France.
He said the £ 150 million Pound ($ 230 million / 210 million Euro) surplus for the English organisers was “by far the record” for a Rugby World Cup.
World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper said the top 10 nations would get about £ 8.5 million ($ 13.1 million / 12 million Euros) over 4 years and the 10 2nd level countries will get £ 5 million.
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