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#FIFA #World #Cup #million #tickets #requested #Infantino">FIFA World Cup 2026 — More than 500 million tickets requested for WC: Infantino FIFA President Gianni Infantino said demand for tickets to the 2026 World Cup had reached unprecedented levels, with 500 million requests already recorded for the expanded 48-team tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
“You’ve heard, there were many discussions about the ticketing of the World Cup,” Infantino said at the FIFA Congress on Thursday. “We had 500 million ticket requests — 500 million ticket requests. In the last two World Cups together, we had 50 million ticket requests. Here, 500 million.”
Infantino said FIFA had already sold the vast majority of tickets released so far.
“We’ve sold 100 per cent of the inventory that we’ve put on the market, which is, more or less, 90% of the global inventory so far,” he said. “And of course, we are always putting tickets on the market.”
Ticketing has emerged as a sensitive issue in the build-up to the tournament, with concerns raised about affordability and access for local fans.
“There are expensive tickets, yes, but there are also affordable tickets,” Infantino added.
Football’s global governing body is expected to continue releasing batches of tickets in phases, a strategy designed to manage demand while maximising revenue for what is set to be the most lucrative World Cup in history.
Published on May 01, 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said demand for tickets to the 2026 World Cup had reached…
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#FIFA #put #World #Cup #tickets #sale #Wednesday">FIFA to put more World Cup tickets for sale on Wednesday
FIFA is putting more World Cup tickets on sale after angering some fans by adding new, more expensive categories.
Football’s governing body announced on Tuesday it will make more tickets available at 11 a.m. EDT (8:30pm IST) on Wednesday for all 104 games in Categories 1, 2 and 3 plus the new “front category” pricing it added this month.
The new category sparked online complaints from fans who said they thought the better seats in the categories they had bought tickets for were withheld and they were assigned less favorable locations.
FIFA in December put tickets on sale at prices ranging from USD 140 for Category 3 in the first round to USD 8,680 for the final, then raised prices to as much as USD 10,990 when sales reopened on April 1.
FIFA did not respond to an April 9 request for comment about the new ticket categories it added.
Also on Tuesday, The Athletic reported that tickets sales are lagging for the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12 at Inglewood, California. It said a document distributed to local organizers dated April 10 said 40,934 tickets had been purchased for the U.S.-Paraguay game and 50,661 for the Iran-New Zealand contest on April 15. FIFA projects SoFi’s World Cup capacity at about 69,650, noting it may change.
FIFA’s December sale priced U.S.-Paraguay tickets at USD 1,120, USD 1,940 and USD 2,735, and Iran-New Zealand seats at USD 140, USD 380 and USD 450.
Published on Apr 21, 2026
FIFA is putting more World Cup tickets on sale after angering some fans by adding new, more expensive categories.
Football’s governing body announced on Tuesday it will make more tickets available at 11 a.m. EDT (8:30pm IST) on Wednesday for all 104 games in Categories 1, 2 and 3 plus the new “front category” pricing it added this month.
The new category sparked online complaints from fans who said they thought the better seats in the categories they had bought tickets for were withheld and they were assigned less favorable locations.
FIFA in December put tickets on sale at prices ranging from USD 140 for Category 3 in the first round to USD 8,680 for the final, then raised prices to as much as USD 10,990 when sales reopened on April 1.
FIFA did not respond to an April 9 request for comment about the new ticket categories it added.
Also on Tuesday, The Athletic reported that tickets sales are lagging for the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12 at Inglewood, California. It said a document distributed to local organizers dated April 10 said 40,934 tickets had been purchased for the U.S.-Paraguay game and 50,661 for the Iran-New Zealand contest on April 15. FIFA projects SoFi’s World Cup capacity at about 69,650, noting it may change.
FIFA’s December sale priced U.S.-Paraguay tickets at USD 1,120, USD 1,940 and USD 2,735, and Iran-New Zealand seats at USD 140, USD 380 and USD 450.
Published on Apr 21, 2026
FIFA is putting more World Cup tickets on sale after angering some fans by adding…