More than 500m ticket requests for 2026 WC: FIFA
Friday, 16 January 2026
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan 15 (AP): FIFA said Wednesday it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year's World Cup.
Soccer's organising body said outside the host United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests were made by fans residing in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia.
FIFA is asking for up to $8,680 per ticket. After criticism, FIFA said last month it will offer $60 tickets for every game to the 48 national
federations in the tournament, and the federations will decide how to distribute them to their fans who attended their previous games.
It said the most-requested match in the third sales phase, which ran from December 11.
FIFA said it will notify people about their ticket applications no earlier than Feb. 5 and will allocate them randomly for matches in which demand exceeds availability.