Juve reap record HK$668m in Champions League cash
Despite losing in quarters, Italian giants collect highest payout from Uefa
Juventus topped the 2012-13 Champions League prize money table, collecting more than €65.3 million (HK$668 million) from Uefa despite losing in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Bayern Munich.
Uefa pays €904.6 million in group-stage payments to 32 teams in the first of a three-year cycle of commercial contracts.
Juventus were helped to the top by a near-€45 million share of Italian broadcast rights. AC Milan, beaten in the last-16 by Barcelona, collected €51.4 million.
The two Italian powers cashed in as the only Serie A clubs to reach the group stage - boosting their income for Uefa's "financial fair play" calculations, which require clubs to aim toward breaking even on their soccer business. In recent years, Italian clubs have struggled to match the earnings streams of the biggest clubs in England, Germany and Spain.
Real Madrid got €48.4 million from Uefa, and fellow semi-finalists Barcelona got €45.5 million. In sixth place were Paris Saint-Germain, receiving €44.7 million.
Manchester United, another last-16 loser, topped English clubs in the Champions League with €35.5 million.
