--- title: "Saudi Arabia World Cup Players Rewarded With Rolls-Royce Phantoms" description: "After beating Argentina, the entire Saudi Arabia World Cup team was rewarded with new Rolls-Royce Phantoms." date: "2022-11-27" modified: "2022-11-27" authors: - name: "Nico DeMattia" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/nico-demattia" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/saudi-arabia-world-cup-players-rewarded-with-rolls-royce-phantoms" categories: - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Rolls-Royce News" --- # Saudi Arabia World Cup Players Rewarded With Rolls-Royce Phantoms ![]() *Photo | Ayman Aref/NurPhoto via Getty Images* In a stunning upset earlier this week, Saudi Arabia's World Cup soccer team beat Argentina. To reward the team for the impressive victory, according to [*HypeBeast*](), Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud gifted each player a new [Rolls-Royce Phantom](). For those of you who might not know how much a new Phantom costs, it starts at an eye-watering $450,000. However, there's no such thing as an entry-level Phantom. They're almost all made to exact, bespoke specifications and can easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars more. The last 2023 Phantom I tested wore a sticker price of over $650,000. But let's say the Prince stuck with the absolute base-model Phantom. There are 26 players on a World Cup soccer team, which means the total cost of the team's Phantoms was around $11,700,000. All for winning just one game, because the World Cup is far from over. ![]() Since beating Argentina, Saudi Arabia lost to Poland, 2-0, and has another match against Mexico on Wednesday, November 30. That puts the Saudi Arabian team in third place in its Group C standings, behind both Argentina and Poland. While Saudi Arabia beat Argentina, and both countries' teams have the same record, the latter has a better goal differential, so it's ahead in the standings. Which makes the choice to buy each player a new Phantom seem a bit premature. If Saudi Arabia doesn't advance further than this group, each player will still walk away with the most expensive Rolls-Royce model the public can buy. Although, the Phantoms do act as consolation prizes if Saudi Arabia doesn't win the World Cup. Players will still go home with an incredibly luxurious car, one that will make them feel like royalty themselves. That's got to take at least some of the sting out of losing, if that's what ends up happening. On the flip-side, if Saudi Arabia does win the world cup, can you imagine the reward each player will get then? How do you top free Rolls-Royce Phantoms? Bugatti Chirons? [Mega yachts]()? Individual islands off coast of Fiji? I bet it would be islands. *Got tips? Send 'em over to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Nico is a writer and reviewer from New Jersey who probably thinks he’s a lot funnier than he actually is. His love of cars began when he was just a kid playing Gran Turismo 3, grinding out enough race wins with a Mazda Miata to save up for an in-game RUF 911. That passion for small, lightweight sports cars drove his desire to learn more about the industry, get his hands on as many cars as he could, and bring those experiences to life on the page. He cut his teeth writing about BMWs, Volkswagens, and Audis, mostly, and has owned far too many of each. He’s on his fourth 3 Series sedan, but all of his old, cheap German cars have forced him to learn more about car maintenance than his mechanical capability can handle. Too many late nights have been spent scrambling to get a car running by morning so he could get to work. For some reason, he never seems to learn that old Bimmers probably aren’t the best daily drivers. But he loves more than just old German cars. He’ll gladly drive and discuss anything with four (or even three) wheels. Cars aren’t his only passions, though. Nico is also a big nerd and loves movies, video games, comic books, and cares far too much about the New York Giants. So don’t be surprised if you see football references or dumb, obscure movie quotes in any of his car reviews. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()