Besides the $120,000 each team gets for participating, the winners received an additional $110,000 while the losers received $85,000.

Winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers received final rankings between 5 and 8.

The loser will receive slightly more than $600,000.

There were no playoffs for third place, so the losers of the semifinals received bronze medals.

The losers of this Round would receive a five-year tenure bonus.

The losers received points for the draw which they earned in normal time.

The winner receives five points for their House, while the loser receives nothing.

The loser of each match received a final rank between 33 and 64, depending on his score in the round.

After all, even the losers received national television exposure, and the winner was rewarded with a job paying $250,000 a year.

First-round losers will receive $10,000, an increase of $2,000.