Orlando Pirates will switch their focus for their return to the CAF Champions League group stage with a bank balance that is already guaranteed of at least double the money won in the MTN8.
Pirates' historic victory on Saturday, to become the first club to win the MTN8 thrice in a row, had them become the first club to be handed the R10 million cheque.
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Done with the business of the MTN8, they will have their eyes glued to events in Cairo, Egypt, where the Champions League group stage draw takes place (14:00).
Bucs already have USD700 000 (approx. R12,23 million) secured for reaching the group stage.
This means a total of at least R22 million is already on its way into the Pirates account after playing only eight matches this season in the MTN8 and CAF Champions League.
The order of events in joining the continent's elite clubs – which features Mamelodi Sundowns – on Monday afternoon will have Jose Riveiro's men placed in Pot 3 along with Al Hilal (Sudan), GD Sagrada Esperanca (Angola) and AS FAR (Morocco).
These are the only teams that cannot be in the same group with Pirates.
Pot 1 – which has the top seeds – has Al Ahly (Egypt), Esperance (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns and TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Pot 2 features CR Belouizdad (Algeria), Raja Casablanca (Morocco), Young Africans (Tanzania) and Pyramids FC (Egypt).
The lowest-ranked clubs in Pot 4 are MC Alger (Algeria), Djoliba (Mali), AS Maniema Union (DR Congo) and Stade d'Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire).
Each group will have one team from the four Pots.
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The quarterfinal purse is at USD900 000 (approx. R15,7 million), while the semi-finalists get USD1,2 million (approx. R21 million), runners-up USD2 million (approx. R35 million) and champions USD4 million (approx. R70 million).
Earlier on in the day, Stellenbosch FC were in the Confederation Cup draw, where they have been pitted against CD Lunda of Angola, Mali's Stade Malien and last year's runners-up RS Berkane from Morocco.