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