US EditionHigh Demand for 2026 World Cup Tickets Despite Fans Slamming Prices
FIFA received 5 million ticket requests in 24 hours despite protests over high and variable prices, with dynamic pricing used for the first time in World Cup history.
- FIFA said Friday that it received 5 million ticket requests in the first 24 hours of the third phase, which runs through Jan. 13, 2026, with successful applicants emailed in February.
- By introducing dynamic pricing, FIFA removed consistent group-stage prices, varying costs by fixture attractiveness and reserving the lowest category for general public sales under demand-based pricing.
- Examples illustrate the scale: $180 to $700 for group-stage prices, about $4,000 to $8,680 for final tickets, $7,020 for England matches, and roughly $30,000 for a family of four.
- Supporters urged national associations to lobby FIFA as Football Supporters Europe called prices 'extortionate' and Scottish groups labeled them 'disgraceful and disgusting'.
- Interest was concentrated in marquee fixtures like Colombia v Portugal and came from the host countries plus strong demand from South and Central America, FIFA said.
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PressNewsAgencyFifa claims five million World Cup ticket requests in first 24 hours despite fan outrage
Fifa has announced that five million ticket requests flooded in within the first 24 hours of the third sales phase for the 2026 World Cup.It comes despite supporter groups across Britain condemning the pricing structure as "scandalous" and "disgraceful."Football's world governing body revealed that fans from more than 200 countries submitted applications for the tournament, which will be staged across the United States, Canada and Mexico next su…
FIFA has announced the matches of the next World Cup of the year 2026 that more tickets have sold so far and the list has caused surprise in these first hours of ticket sales. While, as the world’s highest football organization picks up, most of the applications came from the three host nations, the United States, Mexico and Canada, other meetings that have been sold the most. Specifically, the five matches in which the demand for tickets is hig…
London. Even though fans’ claims persist due to the exorbitant prices of tickets to the 2026 World Cup, FIFA ignores complaints and instead presumed to have received 5 million applications in 24 hours for the third phase of the random draw registration allowing for next year’s tournament tickets.
Fans from the host countries, as well as Colombia, England, Ecuador, Brazil and Argentina, lead the way in terms of the number of requests.
Fans are horrified by »horrifying ticket prices« for the 2026 World Cup, but Fifa is already spinning its success story. According to the World Federation, there are ticket requests in millions. A German game is also highly sought after.
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